Richard Branson heeft zijn sporen in het bedrijfsleven allang verdiend. De beroemde oprichter van Virgin geniet nu van zijn leven (en zijn miljarden) en geeft graag tips aan entrepreneurs. Een aantal gouden adviezen van Mr.Branson himself:
1. Werk vanuit huis als je die mogelijkheid hebt.
“When I’m working, I don’t like to waste my time. When I’m on holidays, I like to waste my time a little bit. I’ve always worked from home, I’ve never worked from an office… I work from a hammock.”
2. Maak tijd vrij voor je eigen hobby’s.
“I get up quite early in the morning — maybe 6:30. I will maybe go kitesurfing, maybe play tennis, maybe go for a swim. It’s the advantage of working from home and working from Necker Island, which is my home, which is very nice.”
3. Neem een riante lunch break.
“I don’t believe in sandwiches for lunch. I like to eat from my balcony. I’ll have good food. Having said that, I drink far too much tea and coffee and all that.”
4. Werk om een pioneer op jouw gebied te worden.
“If you try to achieve things that people say are impossible, it does involve taking these risks. People said it was impossible to take a hot air balloon around the world, and we had great adventures proving them wrong. Fortunately, we survived it. We were the lucky pilots. A lot of pilots lose their lives trying these things. I just finished a book that’s coming out this week called Reach For The Skies, which is about all the aviation pioneers who’ve lost their lives over the years.”
5. Wordt geen workaholic.
“My philosophy in life is that you only live once. Live life to its fullest. It’s a lot more fun. Don’t say no. That’s the way I’ve always approached things. As one of my book titles says, Screw It, Let’s Do It.”
6. Heb een plan voor succes.
“One of the advantages of always taking adventure-type risks is that I have to make sure that I have a good succession plan and have lots of great people in place and have delegated well. Virgin America has a great team of people. If my balloon ever bursts, my companies will continue on. ”
Succes!
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