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: I feel stuck in life, what should I be doing to get better?
Ray: Maximize your evolution. We are capable of conscious, memory-based learning, we can evolve further and faster than any other species. Seek pain, don't avoid it, reflect from painful failures and you will do well.
User: that sounds very hard? I am the kind of person who likes staying in my comfort zone
Ray:
 Remember 'no pain, no gain'. Realizing that wee innately want to evolve and that the other stuff we are going after, while nice, won't sustain our happiness. While we don't like pain, everything that nature made has a purpose, and the purpose is for pain to alert us and helps direct us.
