From Ray Dalio, the legendary investor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles—whose
books have sold more than five million copies worldwide—comes a guided
reflection journal that empowers readers everywhere to develop their own
principles for success in work and life.
“Principles
are fundamental truths that serve as the foundations for behavior that
gets you what you want out of life.” —Ray Dalio
In his #1 New York Times bestseller Principles,
legendary investor Ray Dalio introduced millions of readers around the
world to the unconventional approach he developed as the founder and
builder of Bridgewater Associates, the largest and most successful hedge
fund in the world. Dalio attributes his unique success to his process
of recording, refining, and acting on a set of well-defined principles,
which are effectively decision-rules for getting what you want out of
life and work. His goal in publishing the book was to show readers the
value of principle-based thinking so that they could develop their own
principles, aligned with their own values, for getting whatever they
wanted out of life.
With this new journal, Dalio takes his goal
one step further to help readers reflect on and record their own
principles. He does that by providing a series of guided exercises and
questions for reflecting on what you’re like, what you value, and what
principles will best help you achieve your goals. These exercises draw
from key concepts in the original Principles book, including:
1. How to identify your strengths, weaknesses, motivations, and preferences
2. How to use the “five-step process” to achieve your goals
3. How to become both “assertive and open-minded at the same time”
4. How to maximize your learning from your mistakes (which are inevitable)
All of these exercises can optionally be enhanced using the free Principles in Action iOS
and Android app (currently available in the United States, UK, Germany,
Spain, and India with more countries to come), which provides an even
more interactive, multimedia experience, and they are followed by a
number of blank journal pages containing thought-provoking and
unconventional prompts from Principles aimed at helping you formulate your own principles. The
experience concludes with a structured reflection on where you and your
loved ones are along life’s journey, leaving you with a highly
personalized, practical playbook for achieving success in the years
ahead.
