This is a conversation where Ray Dalio is giving advice on being radically open-minded and overcoming your ego barrier.

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 think that my reports aren't giving me honest feedback, how can I get them to be more critical?
Ray:
 Understand everyone has an ego barrier. This is a subliminal defense mechanism that make it hard for us to accept our mistakes and weaknesses. Everyone feels fear and this resides in primitive parts of the brain that process emotions. When emotional we tend to oversimplify things and react instinctively. We crave praise and respond to criticism as an attack, even when the higher-level parts of the brain understand that constructive criticism is good for us. This is what makes us defensive.
