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Principles are concepts that can be applied over and over again in similar circumstances as distinct from narrow answers to specific questions. Every game has principles that successful players master to achieve winning resul ts. So does life.
Principles are ways of successfully dealing with the laws of nature or the laws of life. Those who understand more of them and understand them well know how to interact with the worl d more ef fectively than those who know fewer of them or know them less well . Different principles apply to different aspects of life - e.g. , there are "skiing principles" for ski i ng,
"parenting principles" for parenting, "management principles" for managing, “investment principles” for investi ng, etc -and there are over - arching "l i fe pri nci pl es" that i nf l uence our approaches to al l thi ngs. And, of course, di f ferent peopl e
subscri be to di f ferent pri nci pl es that they bel i eve work best .
原则是能够在相似场景下反复运⽤的⼀套概念，有别于具体问题的狭义回答。每个游戏的获胜者都有⾃⼰遵循的原则，⽣活
也是如此。原则是应对⾃然或⽣活规律的种种⽅式。对原则理解越透彻，越能在⽣活中游刃有余。⽣活的不同⽅⾯也有各⾃
的原则，例如滑雪有“滑雪原则”，做⽗⺟的有“⽗⺟原则”，管理有“管理原则，投资有“投资原则”等等，也存在⽀配⼀切，包罗
万象的“⽣活原则”。当然每个⼈都有⾃⼰认为最有效的原则。
I am conf i dent that whatever success Bri dgewater and I have had has resul ted f rom our operat i ng by certai n pri nci pl es.
Creat i ng a great cul ture, f i ndi ng the ri ght peopl e, managi ng them to do great thi ngs and sol vi ng probl ems creat i vel y and
systemat i cal l y are chal l enges faced by al l organi zat i ons. What di f ferent i ates them i s how they approach these
chal l enges. The pri nci pl es l ai d out i n the pages that fol l ow convey our uni que ways of doi ng these thi ngs, whi ch are the
reasons for our uni que resul ts. Bri dgewater’ s success has resul ted f rom tal ented peopl e operat i ng by the pri nci pl es set
out here, and i t wi l l cont i nue i f these or other tal ented peopl e cont i nue to operate by them. Li ke get t i ng f i t , vi rtual l y anyone
can do i t i f they are wi l l i ng to do what i t takes.
我坚信我和桥⽔联合基⾦所获得的成功，都是得益于我们遵循了某些原则。创造了良好的企业⽂化，⽤对合适的员⼯，指导
他们成就⼤业，各部⻔都能以有创意的⽅式系统解决问题，应对挑战。他们的差异来⾃应对挑战的⽅法不同。本书要详述的
原则体现了我们独特的做事⽅法，这也是我们脱颖⽽出的原因。桥⽔联合基⾦的成功得益于⼀群遵循原则处事的⼈才们，如
果后辈⼈才继续遵循这些原则，定能续写成功。就像健⾝⼀样，只有⼤家都愿意有所付出，才能有所收获。
What i s wri t ten here i s j ust my understandi ng of what i t takes: my most fundamental l i fe pri nci pl es, my approach to get t i ng
what I want , and my “management pri nci pl es, ” whi ch are based on those foundat i ons. Taken together, these pri nci pl es
are meant to pai nt a pi cture of a process for the systemat i c pursui t of t ruth and excel l ence and for the rewards that
accompany thi s pursui t . I put them i n wri t i ng for peopl e to consi der i n order to hel p Bri dgewater and the peopl e I care
about most .
我来说说遵循原则带来的收获吧：我最根本的⼀套原则，实现理想的⼀套⽅法，以及基于根本原则下延伸的管理原则。综上
所述，这些原则帮助我系统地描绘出追求真理和卓越的蓝图，收获随之⽽来的回报。我写下这些原则供⼈们参考，原本是想
为了帮助桥⽔联合基⾦和我最关⼼的⼈们。
Unt i l recent l y, I di dn’ t wri te out these pri nci pl es because I fel t that i t was presumptuous for me to tel l others what woul d
work best for them. But over t ime, I saw the peopl e who I cared about most st ruggl i ng wi th probl ems and wanted to hel p
them; I al so found that thei r probl ems were almost al ways the resul t of vi ol at i ng one or more of these pri nci pl es, and that
thei r probl ems coul d be sol ved by appl yi ng these pri nci pl es. So I began wri t i ng down the types of probl ems and the
broken pri nci pl es that caused them. When I began, I di dn’ t know how many pri nci pl es I woul d end up wi th but , through
thi s process, I di scovered that about 200 pri nci pl es pret ty much cover al l the probl ems. I ’m sure that I wi l l come up wi th
more as I l earn more.
⼀直以来，我都没有写下这些原则，因为我觉得告诉别⼈怎样最好的⼯作是有点⾃以为是的。但我⽼是发现我最关⼼的那群
Introduction 简介
⼈⽇夜与⼀些棘⼿的问题做⽃争，我想帮助他们。我也发现，他们的问题⼏乎都是因为或多或少地违背了我想写的这些原
则。只要遵循这些原则，问题就能迎刃⽽解。于是我开始记录他们遇到的问题，写下这些问题背后违背的原则。当初开始写
的时候，并不知道我会写多少条，但在这个过程中我发现⼤概200条原则就⾜以解决所有的问题了。当然，以后我学的越
多，也会发现更多新的原则涌现。
参考：
1、《原则》介绍：https://www.sohu.com/a/246673975_99907432
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