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You've got one go in life, so make the most of it.

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
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I want Virgin to be as well-known around the world as Coca-Cola.
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Lavish praise on people and people will flourish criticize people and they'll shrivel up.
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Your company should act as a springboard for ambitious employees, not a set of shackles.
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The best advice I got from my dad? Wear a condom.
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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 really felt secure until I was well into my 30s, because anytime I had success, I would invest in new projects.
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Communication: the thing humans forgot when we invented words.
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I've been lucky to have survived balloon trips, boating trips, you know, a lot of rather foolish things in my life, so I was definitely born under a lucky star.
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I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business.
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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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Focus on your business strengths and keep its weaknesses away from the competition or public.
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The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some misguided quest for efficiency.
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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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LEARN FROM FAILURE. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn't a success, welcome to the club.
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Perhaps my early problems with dyslexia made me more intuitive: when someone sends me a written proposal, rather than dwelling on detailed facts and figures I find that my imagination grasps and expands on what I read.
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Engage your emotions at work. Your instincts and emotions are there to help you.
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I never went into business just to make money - but I found that if I have fun, the money will come. I often ask myself, is my work fun and does it make me happy? I believe that the answer to that is more important than fame or fortune. If it stops being fun, I ask why? If I can't fix it, I stop doing it.
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We all know about the big world conflicts: Israel and Palestine, Zimbabwe, and so on. But there are smaller conflicts that aren't even on the world's radar screen most of the world has no idea that Ethiopia invaded Somalia a year ago. It makes sense for the Elders to sit down with both sides and see whether leaders can come to an understanding.
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Kite surfing is a great way of keeping fit. Kiting is great because you're bouncing over the waves and you're surfing the waves. I do quite long kite surfs-50 miles in a day.
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Rather than getting nostalgic...embrace the new opportunities and challenges available to you now.
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