Occupation: Businessman Birth: 1949
With the media, we don't know what's true, and we don't have radical transparency because we're seeing everything through somebody else's eyes. There….
The economy is like a machine..
When two intelligent parties disagree, that's when the potential for learning and moving ahead begins..
The meaningful work and the meaningful relationships are, to me, comparable rewards. I think being on a mission to do something great is great, and t….
When you're faced with a choice, you have one of three choices that you can have. You can have those with power decide. You can have one man, one vot….
I'm sure Donald Trump will think that he has the truth, and some journalist is arguing that he has truth, and somebody else is arguing that they have….
Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you..
I'm scared of one man, one vote because it suggests that everybody has an equal ability at making decisions, and I think that's dangerous..
Know what your people are like, and make sure they do their jobs excellently..
I'm scared of people with power making the decision..
When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight' (i.e., to either strike back or run away) - reflect instead. When you can calm yourself ….
An economy is not a complicated thing; it just has a lot of moving parts..
If you can stare hard at your problems, they almost always shrink or disappear, because you almost always find a better way of dealing with them than….
I'd like to be clear that a number of people find me intolerable, and they don't hesitate to say so - which they and I cherish..
As Harvard developmental psychologist Robert Kegan, who has studied Bridgewater, says, in most work places everyone is working two jobs. The first is….
There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth..
I learned that everyone makes mistakes and has weaknesses and that one of the most important things that differentiates people is their approach to h….
I think the media argues all the time with itself..
There are far more good answers "out there" than there are in you..
The best advice I can give you is to ask yourself what do you want, then ask 'what is true' - and then ask yourself 'what should be done about it.' I….
I'm going to give away a lot more than half my money. I'd be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were l….