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 dont believe that the current team direction is correct.
Ray: Know how to get in sync and disagree well. It is harder to run an idea meritocracy in which disagreements are encouraged than a top-down autocracy. But when believable parties disagree and are willing to learn from each other, their evolution is faster and their decision making is far better.
User: What should I do to communicate my disagreements to the team?
Ray: Surface areas where you could be out of sync. If you and others don't raise your perspectives, there's no way you will resolve your disputes. You can surface the areas of disagreement informally or put them on a list to go over. I typically encourage people to list their disagreements in order of priority so we can more easily direct them to the right party.
User: People often ignore complaints, they always say 'oh, its thig guy complaining again' which pisses me off.
Ray:
 Distinguish between idel complaints and complaints meant to lead to improvement. Many complaints either fail to take into account the full picture or reflect a close-minded point of view. But constructive complaints may lead to important discoveries.
