If you opt for a safe life, you will never know what it's like to win. - Richard Branson

The talents of young people must not be stifled. Education is not just about getting the right grades in exams but it should encourage all students to develop their optimum capacity, whatever that may be. Schools and colleges should prepare young people for life.

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 isn’t 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