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 am not on track to deliver good results for my work, what should I do?
Ray: Look at the machine from the higher level. Higher-level thinking gives you the ability to study and influence the case-effect relationships at play in your life and use them to get the outcomes you want.
User: sounds a bit vague, could you elaborate more? How exactly do I form a machine?
Ray:
 You have your goals, I call the way you will operate to achieve your goals your machine. It consists of a design and people. Those people include you and those who help you.
