Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Bransonis an English business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth18 July 1950
CityLondon, England
frustration views people
There is so much to be learned from listening to people's hopes, frustrations, and points of view
challenges duh want
When you are starting a business or going down any challenging endeavor, you are bound to encounter challenges. You are going to hit many roadblocks and obstacles. These are obstacles that would make any sane person want to throw in the towel and quit. If you want your business to succeed, you can’t do that (duh).
regret mistake embrace
I have always believed that there is no point in having regrets as you learn far more from mistakes than successes. Embrace a mistake and learn from it; don't regret them.
glasses half empty
If you are glass half empty type of person, maybe you just haven’t been holding the right glass
successful way being-successful
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY to find out whether or not you'll be successful other than just doing it
differences what-matters making-a-difference
What can you do to make a difference? And why should you do it? (...) the scale of one's social investments doesn't matter. What matters is that you operate as a force for good at every scale available to you.
successful business-success way
Many assume my business success has brought me happiness. But the way I see it, I am successful because I am happy.
people mind trying
When people warn me against doing something once my mind is made up, I grow increasingly determined to try it.
regret moving next
Never look back in regret - move on to the next thing.
records warning extraordinary-things
The extraordinary thing about the record industry is how success can take off without warning.
running real moving
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.
senior people links
Good customer service begins at the top. If your senior people don't get it, even the strongest links further down the line can become compromised.
fun long people
There are quite a few things I've done that even I thought might have been one step too far. But if you are willing to make a fool of yourself and make people smile, as long as you do it with a sense of fun, you can get away with it.
people leader praise
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.