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Only a fool never changes his mind.

Richard Branson

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
Autobiographer
Balloonist
Business Magnate
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Film Producer
High School Teacher
Investor
Sir Richard Branson
Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
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My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.'
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And ever since then [I] have set up businesses basically out of frustration. I mean, I set up Virgin Atlantic with one second-hand 747 because I hated the experience of flying on other people's airlines. And I thought, you know, I could try to create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on. And people liked it.
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I never wanted to be a businessman, I just wanted to change the world
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Branding is everything. A young girl once came up to me and told me I could be famous because I looked just like Richard Branson!
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The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.
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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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A business is simply an idea to make other people's lives better.
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Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no
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What's the most critical factor in any business decision you'll ever have to make? Basically, it boils down to this question: If this all crashes, will it bring the whole house tumbling down like a pack of cards? One business matra remains embedded in my brain - protect the downside.
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If you get into business solely to make money, you won’t. If you try to make a real difference, you’ll find success.
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Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.
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You know I think if the people who work for a business are proud of the business they work for, they'll work that much harder, and therefore, I think turning your business into a real force for good is good business sense as well.
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I make up my mind about whether I can trust someone within 60 seconds of meeting them
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As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.
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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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There's no better satisfaction than watching the people around you, who have worked day and night to get something right, realising the dream.
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Happiness is the secret ingredient for successful businesses. If you have a happy company it will be invincible.
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Launching a business is essentially an adventure in problem-solving.
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The Virgin brand is not a product like Coca-Cola or Famous Grouse whisky. it's an attitude and a way of life to many. That attitude is about giving customers a better time and better value in a fun way that embraces life and seeks to give the customers something new.
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What can you do to make a difference? And why should you do it? (...) the scale of one's social investments doesn't matter. What matters is that you operate as a force for good at every scale available to you.
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