Principles Life & Work: Machiavelli’s Version

Ray Dalio wrote Principles.

It’s a fantastic book.

But it’s a bit aspirational sometimes.
And you should temper it with human nature and foundational power dynamics.

So to avoid that you may fall for naive self-help pitfalls, we over-correct here with more cynical principles.

These principles will not sound as good. But they probably do work better

Machiavellian Principles

In red are the original principles.
In bold, the Machiavellian version.

Be a hyper-realistBe a hyp...