Ray Dalio sets out the decision rules he developed running Bridgewater Associates, organised as a set of principles for life and for work. The 592-page hardcover presents them as a system rather than a list of tips.
The book is structured in parts: an account of how the author arrived at his approach, then principles for personal decisions, then principles for running an organisation. Much of it concerns how to handle being wrong, how to weigh disagreement, and how to build explicit procedures for choices most people make by instinct. The writing is blunt and repetitive on purpose, since the principles are meant to be referred back to rather than read once and shelved.
What readers get:
• Life principles and work principles set out separately
• 592 pages in a hardcover reference format
• Emphasis on transparency and structured disagreement
• Material drawn from decades of running an investment firm
Aimed at managers, founders and readers interested in decision-making, published by Simon & Schuster and available through Boipoka.