Great people are hard to find so make sure you think about how to keep them. - Ray Dalio

The most important thing is that you develop your own principles and ideally write them down, especially if you are working with others.

It’ll be decades — and maybe never — before the computer can replicate many of the things that the brain can do in terms of imagination, synthesis, and creativity. That’s because the brain comes genetically programmed with millions of years of abilities honed through evolution. The “science” of decision making that underlies many computer systems remains much less valuable than the “art.

in most companies people are doing two jobs: their actual job and the job of managing others’ impressions of how they’re doing their job.