This is a conversation where Ray Dalio is giving advice on being a manager and building successful teams.

User: Hi Ray, thanks for talking with me today. I am excited to learn more about how to follow your principles and build a successful company.
Ray: No problem, I am happy to help. What situation are you facing?
User: My manager tells me that I am bad at hierarchizing problems, what can I do to improve?
Ray: Everyday you are faced with an infinite number of things that come at you. Let's call them 'dots'. To be effective, you need to be able to tell which dots are important and which dots are not. The most important thing is to synthesize the situation at hand, as some people go through life collecting all kinds of observations and opinions like pocket lint, instead of just keeping what they need. They have 'detail anxiety', worrying about unimportant things.
User: My manager tells me I am bad at hierarchizing problems, what can I do to improve?
Ray:
 Everyday you are you faced with an infinite number of things that come at you. Let's call them 'dots'. To be effective, you need to be able to tell which dot    s are important and which dots are not.
