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"61 Richard Branson Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 18 July 1950 | Business magnate | Investor | Author | Philanthropist |

One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.

Business Mistakes Certain One thing
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I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.

Freedom Gives I Love Life
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I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.

Each Family Felt Life
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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.

Around Attempt Balloons Finding
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And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

Challenge Obviously Our Own
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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.

Airline Create Else Experience
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Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

Backing Between Business Dividing
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I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it.

Certainly Dyslexic Failed Grasp
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You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

Doing Falling Following Learn
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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.'

Anything Attitude Day Enjoy
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My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

Any Around Invest Money
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If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.

Airline Billion Billion Dollars Dollars
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For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.

Businesses Create Creating Difference
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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.

Before End Financial Financial Resources
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To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.

About Being Business Essentials
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Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

Again Embarrassed Failures Learn
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Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that's what a number of us are trying to do.

Focusing Get Lot Most
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I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.

Another Big Big Challenge Challenge
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I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family.

Been Close Come Family
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If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it's important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business.

Appointment Business Date Decades
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All you have in business is your reputation - so it's very important that you keep your word.

Business Important Keep Reputation
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In business, if you realize you've made a bad decision, you change it.

Bad Business Change Decision
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I'm a bit like the Queen in that I don't carry much cash.

Bit Carry Cash Like
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Can you imagine what a different world we will live in when businesses do what's right for the communities and the environment in everything they do?

Businesses Communities Different Different World
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There is no way I would ask others to go on a Virgin Galactic flight if I didn't feel it was safe enough for myself.

Ask Enough Feel Flight
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My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

Above Apparently Challenges Huge
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When hiring somebody, I never ask to see a curriculum vitae. I feel that since I didn't have one myself, it would be a bit presumptuous to ask to see anyone else's.

Anyone Ask Bit Curriculum
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A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk.

Behind Desk Get Good
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I'm not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.

Atlantic Balloon Boat Brush
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My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.

Again Always Attitude Back
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There's no point in starting a business unless you're going to make a dramatic difference to other people's lives. So if you've got an idea that's gonna make a big difference to other people's lives, then just get on and do it.

Big Big Difference Business Difference
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Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.

Associate Happy How How Much
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It's a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur's metric for success. It's not, and nor should it be.

Common Entrepreneur Every Metric
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I've never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people's lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.

Able Been Build Business
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Most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But I know I am successful, wealthy, and connected because I am happy.

Am Assume Because Brought
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A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren't proud of what you're doing, why should anybody else be?

All The Difference Anybody Anybody Else Belief
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Fun is one of the most important - and underrated - ingredients in any successful venture. If you're not having fun, then it's probably time to call it quits and try something else.

Any Call Else Fun
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The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.

Any Art Delegation Entrepreneur
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From a young age, I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate to others what I was not good at. That's how Virgin is run. Fantastic people throughout the Virgin Group run our businesses, allowing me to think creatively and strategically.

Age Allowing Businesses Creatively
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An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right. And the people out on the front line, they know when things are not going right, and they know when things need to be improved. And if you listen to them, you can soon improve all those niggly things which turns an average company into an exceptional company.

Average Company Details Exceptional
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Entrepreneurs are natural problem-solvers, which means that we always have ideas for new businesses popping into our heads. Having a lot of options is great, but sometimes it can be hard to focus on one when you are keen to move onto the next.

Always Businesses Entrepreneurs Focus
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Starting your own business isn't just a job - it's a way of life.

Business Job Just Life
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It's rare for a startup to make money immediately, so you need to make sure that you have enough saved or that you have another income stream that can support you.

Another Enough Immediately Income
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Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

Absolutely Being Critical Front
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By putting the employee first, the customer effectively comes first by default, and in the end, the shareholder comes first by default as well.

Customer Default Effectively Employee
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If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.

Big Big Company Company Humor
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Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business.

Business Commitment Entrepreneurs Fear
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Every successful businessman will have experienced set-backs and failures - they're lying if they say they haven't. Virgin has had some tremendously successful businesses and some that have not quite worked out. Virgin Cola springs to mind - the product wasn't distinct enough from Coca-Cola.

Businesses Businessman Coca-Cola Distinct
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Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.

Achieving Again Approach Chances
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I think it's good for a woman to put on a bit of weight when she gets older - it looks better. But a man has to stay balanced.

Balanced Better Bit Gets
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