Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio is a bestselling book by the billionaire investor and founder of Bridgewater Associates. The book outlines both his personal development and investment philosophies and has been on my reading list for a while. If you’re like me and haven’t quite gotten around to reading it, you might be in luck.
Mr. Dalio just released a series of animated YouTube videos where he breaks down his “Principles for Success” into 8 videos at about 4 minutes each. Instead of reading a review or even paying for an “executive summary”, you can get a 30-minute version straight from the source. Here’s the trailer (embedded below) and first episode:
The YouTube channel also contains a few other longer videos dealing with the book content.
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