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
simple enemy fool
Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.
hearing speak
Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.
stay-strong brave forever
The best lessons are usually learned from failure. You musn't beat yourself up if you fail - just pick yourself up, learn as much as you can from the experience and get on with the next challenge...The brave may not live forever, but the cautious never live at all.
wisdom firsts should
I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third - ultimately that's in the best interest of customers and shareholders.
leadership play people
Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.
two israel rockets
Just watching Israel bombarding Palestine and Palestine sending one or two little rockets over to Israel - it's just too sad for words.
insightful needs looks
If you look for the best in your employees, they'll flourish. If you criticize or look for the worst, they'll shrivel up. We all need lots of watering.
reign als today
In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be heading down the nightmare that it is today.
success crazy thinking
If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.
people proud realizing
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.
caring people leader
Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.
flower water people
A company is simply a group of people. And as a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, you have to be a great motivator, you have to be very good at praising and looking for the best in people. People are no different from flowers. If you water flowers, they flourish. If you praise people, they flourish. That's a critical attribute of a leader.
vulnerable ill feels
If family or friends are unwell or ill - it's perhaps the only thing that really can make one feel vulnerable.
negativity dignity treats
Confidence breeds confidence and negativity breeds negativity. Treat those around you with respect and dignity and they will thrive.