Quotes from Richard Branson

It's so much better, where possible, to try and forgive offenders and give them a second chance, just like my mother and father did so often with me as a child.

expected, look for someone with a sense of humour, who is fun, friendly and caring, because that is a person who likely understands teamwork and will help others.

We call this the spirit of Ubuntu, that profound African sense that we are human only through the humanity of other human beings.

If you aren't having fun, you are doing it wrong. If you feel like getting up in the morning to work on your business is a chore, then it's time to try something else.

It's easy. Make every second count.

Cover the downside.

never just try to make money. Long-term success will never come if profit is the only aim.

Mit Sport erhöht man die Produktivität

Some you win and some you lose. Be glad when you win. Don't have regrets when you lose.

Try everything once. Except incest and folk dancing.' Sir Thomas Beecham

And once we decide to do something, we should never look back, never regret it.

I was in a round the world hot-air balloon race. Before I left, I wrote a long letter to my children, in case I didn't return. I started the letter by saying, 'Dear Holly and

Success for me is whether you have created something that you can be really proud of.

If someone offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes - then learn how to do it later!

Our wedding on Necker. A week later Sam said of a friend's wedding, "But they can't be getting married. They haven't had any children yet." Private Collection.

Everything's gone,' I heard someone say. I thought of the lifetime of diaries and photographs disappearing up in smoke and I turned to Mia and Joe. 'Remember, it's not material things that matter in life,' I told them. 'Things aren't important, people are. All that matters is that everyone is safe.

La gerencia tiene mucho más que ver con el mantenimiento de los procesos, las disciplinas y los sistemas que con el cambio de los mismos. Un buen líder, en cambio, aunque mantiene la estabilidad, debe tener la visión, la creatividad y sobre todo la capacidad para influir en sus colaboradores con el fin de que lo apoyen en los retos que implica llevar a una organización a territorios inexplorados, donde abundan los riesgos.

La estrategia de "no hacer olas" tal vez era viable como modelo empresarial hace veinte años, pero hoy en día, dada la velocidad frenética del mundo de los negocios, es un despropósito. En la actualidad, quedarse quieto es ir hacia atrás, ¡y a gran velocidad!

I wrote on the envelope that it was not to be opened until the following day but then gave it to a boy who I knew was far too nosy not to open it immediately.

Además de conocer de primera mano ciertas cosas que usted jamás encontrará en los informes de gestión, el hecho de que un alto directivo (en este caso, usted) se interese por las opiniones de sus colaboradores, las pida y se tome la molestia de escucharlas tiene un enorme valor para todos.

anotar en un cuaderno de tapa dura mis pensamientos, observaciones o cualquier cosa interesante que alguien dijera o hiciera.

adquirir el hábito de tomar notas es una capacidad que se complementa de maravilla con el arte de escuchar. ¡Por favor, anote esto para que no se le olvide!

The era of procrastination is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences,

If I had refused to contemplate skydiving, hot-air ballooning or crossing the Atlantic in a boat, I think that my life would have been the duller for it. I never think that I am going to die by accident, but if I were to die then all I can say is that I was wrong, and the hardened realists who kept their feet on the ground were right. But at least I tried.