Richard Branson Quotes

I would have loved to have spoken to these fishermen. Probably they were as stressed about their money and families as anyone else, but their life seemed so tranquil and rooted in such an ancient tradition that I felt they must have come to terms with time in a way I never had.

I called up Coca-Cola and told them that Pepsi had just booked a big advertisement but that the back page was still free. I called up the Daily Telegraph and asked them whether they would prefer to advertise before or after the Daily Express. Another tack was to ask an innocuous question that they couldn’t easily deny: ‘Are you interested in recruiting the highest-calibre school-leavers and university graduates?’ No personnel manager would ever admit that they were looking for mediocre recruits. ‘Then we’re publishing just the magazine for you …

diga lo que piensa y crea en lo que dice”; de preferencia, dígalo con pocas y bien escogidas palabras.

Listen – it makes you sound smarter

On one of my last days at school, aged 15, my headmaster predicted that I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire ... So for anyone anxious about their A-level results today, I hope this brings you some encouragement!

Acquiring the habit of note-taking is therefore a wonderfully complementary skill to that of listening.

otra parte. Lo nuestro es el “ahora”, no lo que va a pasar en diez minutos ni lo que ocurrió diez minutos atrás. Lo nuestro es lo que está pasando. Ese momento entre la fila que hiciste durante horas y la recompensa épica. ¡La emoción! En Virgin Mega el asunto no es comprar, sino irse de cacería, desear. Los verdaderos fans hacen fila, bajo la lluvia, durante horas. Porque les interesa lo que buscan. A veces, lo que haces para obtener algo es tan estimulante como lo que obtienes. Es la experiencia. Son los amigos y las cosas que descubres mientras haces fila. Virgin Mega es para los fanáticos. Lo que te haga vibrar. A ti te gusta la música y a nosotros nos gustan los fans de la música. Te acercaremos a los artistas que admiras mediante el lanzamiento de ropa, zapatos, arte y boletos, inspirados en la música y la cultura pop que te mueve, para alimentar tu adicción por una actitud con estilo. Todos nuestros productos son limitados y numerados. A veces, lo que vendemos no es fácil de encontrar. Y a veces, si no estás atento, esas cosas desaparecerán frente a tus narices, ¡para siempre! Tienes que estar atento. Tienes que probar tu fanatismo. Y tendrás que hacer filas. Largas. Y te encantará cada minuto que pases en ellas. Ven a Virgin Mega. Gózatela toda y gózatela ya.

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.

Roman philosopher Seneca who some two thousand years ago said, ‘Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Hard work and fun is what life is all about. As soon as something stops being fun, I think it’s time to move on. Life is too short to be unhappy.

As soon as something stops being fun, I think it’s time to move on. Life is too short to be unhappy. Waking up stressed and miserable is not a good way to live.

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

La improvisación es algo muy difícil. Yo lo hacía de la siguiente manera: una semana antes empezaba a prepararme, escribía la improvisación y me la aprendía de memoria”.

Developing mental toughness isn’t just about being resilient – it’s about accessing your reserve tank when you think you just can’t go any further.

Dream Big. Play Big. Take Risks !! Keep working towards things that really matter. It is only by being bold that you get where you wanna get.