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There are no quick wins in business - it takes years to become an overnight success.

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
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Film Producer
High School Teacher
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Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
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My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University education that I never had - everyday I'm learning something new.
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Your brand or your name is simply your reputation, you have to fight in life to protect that as it means everything. Nothing is more important.
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I'd like to see the government back a programme of research into the medical properties of cannabis and I do not object to its responsible use as a recreational relaxant.
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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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Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once.
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Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.
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If you run your business fairly if you treat people well if you try to move your business into areas that are making a real positive difference to other peoples lives I think you'll A. have much pleasant life, but B. I think you'll have a much more successful business.
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A business is simply an idea to make other people's lives better.
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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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Life is a series of ups and clowns. Make it worth your wild!
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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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One day offices will be a thing of the past
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In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be heading down the nightmare that it is today.
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After all - life is not a dress rehearsal!
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Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.
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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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And if after all this you eventually fail don't take it personal. Don't be ashamed to start all over again.
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If you're lucky enough to have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank account, that should be sufficient for your own personal needs, and anything more than that you've got to put to good use.
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