Talent comes from experience and failure.
RICHARD BRANSONTalent comes from experience and failure.
RICHARD BRANSONComplexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.
RICHARD BRANSONMost skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality.
RICHARD BRANSONAll successful people – not just entrepreneurs – have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution.
RICHARD BRANSONIf 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.
RICHARD BRANSONIf you don’t have time for the small things, you won’t have time for the big things.
RICHARD BRANSONThere are no quick wins in business – it takes years to become an overnight success.
RICHARD BRANSONBrave people don’t live forever, but cautious people don’t live at all.
RICHARD BRANSONA good leader leads from the front. Don’t get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.
RICHARD BRANSONLearn to look after your staff first and the rest will follow.
RICHARD BRANSONChance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.
RICHARD BRANSONPlease be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them.
RICHARD BRANSONThe key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them – preferably in unexpected and helpful ways.
RICHARD BRANSONListen. Take the best. Leave the rest.
RICHARD BRANSONRemember the to-do list but don’t forget the to-be list.
RICHARD BRANSONJust start. You will learn so many lessons just by doing.
RICHARD BRANSON