Books Recommended by Ray Dalio

Then I read Charles Duhigg’s best-selling book The Power of Habit, which really opened my eyes. I recommend that you read it yourself if your interest in this subject goes deeper than what I’m able to cover here.

You need to understand how the Chinese like to fight wars, which is described in Sun Tzu’s The Art of War (a book you should read if you haven’t).

I love Tim’s book because it’s essentially a collection of great principles from people who have accomplished great things.

As David Eagleman describes it in his wonderful book Incognito:

Howard Marks’s Mastering the Market Cycle is a must-read, because the cycles covered in this book are important and because Howard is one of the investing greats of his generation.

The book I’d give [every graduating senior in college or high school] would be [...] Joseph Campbell’s 'Hero of a Thousand Faces'. It's little bit dense but it’s so rich, so it’s a good one.

I found “Accidental Presidents” by @JaredCohen timely and informative. As I am thinking about the next president and the challenges he or she will face, that book provides me a valuable and entertaining view of past presidents during analogous difficult times.

I recommend Tony Robbins book, Money Master the Game, because he speaks with the best pros and conveys their concepts clearly.

While I hardly recommend any books even though I’m asked a lot for recommendations, I recommend AI2041 by @kaifulee & @ChenQiufan because it paints a picture of the future 20 years from now in a well researched and entertainingly written way

The book was given to me, ‘cause people know that I like that stuff.

And I must say, that the quality of the concepts and so on are very good. So I would recommend this. Anybody who’s going to have a loss, I’m going to send this book too, because it helps them to get to whatever approach is right for them.

Reed, his people, and his culture are all of star quality. I recommend his book.

The book I’d give [every graduating senior in college or high school] would be [...] 'River From Eden' by Richard Dawkins. Another very short book on evolution, it just really puts things in perspective.

I have meditated for 49 years and know TM leading light Bob Roth personally, so I can endorse listening to him if you’re interested in meditation. If you’re not, you’re overlooking the most powerful path to equanimity, creativity, and good decision making I know.

PS - I suggest his book “Strength in Stillness”.

Leonard Mlodinow, in his excellent book Subliminal, writes, “We usually assume that what distinguishes us [from other species] is IQ. But it is our social IQ that ought to be the principal quality that differentiates us.”

It gives you an equanimity, a centeredness, a calmness — so that you can thoughtfully deal with things in a better way without being emotionally hijacked.
[Meditation is] very powerful. It gave me an equilibrium that really helped me.

And it’s a summary of these great historians who wrote 5,000 pages on something like 5,000 years of history and sort of distilled the themes down so that I would say Paul Kennedy’s book of Rise and Decline of Great Empires or Great Powers is a great book.

I highly recommend Think Again. Adam is one the most revered experts in what makes organizations and people successful and he loudly and clearly tells you what is most important

Two such people - @Benioff and Stephen Schwarzman - have luckily for you put out two books that let you tap into their thinking, so I suggest that you check out Marc’s book, Trailblazer, at http://www.trailblazer.com, and Stephen’s book, What It Takes, at http://www.readwhatittakes.com.

I suggest two books – Strength in Stillness by Bob Roth, and Transcendence by Norman Rosenthal. After you read them you will find the motivation and the path you need.

Two such people - @Benioff and Stephen Schwarzman - have luckily for you put out two books that let you tap into their thinking, so I suggest that you check out Marc’s book, Trailblazer, at http://www.trailblazer.com, and Stephen’s book, What It Takes, at http://www.readwhatittakes.com.