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.
Successful entrepreneurs don’t wait for the perfect moment – they create it.
If something can’t be explained on the back of an envelope, it’s rubbish.
Success cannot be measured in wealth, fame or power, but by whether you have made a positive difference for others.
The best way of learning about anything is by doing.
I have no secret. There are no rules to follow in business. I just work hard and, as I always have done, believe I can do it. Most of all, though, I try to have fun.
Don’t think what’s the cheapest way to do it or what’s the fastest way to do it. Think what’s the most amazing way to do it.
Have fun, do good, and the money will come.
No matter how big you are, details count!
I think business leaders all over the world should not just think of how we can make lots of money, which is fine, but to take some of the problems in the world and get out there and tackle them using business. I think that if businesses do that we can get on top of these problems.
You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion.
Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.
I would not be able to change a sparking plug and I would not be able to fly a spaceship or build a rocket or whatever. But what I am good at doing is finding brilliant people and surrounding myself with brilliant people.
We should focus on what people get done, not on how many hours or days worked. Just as we don’t have a nine-to-five policy, we don’t need a vacation policy.
I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
Happiness doesn’t come from making a fortune and owning lots of possessions. ‘Stuff’ doesn’t bring happiness. Family, friends, good health and the satisfaction that comes from making a positive difference are what really matter.
I have always looked on my businesses not just as money-making machines, but as adventures that can, I hope, make people better off.
Every risk is worth taking as long as it’s for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.
If you have an idea that’s going to make a big difference to people’s lives, and other people are not doing it, you know, just say “screw it,” do it and get on with it, and give it a go.
I believe in goals. It’s never a bad thing to have a dream. If something is really what you want to do, just do it. Whatever your goal.