In “Principles” Video, Dalio Channels Self Help Guru Tony Robbins

Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, is coming off another win. Not only did the uncorrelated hedge fund that eschews stock picking correctly get on the short side of the market leading up to the February 2018 crash, but his book, “Principles,” is a New York Times bestseller. Those who don’t have time to plow through the more than the 550-page tome, however, can now access it in an eight-episode, 30 minute animated presentation.

While the video does an entertaining job of outlining one aspect of the book – providing Tony Robbins-like advice on how to manage life – for the more serious devotee what was not included in the entertaining...