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and relationship quality are not equally valued and/or the
standards aren’t as high?

Which kind of organization do you think will enable better
development for the people who work there, foster deeper

relationships between them, and produce better results? Which
approach would you prefer to see the leaders and organizations
that you deal with follow? Which way of being would you
prefer the people who run our government to follow?

My bet is that after reading this book, you will agree that
our way of operating is far more sensible than conventional
ways of operating. But remember that my most fundamental

principle is that you have to think for yourself.

WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK AND

HOW YOU CAN GET THE MOST OUT

OF IT

If you are inside Bridgewater, I am passing these principles on
in my own words so that you can see the dream and the
approach through my eyes. Bridgewater will evolve from
where it is now based on what you and others in the next
generation of leadership want and how you go about getting it.

This book is intended to help you. How you use it is up to you.
Whether or not this culture continues is up to you and those
who succeed me in the leadership role. It is my responsibility
to not be attached to Bridgewater being the way I would want
it to be. It is most important that you and others who succeed

me make your own independent choices. Like a parent with
adult children, I want you all to be strong, independent
thinkers who will do well without me. I have done my best to
bring you to this point; now is the time for you to step up and
for me to fade away.

If you are outside Bridgewater and thinking about how
these principles might apply to your organization, this book is

meant to prompt your thinking, not to give you an exact
formula to follow. You don’t have to adopt all or any of these
principles, though I do recommend that you consider them all.