Principles

Part I. Where I'm coming from

My call to adventure, 1949-1967

Crossing the threshold, 1967-1979

My abyss, 1979-1982

My road of trials, 1983-1994

The ultimate boon, 1995-2010

Returning the boon, 2011-2015

My last year and my greatest challenge, 2016-2017

Looking back from a higher level

Part II. Life principles

Embrace reality and deal with it

Use the 5-step process to get what you want out of life

Be radically open-minded

Understand that people are wired very differently

Learn how to make decisions effectively

Life principles: putting it all together

Summary and table of life principles

Part III. Work principles

Summary and table of work principles

To get the culture right ...

Trust in radical truth and radical transparency

Cultivate meaningful work and meaningful relationships

Create a culture in which it is okay to make mistakes and unacceptable not to learn from them

Get and stay in sync

Believability weight your decision making

Recognize how to get beyond disagreements

To get the people right ...

Remember that the WHO is more important than the WHAT

Hire right, because the penalties for hiring wrong are huge

Constantly train, test, evaluate, and sort people

To build and evolve your machine ...

Manage as someone operating a machine to achieve a goal

Perceive and don't tolerate problems

Diagnose problems to get at their roots

Design improvements to your machine to get around your problems

Do what you set out to do

Use tools and protocols to shape how work is done

And for heaven's sake, don't overlook governance!

Work principles: putting it all together

Conclusion

Appendix: Tools and protocols for Bridgewater's idea meritocracy.

Part I. Where I'm coming from

My call to adventure, 1949-1967

Crossing the threshold, 1967-1979

My abyss, 1979-1982

My road of trials, 1983-1994

The ultimate boon, 1995-2010

Returning the boon, 2011-2015

My last year and my greatest challenge, 2016-2017

Looking back from a higher level

Part II. Life principles

Embrace reality and deal with it

Use the 5-step process to get what you want out of life

Be radically open-minded

Understand that people are wired very differently

Learn how to make decisions effectively

Life principles: putting it all together

Summary and table of life principles

Part III. Work principles

Summary and table of work principles

To get the culture right...

Trust in radical truth and radical transparency

Cultivate meaningful work and meaningful relationships

Create a culture in which it is okay to make mistakes and unacceptable not to learn from them

Get and stay in sync

Believability weight your decision making

Recognize how to get beyond disagreements

To get the people right...

Remember that the WHO is more important than the WHAT

Hire right, because the penalties for hiring wrong are huge

Constantly train, test, evaluate, and sort people

To build and evolve your machine...

Manage as someone operating a machine to achieve a goal

Perceive and don't tolerate problems

Diagnose problems to get at their roots

Design improvements to your machine to get around your problems

Do what you set out to do

Use tools and protocols to shape how work is done

And for heaven's sake, don't overlook governance!

Work principles: putting it all together

Conclusion

Appendix: Tools and protocols for Bridgewater's idea meritocracy.