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If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
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I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express.
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I don't live my life thinking about if only. I just try to think positively about the future. We'll never know for certain what would have happened if we'd gone to Iraq. The important thing is that we've got to do everything we can to prevent other wars.
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I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.
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As an entrepreneur, you've got to protect against the company going bust. And as an adventurer, you've got to protect against losing your life. It's even more important as an adventurer to get it right.
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No matter where my travels take me, my day starts with a good work out, preferably kitesurfing or tennis. Exercise puts me in the right state of mind for the day. Dedicating time in the morning to exercise your body will make a big difference when you have to focus your mind on the day's work.
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I think you can get happiness through making a real difference in other people's lives by setting out to make other people's lives better and setting out to right the wrongs in the world.
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Throughout my business life I have always tried to keep on top of costs and protect the downside risk as much possible. The Virgin Group has survived only because we have always kept tight control of our cash. But, likewise, I also know that sometimes it is essential to break these rules and spend lavishly.
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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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We have a business that some people feel pollutes, and I happen to agree with them. ... And so on the basis of trying to do good and, you know, hopefully turn a profit, what we did was we pledged that we'd put all the profits from our airline business into trying to develop clean fuels.
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Please don’t get hung up on this question of whether you need to have experience in an industry before you launch your startup.
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I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.
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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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I think the most important thing is that in the last seven days we've just had the greatest adventure of our lifetimes. I'm inquisitive ... and I love a new challenge... and if I feel that we can do it better than it's been done by other people, we'll have a go.
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It always pays off to focus on things that will make you feel proud. Remember this during every difficult decision you face.
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One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you're building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to free yourself up to look at the bigger picture.
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If you have an idea that's going to make a big difference to people's lives, and other people are not doing it, you know, just say screw it, do it and get on with it, and give it a go.
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If you run a business, put on top your employees, then your consumers, and then your shareholders.
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Don't think what's the cheapest way to do it or what's the fastest way to do it. Think what's the most amazing way to do it.
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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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