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The best way of learning about anything is by doing.

Richard Branson

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
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Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.
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Always think, 'what's the worst that can happen' and have some kind of strategy to deal with it
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My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.
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The quickest way to become a millionaire in the airline business is to start out as a billionaire.
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If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!
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I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.
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Space travel will be like every other business. There will be competitors. . . . Thirty months from now, I'm confident we'll be flying people into space.
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People do not mind people who try things and fail. If you're a good entrepreneur, you're not going to succeed in every single thing you try. You've got to try to succeed at more things than fail.
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If you do something for fun and create the best possible product, then the profit will come.
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Everything in your business can be outsourced... if you're not emotionally attached to doing it all.
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I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.
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I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.
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We should all seek to innovate, or be curious about innovation. Innovation truly is one of our greatest gifts.
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Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it should be fun.
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We all know about the big world conflicts: Israel and Palestine, Zimbabwe, and so on. But there are smaller conflicts that aren't even on the world's radar screen most of the world has no idea that Ethiopia invaded Somalia a year ago. It makes sense for the Elders to sit down with both sides and see whether leaders can come to an understanding.
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THE KEY TO GENERATING LOYALTY AND RISING ABOVE THE GENERAL NOISE SEEMS TO BE ALL ABOUT CREATING AN AUTHENTIC VOICE.
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Two bricklayers work side by side. The first lays bricks. The second builds magnificent cathedrals. Think small vs. think big.
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People flourish if they’re praised.
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When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to build a business empire ... For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that's going to make a real difference to other people's lives.
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