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When people screw up, give them a second chance.

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
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Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
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My people are at the core of everything I do, and I recognize the importance of giving them the flexibility to balance work around their personal lives.
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Realize that the people who are working with you, this is their life. You know, 80% of their time is spent at work. Make sure that they're proud of what they're doing, that they're enjoying what they're doing.
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It's obviously incredibly important to keep the body fit in order to keep the mind fit, and be able to find time for friends.
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However tight things are, you still need to have the big picture at the forefront of your mind.
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A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed but I don't believe that makes good business sense.
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The risk is worth it. Mike would have been the first to say that.
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Whatever you and your team decide your new brand will stand for, deliver on that promise. That's the only way you'll ever control your brand. And beware: brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will.
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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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I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests with ZERO-G [a charter-flight service in Arlington, Va., that uses modified Boeing 727s to simulate weightlessness], which went great.
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Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.
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I truly believe that capitalism was created to help people live better lives, but sadly over the years it has lost its way a bit. The short-term focus on profit has driven most businesses to forget about the important long-term role they have in taking care of people and the planet.
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Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two months, okay, well, maybe on an unpaid basis, let them do it. That sort of flexibility I think is incredibly important because most of our time, we spend at work.
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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've never sued anybody, though there have been one or two occasions I've wanted to strangle one or two people.
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The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.
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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
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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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Your brand name is only as good as your reputation
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There are millions of people out there who would love to become astronauts, who'd love to go to space - they'd love to look back at this wonderful world from space. That will be the engine that will enable us then to develop spaceships to transport people around the world at tremendous speeds in an environmentally friendly way.
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My definition of success? The more you are actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will feel.
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