Dalio manages the business via the same process -- from how to hire people, identify their strengths, to how to hold more effective meetings. The principles drive the entire management of the firm.

What some have derisively called a cult is, in Dalio’s view, a culture. And while the fruits of failure may inform Dalio’s methods, it’s hard to argue with his success.

This column was provided by Bloomberg News.

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