Embrace a mistake and learn from it; don't regret them.

I never learned the rules in the first place. To change the game is at the heart of what Virgin stands for, so the company culture has always been: "Don't sweat it: rules were meant to be broken."

On conflicts, generally speaking, the world is a hell of a lot better to live in today than it was thirty years ago, despite what's going on in Syria. There are definitely hopeful signs that the world is moving, decade by decade, in the right direction.

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY to find out whether or not you'll be successful other than just doing it

We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet.

It's never easy to set up any business, but it comes back to determination and drive and the love of what you do!

I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.