Hi everyone. Welcome to the A6 and Z podcast. I'm Sonal. Today's episode is based on a conversation

we recorded previously with Ray Dalio, author of the book Principles, Life and Work. The book

originated as an internal company document that was posted online years ago and has been shared

widely since. It was expanded and published as a book for a more general audience late last year.

Dahlio is a founder, chairman, and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates,

one of the top private companies in the U.S., which manages over $150 billion and has made more money for clients than any other hedge fund.

And so also joining to host this conversation is A6 and Z general partner Alex Rampel, who covers

our FinTech vertical, among others.

Together, we discussed with Ray many of the themes of the book, from the vantage point of VC

and small startups, to big company culture, to just overall self-development, which is why this

episode is also part of our broader ongoing series on leadership.

You'll hear Alex's voice first,

where we begin with the origin story of The Chicken Nugget. So I love the book, and I told my kids,

I do this every morning, what am I doing for the day? And I didn't know how to describe,

this is what I told my 8-year-old, you helped invent the chicken nugget. I'm glad you told me that because I can use that with my four-year-old grandson when he gets... No, you know what I'm saying? My eight-year-old loves

chicken nuggets. Like, I actually have tricked him into thinking that McDonald's is normally closed.

It's like, oh, it's closed on Sunday. Oh, it's closed on Saturday. So, like, he goes for his birthday because otherwise he'd want to go every day. So I was like, you know, actually the guy today invented the chicken nugget.

He was like, no, actually didn't really invent it, but he was responsible for the introduction.

So he was very, very excited.

Actually, he wanted to know if you could sign or give him a chicken McNuggett, if I would bring him back on.

With a Sharpie.

Well, I mean, I don't really, you didn't actually invent the chicken. I was just going to correct that because all of a sudden will be all over the media and people who have dietary problems will sue me or something.

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