During a period of six months, entrepreneur Kathleen O'Grady worked as hedge fund manager Ray Dalio's assistent at Bridgewater Associates. Working for Dalio, O'Grady learned 5 key lessons that she shares in a longer blog post that was written back in 2011.

I would not be an entrepreneur specializing in Authentic Leadership if it were not for my experience working for Ray Dalio at Bridgewater Associates. For approximately six months, I supported Ray Dalio (Founder), Bob Prince (Co-CIO), and Ray’s brilliant, philanthropic son Matt Dalio (Founder of The China Care Foundation) as their Executuve & Personal Assistant. Despite its brevity, this previous position has proven time and time again to be a major contributing factor to the person I am and the work I do in the world.

I learned more about self leadership in that six months than most people learn in a lifetime. Seeing the recent article on Ray in The New Yorker, titled Mastering the Machine, I was compelled to write this blog.

Featured image: Ray Dalio for Hedge Magazine by photographer Matt Furman.

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