Proven Tactics to 10x Your Impact as a Leader | Dave Kline (Bridgewater)
How to manage up and delegate responsibly. Plus 5 principles from billionaire investor Ray Dalio and how they helped me deal with past mistakes
Dear subscribers,
Today, I want to share a new episode with Dave Kline, a Bridgewater veteran who reported directly to billionaire investor Ray Dalio.
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Dave led teams at Bridgwater for a decade and has coached 100s of leaders through his course and newsletter. We had a great chat about:
(00:00) The #1 mistake that leaders make
(01:55) Top lesson from working with Ray Dalio
(04:40) From leader to solopreneur
(09:51) How to manage up without screwing up
(19:16) How to be strategic about promotions
(25:54) Creating a personal brand internally
(26:48) The Eisenhower delegation matrix
(35:31) How harsh feedback forced Dave to grow
5 principles from Ray Dalio and how they helped me overcome past failures and mistakes
To this day, Ray Dalio’s Principles remains my most highlighted book. Below, I want to share my 5 favorite principles from Ray and how they they’ve helped me overcome past failures and mistakes:
1. Pain + reflection = progress
Most people have a tough time reflecting when they are in pain. They miss out on the reflections that provide the lessons.
This principle helped me deal with failing to transition to product management for 3 years in a row at Meta. I was in product marketing and kept on failing the PM interview loop. The recruiter even told me that: “Nobody has tried for 3 years!”
I thought about giving up but a good friend told me: