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When people screw up, give them a second chance.

Richard Branson

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
Autobiographer
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Business Magnate
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Entrepreneur
Film Producer
High School Teacher
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Sir Richard Branson
Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
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You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
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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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I think I've learned that if you have a house, you end up living in the kitchen, so if you have one big kitchen and then enough bedrooms for your family, that's about all you need for a home.
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Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.
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Seek out strategic alliances they are essential to growth and provide resistance to bigger competition.
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People flourish if they’re praised.
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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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So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn't in - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on.
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I was born under a lucky star, and I have nothing whatsoever to regret. I wouldn't change a thing about my life.
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I have no secret. There are no rules to follow in business. I just work hard and, as I always have done, believe I can do it. Most of all, though, I try to have fun.
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In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.
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Every single astronaut who has come back from space comes back determined to do more to protect it.
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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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The best advice I ever received? Simple: Have no regrets.
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There is no planet B. We have to take care of the one we have
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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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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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Leading by fear is a lot of companies' approach, and a horrible way for people to exist in their lives, when most of your life is spent at work.
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