Matthew Stafford

if you want to make money in the business world, you need to get used to problems, because that's what business is.

If customers see immense value in doing business with your company, they'll happily wire money from their bank accounts to yours.

Your brand is the culmination of ideas in your audience’s mind over the course of 3-6 months.

I imagine that person coming into my office and quitting without warning.

Just by imagining this scenario, I can immediately tell from my own inner response whether the person is an A, B, or C player.

If my first thought is, "I was going to fire this person sooner or later anyway, so no big deal and now we won't have to pay severance," that's a C p... See more

Inevitably, the process of running a business will test your bias toward hope or fear.

Screening for superior intelligence eliminates 90 percent of all candidates, so it's the first thing I look at.

There's just no substitute for smarts.

There’s no such thing as a loser who wakes up at 5am and works out. One simple act that immediately makes you self-identify as a winner. This has ripple effects.

Impostor syndrome: “I don't know what I'm doing. It's only a matter of time until everyone finds out."

Growth mindset: "I don't know what I'm doing yet. It's only a matter of time until I figure it out."

The highest form of self-confidence is believing in your ability to learn.