Richard Branson Quotes

la cultura se come a la estrategia de un bocado”.

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!

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

I don’t believe it can be taught as if it were a recipe. There aren’t ingredients and techniques that will guarantee success. Parameters exist that, if followed, will ensure a business can continue, but you cannot clearly define our business success and then bottle it as you would a perfume. It’s not that simple: to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running; and, if you have a good team round you and more than your fair share of luck, you might make something happen. But you certainly can’t guarantee it just by following someone else’s formula. Business is a fluid, changing substance.

en la mayor empresa de ventas al por menor del mundo haciendo mal sus cuentas! Los bombillos CFL dan la misma cantidad de luz que los clásicos bombillos incandescentes, pero usan hasta ochenta por ciento menos electricidad. Wal-Mart confía que el dinero que sus clientes ahorrarán en las facturas de luz finalmente regresará a ellos, pues en los estantes donde antes se encontraban bombillos ahora verán otros productos a precios atractivos. ¡Sin embargo, no se acostumbre todavía a esos nuevos bombillos ahorradores CFL! Es posible que en el mundo de los bombillos estemos presenciando la misma evolución acelerada que vimos en la industria de la música, cuando pasamos de los discos de vinilo a la era digital, a través de los casetes y de los CD. La tecnología CFL, con diez años como líder en el mercado, ya vislumbra la amenaza de la tecnología LED: un bombillo LED es mucho más caro, pero puede durar hasta veinticinco años y su precio ya está cayendo dramáticamente. ¿Quién lo diría? ¡La decisión de cambiar un bombillo ya no es tan sencilla como era antes!

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.

Simon's interest and love for life comes from arts, from music, books, his collection of paintings and beautiful cars. My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

These values do not come cheap. These values must be paid for.

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.

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

Our educational systems need to give young people the opportunity to plug into curriculums that encourage them to rise to their full potential, take risks, embrace failure, and challenge the established norms wherever and whenever they can. The leaders of tomorrow will be so much more effective if they are taught to retain and refine that childlike curiosity for the unknown, rather than having it ‘schooled’ out of them, as seems still to be the case today in so many schools and universities. Secondary education should be encouraged to place greater emphasis on developing emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and real-life problem-solving skills – algebra and calculus don’t cut it – all of which are key traits of successful entrepreneurs and indeed successful adults in any walk of life.

Whenever you are setting up a new project, the most important thing is to surround yourself with people who are better than yourself, have different skills and a healthy combination of enthusiasm and experience.

The beginning is the most important part of any work,’ while the Chinese say, ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

The way to become a great leader is to look for the best in people – seldom criticise – always praise.

In effect, 1986 marks the year that humans reached Earth’s carrying capacity,