There is no greater thing you could do in your life and your work, than following your passions- in a way that serves the world and you. - Richard Branson

In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

The best lesson I learned was to just do it. It doesn’t matter what it is, or how hard it might seem, as the ancient Greek, Plato, said, ‘The beginning is the most important part of any work

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