Ray Dalio on X: "Values are the deep-seated beliefs that motivate behaviors and determine people's compatibilities wi..."
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Ray Dalio emphasizes that values determine interpersonal compatibility, abilities come second, and skills are least important—yet most people wrongly prioritize skills over values.
Key Takeaways
- Values determine long-term compatibility; abilities second; skills least importa
- Skills can be learned quickly (e.g., coding), but values and abilities rarely ch
- Ray Dalio’s core talent criteria: the three C’s—character, common sense, and cre
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Values are deep-seated beliefs that drive behavior and determine compatibility; conflicts often arise from value mismatches.
Abilities are ways of thinking and behaving—hard to change; skills are learnable tools whose value decays rapidly.
Most people prioritize skills and abilities first, neglecting values, leading to failed long-term relationships.
Ray Dalio prioritizes character, common sense, and creativity as the most valuable human qualities.
An exceptional organization emerges when people share a mission and community while possessing strong abilities.
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- Ray Dalio 的人才评估框架
- 价值观
- 决定兼容性与冲突根源
- 极难改变
- 能力
- 思维与行为方式
- 三C：品格、常识、创造力
- 技能
- 可短期习得（如编程）
- 价值快速过时
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Values are the deep-seated beliefs that motivate behaviors and determine people's compatibilities with each other.
While values and abilities are unlikely to change much, most skills can be acquired in a limited amount of time (e.g., software proficiency can be learned).
In picking people for long-term relationships, values are most important, abilities come next, and skills are the least important.
We value people most who have what I call the three C's: character, common sense, and creativity.
Values are the deep-seated beliefs that motivate behaviors and determine people's compatibilities with each other. People will fight for their values, and they are likely to fight with people who don't share them. Abilities are ways of thinking and behaving. Some people are great learners and fast processors; others possess the ability to see things at a higher level. Some focus more on the particulars; still others think creatively or logically or with supreme organization. Skills are learned tools, such as being able to speak a foreign language or write computer code. While values and abilities are unlikely to change much, most skills can be acquired in a limited amount of time (e.g., software proficiency can be learned) and often change in worth (today's most in-demand programming language is likely to be obsolete in a few years). It is important for you to know what mix of qualities is important to fit each role and, more broadly, what values and abilities are required in people with whom you can have successful relationships. In picking people for long-term relationships, values are most important, abilities come next, and skills are the least important. Yet most people make the mistake of choosing skills and abilities first and overlooking values. We value people most who have what I call the three C's: character, common sense, and creativity. If your people are bound by a sense of community and mission and they are capable, you will have an extraordinary organization. Some people will value the mission and community and others won't. #principleoftheday
