Success Story: Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 1950) is the founder of the Virgin Group, which controls more than 400 companies in over 20 countries. Some of the companies include Virgin Records (1972), a music record label, now called Virgin Megastores, Virgin Atlantic Airways (1984), Virgin Mobile (1999), Virgin Blue, now called Virgin Australia (2000), Virgin Trains (1993), Virgin Express (1996), Virgin Nigeria (2006), Virgin America (2007), Virgin Galactic (2004), Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation, an entertainment company (2006), Virgin Media (2007), etcetera.

Branson has a net worth of $5 billion as of March 2017.

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Success has a price. Branson paid the price. He was born in England, dropped out of school at age 16. He had dyslexia, a reading disorder, characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence. However, he never allowed this disorder to be an obstacle in his desire to be great and to succeed.
Shortly after dropping out of school, he started a Student magazine, which was a great success. His magazine featured interesting stories and interviews and he made money by selling advertisements to local businesses.
At age 19, Branson was inspired by observing his environment, to create Virgin Records, a music label that sells records at lower prices compared to other labels.
After Virgin Records, other companies were created.

There are some great attributes to learn from Richard Branson. He is a positive thinker. He's creative, open minded and tries to find solutions to problems. He watches out for opportunities and makes great use of them. He sees problems as challenges that needs to be fixed, solved, and used to create wealth. He never allowed himself to be limited. He's so optimistic that he always keep pushing and doesn't allow failure to distract him. He's a Big dreamer, one who never stops and gets satisfied with the status quo, one who wants to achieve more. That's evident in the vast number of companies he created. He was committed to his dreams and passion and followed principles that would guarantee his Success.

Branson believes in starting from wherever one is. Just Start! He believes in action, he believes in making great use of one's time. Here's one of his quotes:
"You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over."

Hope He inspired you?