People who achieve success and drive progress deeply understand the cause-effect relationships that ...

Ray Dalio on X: "People who achieve success and drive progress deeply understand the cause-effect relationships that govern reality and have principles for using them to get what they want. The converse is also true: Idealists who are not well grounded in reality create problems, not progress. https://t.co/23ALqVUZDS" / X

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•  Ray Dalio @RayDalio People who achieve success and drive progress deeply understand the cause-effect relationships that govern reality and have principles for using them to get what they want. The converse is also true: Idealists who are not well grounded in reality create problems, not progress. What does a successful life look like? We all have our own deepseated needs, so we each have to decide for ourselves what success is. I don’t care whether you want to be a master of the universe, a couch potato, or anything else—I really don’t. Some people want to change the world and others want to operate in simple harmony with it and savor life. Neither is better. Each of us needs to decide what we value most and choose the paths we take to achieve it. #principleoftheday  [](https://x.com/RayDalio/status/2084336773581136122/photo/1) 5:53 PM · Aug 3, 202677.2K Views 36 102 632 148
•  Hüseyin Örskaya @orskyai Aug 3 Most people mistake "grounded in reality" for being cynical, but it's actually just refusing to negotiate with physics. The biggest failures usually come from people who think their passion can override a cause-effect loop. 12 17 [](https://x.com/orskyai/status/2084337017987432845/quotes)134
•  Richard E. Ptardio @RichardPtardio Aug 3 "People who achieve success and drive progress deeply understand the cause-effect relationships that govern reality" Oh Ray. My dear boy. Spend a day, a single day, in the crypto-currency trenches. You could not be more wrong. 6 [](https://x.com/RichardPtardio/status/2084347024695038039/quotes)293
•  Chris Hughett @CDHughett Aug 3 One thing people miss is that determination can keep you trapped too. You can spend years getting very good at pursuing a version of success you never actually chose. 3 [](https://x.com/CDHughett/status/2084351264465605094/quotes)65

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