Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life's greatest pleasures!

The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me

Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.

I've never sued anybody, though there have been one or two occasions I've wanted to strangle one or two people.

Every business will face tough times.

Conflicts often stem from a couple of leaders on both sides that are badly brought up. They'd rather go to war than compromise. And in business, you're competing with other companies all the time, but you don't end up going to war with each other.

We [Virgin Group] have been successful not by wasting time scrutinising our competitors but by looking at ourselves from the point of view of our customers do and seeking feedback through listening.