30 colossal Richard Branson quotes that will make you laugh and think

Richard Branson is the archetype of the happy entrepreneur who just has his finger on the pulse of time. Running 400+ companies he started in the 70s with records. At one point he even sold condoms with the logo virgin on them (although they flopped). After circling the earth in a balloon it is now time space for Sir Richard Branson. To Infinity and beyond and here are 30 quotes which will make you laugh and think.

1. You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
2. Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
3. My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.
4. A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren't proud of what you're doing, why should anybody else be?
5. Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
6. By putting the employee first, the customer effectively comes first by default, and in the end, the shareholder comes first by default as well.
7. A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk.
8. An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right. And the people out on the front line, they know when things are not going right, and they know when things need to be improved. And if you listen to them, you can soon improve all those niggly things which turns an average company into an exceptional company.
9. From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I've felt the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people's lives better.
10. My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.'
11. When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.
12. The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.
13. When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.
14. The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.
15. Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.
16. Material things are delightful, but they're not important.
17. Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.
18. I don't think so, in that Virgin is already a global brand. Brands like Amazon have had to spend hundreds of millions of pounds you know, building their brands, whereas Virgin is already well-known around the world.
19. I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.
20. There's nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that.
21. When we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance.
22. Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.
23. Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.
24. My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.
25. It's a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur's metric for success. It's not, and nor should it be.
26. Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that's what a number of us are trying to do.
27. I've been very passionate about renewable energy for many years, particularly solar energy and its capacity to bring abundant clean, sustainable energy to millions around the globe.
28. There's no point in starting a business unless you're going to make a dramatic difference to other people's lives. So if you've got an idea that's gonna make a big difference to other people's lives, then just get on and do it.
29. A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
30. Starting your own business isn't just a job - it's a way of life.

Conclusion

What you can draw from Richard Branson is his sheer positive attitude and believing in people. The fact that as a child his parents were tough on him but his aunt believed that he can do it formed a character which will never give up and still know how to have fun with it. He also shows that you do not have to be all serious about business just to get things done. Here at marathon-crossfit, I will show you how to get a Branson mindset step by step because guess what, I have done it myself. I started out with controlling my mind and body to focus on the positive and put fewer detractors like alcohol and chocolate into them.

Further reading

How to get stronger faster

Introduction to supplements