no manager at any level can expect to succeed without the skill set of an organizational engineer. - Ray Dalio

History has shown that we shouldn’t rely on governments to protect us financially. On the contrary, we should expect most governments to abuse their privileged positions as the creators and users of money and credit for the same reasons that you might commit those abuses if you were in their shoes.

You don’t achieve happiness by getting rid of your problems – you achieve it by learning from them.

If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done