Dalio's Principles: A Philosophical Examination

Read this Principle online (https://www.principles.com/principles/7e32fcba-3c52-4f0d-8718-3cc342d88763/) Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)

An examination of Principle 3.2 Philosopher Agnes Callard (https://twitter.com/AgnesCallard) The Meno (http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/meno.html) Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)

Principle 3.1 - Recognize Your Two Barriers Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Books mentioned Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter, by Cass Sunstein (https://www.amazon.com/Wiser-Getting-Beyond-Groupthink-Smarter/dp/1422122999/) Articles mentioned "The Will to Believe", by William James (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26659/26659-h/26659-h.htm#P1) Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)

Principle 2.7 - Understand your own and others' mental maps and humility Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)

Principle 2.6 - Remember weaknesses don't matter if you find solutions Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)

Principle 2.5 Push through to completion Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)

Principle 2.4 - Design a plan a. Go back before you go forward. b. Think about your problem as a set of outcomes produced by a machine. c. Remember that there are typically many paths to achieving your goals. d. Think of you plans as being like a movie script in that you visualize who will do what through time. e. Write down your plan for everyone to see and to measure your progress against. f. Recognize that it doesn't take a lot of time to design a good plan. Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)

Principle 2.3 - Diagnose problems to get at their root causes a. Focus on the "what is" before deciding "what to do about it." b. Distinguish proximate causes from root causes. c. Recognize that knowing what someone (including you) is like will tell you what you can expect from them. "Proximate causes are often verbs and root causes are often adjectives." Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)

Principles 2.2 - Identify and Don't Tolerate Problems Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)

Have Clear Goals Topics discussed How we've tried to live out this Principle Philisophical considerations of this Principle Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)