The idea that business is strictly a numbers affair has always struck me as preposterous. For one thing, … - Richard Branson

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I care more about the people than about the company. That's why I don't want to own it. I don't want to run a business. People do it better than I do.

Richard Branson

The idea that business is strictly a numbers affair has always struck me as preposterous. For one thing, I've never been particularly good at numbers, but I think I've done a reasonable job with feelings. And I'm convinced that it is feelings - and feelings alone - that account for the success of the Virgin brand in all of its myriad forms.

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If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things

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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.

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If you look for the best in your employees, they'll flourish. If you criticize or look for the worst, they'll shrivel up. We all need lots of watering.

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The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers

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Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.

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