Red tape will often get in your way. It's one of the reasons I often carry scissors!

Ideas Are The Lifeblood Of Business. Capture Every Fleeting Idea And Drive For Change.

Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think I'll ever retire.

I've obviously been born fortunate. I love people. I enjoy every single minute of my life.

The best lessons are usually learned from failure. You musn't beat yourself up if you fail - just pick yourself up, learn as much as you can from the experience and get on with the next challenge...The brave may not live forever, but the cautious never live at all.

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.

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.