To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

Ray Dalio

When you're centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.

When you're centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.

Successful people ask for the criticism of others and consider its merit.

Successful people ask for the criticism of others and consider its merit.

An economy is not a complicated thing; it just has a lot of moving parts.

An economy is not a complicated thing; it just has a lot of moving parts.

Treat your life like a game.

Treat your life like a game.

Don't worry about looking good - worry about achieving your goals.

Don't worry about looking good - worry about achieving your goals.

There are far more good answers

There are far more good answers "out there" than there are in you.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth.

There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.

It's more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly.

It's more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly.

You should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future is going to hold.

You should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future is going to hold.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me.

I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me.

I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking.

I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking.

I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself - -it's eerie.

I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself - -it's eerie.