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LEARN FROM FAILURE. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn't a success, welcome to the club.

LEARN FROM FAILURE. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn't a success, welcome to the club.

Richard Branson
Inspirational, Business, Entrepreneur

People do not mind people who try things and fail. If you're a good entrepreneur, you're not going to succeed in every single thing you try. You've got to try to succeed at more things than fail.

Richard Branson
People, Entrepreneur, Mind
"Richard Branson Responds To Elon Musk's Criticism; 'We're About To Prove Him Wrong'". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. October 18, 2014.

You need lucky breaks to be successful.

Richard Branson
Successful, Lucky, Needs

About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues.

Richard Branson
Organization, Issues, Benefits

In business, as in life, all that matters is that you do something positive.

Richard Branson
Meaningful, Matter, Meaningful Work
FaceBook post by Richard Branson from Sep 11, 2012

I think entrepreneurship is our natural state--a big adult word that probably boils down to something much more obvious like playfulness.

Richard Branson
Powerful, Thinking, Adults
FaceBook post by Richard Branson from Dec 07, 2012

Age isn't as important so long as you are surrounded by people you love, doing things you passionately believe in.

Richard Branson
Believe, Long, People

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.

Richard Branson
Family, Remember, Moments
Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

Irreverence ran on both sides of our family...my parents brought me up to think we could all change the world.

Richard Branson
Change, Thinking, Parent

I just think you need to spice up life every now and then with a bit of adventure and excitement.

Richard Branson
Adventure, Thinking, Needs
"How To Turn Your Idea Into Reality – The Richard Branson Interview". Interview with Nathan Chan, foundr.com. May 30, 2018.

It's really important to find an hour or two to a day to make sure that you keep healthy, keep fit. It's very easy just to forget that aspect. And if you're feeling really good and fit, I think you can get two or three extra hours a day of hard work in as well.

Richard Branson
Hard Work, Thinking, Two
"Richard Branson Responds To Elon Musk's Criticism; 'We're About To Prove Him Wrong'". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. October 18, 2014.

Not enough people realize the satisfaction you can get from really pushing yourself to the limits.

Richard Branson
People, Limits, Satisfaction
"Richard Branson on Being Richard Branson". Interview with Rod Kurtz, www.entrepreneur.com. December 17, 2012.

I love eating meat, but I love our planet even more. So I will join this campaign and stop eating meat at least one day a week.

Richard Branson
One Day, Energy, Meat
"McCartneys launch veggie campaign and more in Mirror.co.uk's Monday gossip round-up". www.mirror.co.uk. June 15, 2009.

We went all the way down the Himalayan chain for a day and a half. That was magnificent, except the Chinese told us they were going to shoot us down if we came out the far end. So I spent a lot of my time contacting former Prime Minister Tony Blair begging him to tell the Chinese we were coming in this direction by mistake and could he please say we have no nasty motives for flying into their territory.

Richard Branson
Mistake, Adventure, Flying

I think a lot of becoming an entrepreneur is something which people have to learn just from getting out there and giving it a go, and having to learn the art of survival.

Richard Branson
Art, Thinking, People

Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset. More than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success. I am aware that the ideas of business as being fun and creative goes right against the grain of convention, and it's certainly not how the they teach it at some of those business schools, where business means hard grind and lots of 'discounted cash flows' and net' present values'.

Richard Branson
Fun, School, Mean
Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

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.

Richard Branson
Communication, Phones, Years

Early on in your career, find someone better than yourself to run the business on a day-to-day basis. Remove yourself, maybe even from the building, and from the nitty-gritty. That way, you're going to be able to see the bigger picture and think of new areas to go into.

Richard Branson
Running, Thinking, Careers

By working hard, by making the right moves, you can create your own luck, I think. But certainly luck plays a part.

Richard Branson
Moving, Thinking, Play
"Richard Branson Responds To Elon Musk's Criticism; 'We're About To Prove Him Wrong'". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. October 18, 2014.

We always enter markets where the leaders are not doing a great job, so we can go in and disrupt them by offering better quality services.

Richard Branson
Jobs, Offering, Leader

I like challenges in life and pushing myself out of my comfort zone.

Richard Branson
Challenges, Comfort, Pushing
"How To Turn Your Idea Into Reality – The Richard Branson Interview". Interview with Nathan Chan, foundr.com. May 30, 2018.

A good idea for a new business tends not to occur in isolation, and often the window of opportunity is very small. So speed is of the essence.

Richard Branson
Opportunity, Essence, Ideas

To stand still today is to go backwards...and quickly...!

Richard Branson
Today, Backwards, Stills

If young people do see me as an example (I'm very flattered if they do!) I hope it is as someone who will go out there and live life to the full.

Richard Branson
Live Life, People, Example
Source: foundrmag.com

We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet.

Richard Branson
Opportunity, Hands, Differences

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