# 前言
# _Principles_《原則》
### by Ray Dalio
### 雷.達里奧 著
What follows are three distinct parts that can be read either independently or as a connected whole. Part 1 is about the purpose and importance of having principles in general, having nothing to do with mine. Part 2 explains my most fundamental life principles that apply to everything I do. Part 3, explains my management principles as they are being lived out at Bridgewater. Since my management principles are simply my most fundamental life principles applied to management, reading Part 2 will help you to better understand Part 3, but it’s not required—you can go directly to Part 3 to see what my management principles are and how Bridgewater has been run. One day I’d like to write a Part 4 on my investment principles. If you are looking to get the most bang for your buck (i.e., understanding for the effort), I suggest that you read Parts 1 and 2, and the beginning of Part 3 (through the Summary and Table of Principles) which will give you nearly the whole picture. It’s only about 55 pages of a normal size book.
本書分為三個章節，可單獨閱讀每個章節，也可以從頭讀到尾。第一章整體講述了有原則的目的和重要性，這些和我自己的原則無關。第二章闡述了圍繞我生活方方面面的最重要的根本原則。第三章詳述了我管理橋水聯合基金公司時遵循的管理原則。我的管理原則其實就是根本生活原則在管理領域的應用，因此閱讀第二章將有助于對第三章的理解。當然，你也可以直接閱讀第三章，看看我都有哪些管理原則，橋水聯合基金是如何基于這些原則進行管理的。未來有一天，我可能會寫第四章，聊聊我在投資領域的原則。如果你想盡快讀到最多的干貨，建議你讀第一章和第二章后，閱讀第三章從總結到原則匯總列表的內容，這些一共也就正常書籍大小的55頁，涵蓋了全書的精華。
Above all else, I want you to think for yourself—to decide 1) what you want, 2) what is true and 3) what to do about it. I want you to do that in a clear-headed thoughtful way, so that you get what you want. I wrote this book to help you do that. I am going to ask only two things of you—1) that you be open-minded and 2) that you honestly answer some questions about what you want, what is true and what you want to do about it. If you do these things, I believe that you will get a lot out of this book. If you can’t do these things, you should reflect on why that is, because you probably have discovered one of your greatest impediments to getting what you want out of life.
除此之外，也請你想想：
1）你想要什么？
2）真實情況是怎樣的？
3）如何應對？
希望你能頭腦清晰地想一下，以得到你想要的東西。我寫這本書就是為了實現這個目的。我只對你們提兩個要求：
1）思想要開放。
2）當我問到你想要什么，真實情況是怎樣的，以及你想如何處理時，請誠實回答這些問題。
若你按我說的做了，我相信你能從書中受益良多。如果你做不到這些，就該想想為什么做不到，因為這樣你就可能會發現阻礙自己成功的最大障礙了。
