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sarah_thrive 's review for:
Principles: Life and Work
by Ray Dalio
For me, a lot of the book was dry as dust. However, I do understand it's written primarily as a handbook for future Bridgewater staff and other companies to follow - and how juicy can a handbook really be?
I did glean a few wonderful principles from the book: triangulation of believable experts to advise large decisions, looking at your life like a machine that needs to be fixed if it's not producing results, and working hard to know what you and others are like in terms of personality and giftings.
For me, chapter 2 is the reason the book gets three (really, I'd give it 3 1/2) stars. It's helped me understand how to be practical about planning exhaustively in order to achieve excellence.
Overall, I'm very glad I read this book, even though it was a slog to get through.
I did glean a few wonderful principles from the book: triangulation of believable experts to advise large decisions, looking at your life like a machine that needs to be fixed if it's not producing results, and working hard to know what you and others are like in terms of personality and giftings.
For me, chapter 2 is the reason the book gets three (really, I'd give it 3 1/2) stars. It's helped me understand how to be practical about planning exhaustively in order to achieve excellence.
Overall, I'm very glad I read this book, even though it was a slog to get through.