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You get the idea. Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once. There are no rules. You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over, and it's because you fall over that you learn to save yourself from falling over. It's the greatest thrill in the world and it runs away screaming at the first sight of bullet points.
The truth is this: the Earth cannot provide enough food and fresh water for 10 billion people, never mind homes, never mind roads, hospitals and schools.
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
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I was a risk-taker as a young man, and I don't regret it. I'm not adventurous in quite the same way now, but I still love the challenge of testing myself to the limits, flying around the world, or seeing if I can be the first to fly a balloon across the Atlantic, or trying to take people into space at an affordable price in an environmentally friendly way. I'll be going into space with three generations of my family!
The first thing to look for when searching for a great employee is somebody with a personality that fits with your company culture. Most skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality.
My parents brought me up with this philosophy. You must do things. You mustn't watch what other people are doing. You must not listen to what other people are doing.
If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.
Ever since I saw the moon landing as a young teenager, I was determined I would go into space one day.
Never to be frightened of taking risks and always follow your instincts!
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
Competition is healthy but not when it becomes obsessive and all-consuming.
