Matthew Giampetroni

If you can find the thing you do for its own sake, the compulsive piece of your process, and dial that up and up, beyond the imaginary ceiling for that activity you may be creating, my experience is the world comes to you for that thing and you massively outperform the others who don’t actually like hitting that particular ball.

“What is the right amount of capital (and the right number of people) to have in this business in order to support the strategy that will create the most wealth?”182 The answer is based on the future and does not rule out reducing net investment when appropriate.

the people around you will either protect or infringe on the climate within your skull.

It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction.

The research shows that companies that are more proactive in their internal resource allocation generate a higher ROA than those that are more conservative.

There is also evidence that companies that are good at internal capital allocation are also effective at external allocation

You can’t charge a premium price for giving people what they expect, and you won’t ever have break-out products that way—the kinds of products that people line up around the block for.