Screw It, Let's Do It by Sir Richard Branson

If you calculate the risks that lie ahead of you, believe in what you are and chase your goals, you will definitely be successful. No matter what your dream is, you must always go for it. While being aware and cautious of a risky situation is good, Branson says that it’s also important to make bold moves. Therefore, if we take up something, it must be something that we enjoy and money will follow if we have fun while we’re at it.Įvery individual dreams of something and while some go for it others back away because it could be very risky. During his holiday, the idea to develop Virgin Airways was born and although it started off with him chartering a plane, Richard has come a long way in the past 21 years. He borrowed the money and achieved his goal. He was turned down because the price was £3 million however, as fate would have it, he eventually bought the Necker Island for $180,000 on the condition that he would build a plant and a house in the island within 5 years. For example, when he found out that some of the islands on Virgin Islands were for sale, he offered $175,000 for it. Richard has always been known as a man who practices what he preaches. If something stops being fun, we should try to fix the problem, but it can’t be fixed, then we must learn to move on.

Sure, we all need money to survive, but our primary agenda shouldn’t be all about money because if we enjoy doing what we love, money will automatically follow. Richard states that it’s very important to have fun while you’re trying to make money. Sure, there will be a lot of challenges, but if you let go of your fears and focus entirely on it, and give it your all, you will be unstoppable. Quite simply, he stresses on the fact that you just need to start working on your big ideas if you want to fulfill your dreams. There’s no substitute to hard work, so set up your goals, lead your life to the fullest and most of all, believe in yourself.īranson also talks about how his mother shared a positive outlook in life. If you think that you have something worthwhile, don’t let anything stop you and prepare yourself for it. He advocates the fact that an individual should never give up, no matter how hard his challenge is. He confesses he kept telling himself that something or the other would turn up and eventually he was rescued. The word “Can’t” doesn’t exist in his dictionary and he believes that if you think that you’ve stumbled upon a good idea, then you must at least consider it and start working towards it to make it actually happen.īranson shares a chilling account of how he escaped death when he was stuck on a hot air balloon.

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Screw It, Let's Do It by Sir Richard Branson