Ray Dalio: We’re Heading Into Very, Very Dark Times! America & The UK’s Decline Is Coming!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Ray Dalio turned $5 into $160 billion by decoding how empires rise and fall. Now he warns: America is in decline, the UK is in trouble, China is gaining power…and your wealth could be in danger UNLESS you act fast. Ray Dalio is a legendary investor, billionaire, and founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund with over $160 billion in assets under management. He is also the bestselling author of 5 books, including:, ‘How Countries Go Broke: Principles for Navigating the Big Debt Cycle, Where We Are Headed, and What We Should Do’. He explains: ⬛ The harsh financial truth about Britain’s future and why millionaires are fleeing ⬛ The psychological trick billionaires use that most people never learn ⬛ The "Pain + Reflection = Progress" formula that changed Ray’s life ⬛ The dangerous wealth myth that’s quietly keeping most people broke ⬛ Why chasing success the wrong way could destroy your future ⬛ Why America’s decline is part of an inevitable 500-year cycle (00:00) Intro (05:34) Where Should I Be Living as an Entrepreneur? (06:30) What's Your Honest Perspective of the UK? (11:46) Are You Optimistic About the Future of the UK? (13:12) Are You Optimistic About the US? (15:19) How to Predict What's Coming (17:04) Will the US Dominate Global Power Soon? (22:06) How Would You Fix the UK? (25:28) What Happens Next in History? (29:00) Where Are We in the Predictable Timeframes? (30:33) How Should We Counteract These Risks? (32:53) Most Valuable Skills to Learn Right Now (35:43) What Games to Play in Different Life Seasons (37:55) The Most Important Strategic Decision I Made (44:08) Ads (45:11) The Best Way to Deal With Pain (49:01) How Do I Become a Principle Thinker? (50:42) The Power of Meditation (56:01) Are You Religious? (58:21) How Important Is Hard Work? (01:00:00) The Importance of Being Open-Minded (01:05:16) How to Be a Better Decision Maker (01:09:03) How Do You Find Honest People? (01:11:22) Why Companies Become Less Innovative (01:14:16) How Do You Find Exceptional People? (01:17:45) Ads (01:19:27) What's Your View on AI? (01:28:41) Top 3 Book Recommendations Follow Ray: TikTok - https://bit.ly/4ggWltw YouTube - https://bit.ly/4m5T9Cc X - https://bit.ly/3V8KTqc You can purchase Ray’s book, ‘How Countries Go Broke: Principles for Navigating the Big Debt Cycle, Where We Are Headed, and What We Should Do’, here: https://amzn.to/4perwK3 You can watch Ray’s breakdown of Principles for dealing with the changing world order here: http://bit.ly/4m6VbSw The Diary Of A CEO: ⬛ Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ⬛ Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ⬛ The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ⬛ The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ⬛ Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ⬛ Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Fiverr - https://www.fiverr.com/diary with code DIARY for 10% off your first order Linkedin Ads - https://www.linkedin.com/DIARY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.1	slash Bartlett. Pay attention. Pain plus reflection equals progress. And from that principle, my company became the largest hedge fund in the world
0:57.0	managing how much 150 billion dollars but i learned that history of things that never happened in my
1:03.1	lifetime before were important things to understand in order to predict the future and we can get into that
1:09.0	if you want please so ray Dalio is the legendary billionaire
1:13.1	investor who decoded the cycles of human history to predict financial crashes, build the world's
1:18.8	largest hedge fund, and now to warn us about what lies ahead. Are you optimistic about the future of the
1:24.4	UK? No. What about the United States? No. Why? Okay. In order to bet on what's
1:28.7	going to happen on the global economy, I learn that there's five big forces that create a big cycle.
1:34.4	That's repeated through history, which lasts about 80 years. The first is the money, debt,
1:39.8	force that creates wealth and opportunities gaps. And it's connected to the second force, the internal conflict where you don't trust the system,
1:49.0	causing wars between the left and the right.
1:51.0	And it's not easy answers like tax the rich, and we can get into that.
1:55.0	But the third is geopolitical force.
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