Ray Dalio, one of the worlds most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that hes developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and businessand which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.

In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazines list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewaters exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful rel