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Publisher's summary
This book reveals who the real Sir Richard Branson is. We will tell you that he is not the playboy one might think he is, and he is actually not as rich as people think he is – he is richer.
There are a lot of errors out there in the public domain about Richard, and we will bring those errors to a close in this book.
When people think of Richard Branson, most would likely think of the Virgin group or think of Virgin Airlines. It is indeed the case that the product has overtaken the man.
This book will inform you that, without a doubt, the man and the brand are totally unlike each other, and that the man behind the brand is really a highly empathic person who, until recently, did not know how to read a balance sheet.
What he brings to the table is not MBA-level business acumen or strategy. What he brings to the table is a brand that represents unyielding quality and class.
The Virgin brand is not just a group of companies that belong to Richard. It is a flagship of companies where Richard is the principal investor and lends his name to the business. This is a highly beneficial arrangement, and we will tell you in this book how all this came to be.
From Virgin Records to his labs that do advanced energy research. It’s all covered.
Don’t wait any longer! Buy now to learn more about the man behind Virgin.
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The inspirational best seller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our why. Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that served as the basis for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time - with more than 56 million views and counting. Over a decade ago, Simon Sinek started a movement that inspired millions to demand purpose at work, to ask what was the why of their organization. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, and these ideas remain as relevant and timely as ever.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Useless Dribble
- By Chimdi Azubuike on 03-10-18
By: Simon Sinek
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Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain
- How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur
- By: Ryan Blair, Don Yaeger
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Ryan Blair knows about building a business from the ground up. Like many entrepreneurs he had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a "nothing to lose" mindset.Blair's middle-class childhood came to an abrupt end when his abusive father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned the family. Blair and his mother moved to a bad neighborhood, and soon he was in and out of juvenile detention, joining a gang just to survive. Then his mother fell in love with a successful entrepreneur who took Ryan under his wing.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I wouldn't read it again
- By Blahhhhhh on 01-07-13
By: Ryan Blair, and others
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Linchpin
- Are You Indispensable?
- By: Seth Godin
- Narrated by: Seth Godin
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,877
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There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They figure out what to do when there’s no rule book. They delight and challenge their customers and peers. They love their work, pour their best selves into it, and turn each day into a kind of art.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I was expecting more
- By Steve High on 04-06-10
By: Seth Godin
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The Power of Starting Something Stupid
- How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret
- By: Richie Norton, Natalie Norton
- Narrated by: Richie Norton
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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What if the smartest people in the world understand something that the rest of us don't? (They do.) What if they know that in order to achieve success, they will sometimes have to do things that others may initially perceive as stupid? The fact of the matter is that the smartest people in the world don't run from stupid, they lean into it (in a smart way). In The Power of Starting Something Stupid, Richie Norton redefines stupid as we know it, demonstrating that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful
- By Edward on 06-27-13
By: Richie Norton, and others
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Start Where You Are
- By: Chris Gardner
- Narrated by: Andre Blake
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Abridged
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If you've been dealing with the loss of a job or home, or have had a health or financial crisis, Start Where You Are abounds with lessons that offer hope and provide a road map for starting anew. This is also the ideal book for anyone ready to launch a personal or professional undertaking, or someone who simply wants to break through the cycles and thinking that have limited his or her potential in the past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Baby Steps Count!
- By T. Skinner on 05-16-09
By: Chris Gardner
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Thoughts Are Things
- Turning Your Idea Into Realities, The Think and Grow Rich® series
- By: Bob Proctor, Greg S. Reid
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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You've learned the principles in Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich - now give them STICKABILITY! The path to personal and professional success is not a one-way street. Most people encounter setbacks and obstacles that threaten to derail them from their chosen route. The most successful people, however, adhere to their principles and goals, capitalizing on hidden opportunities, even in the face of what many would consider unconquerable obstacles. To coin a new word - these people have STICKABILITY!
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book has changed my life.
- By Tammy Ward on 07-06-19
By: Bob Proctor, and others
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Hustle
- The Power to Charge Your Life with Money, Meaning, and Momentum
- By: Patrick Vlaskovits, Neil Patel, Jonas Koffler
- Narrated by: Brian Sutherland
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Too often we feel like underdogs fighting a system that stacks the odds against us. We work hard, follow the rules, and dream of a better life. But these days, working harder doesn't always lead to fulfillment. In fact, according to Gallup research, nearly 90% of people feel disconnected from their jobs. So how do you break free from the drudgery and achieve more success on your own terms? You hustle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brian Sutherland can narrate ALL MY BOOKS
- By Debbie Tudor on 08-18-19
By: Patrick Vlaskovits, and others
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Awakening the Entrepreneur Within
- By: Michael E. Gerber
- Narrated by: Michael E. Gerber
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 182
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In Awakening the Entrepreneur Within you are invited into the Dreaming Room, where your own entrepreneurial dreams will come alive and become reality. Michael will help you shape your dream into a viable, economically successful company! If you see something missing in your world, it's time to start dreaming. Let Michael Gerber welcome you to the Dreaming Room.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- By The Book Lady on 03-18-08
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The E-Myth Enterprise
- By: Michael E. Gerber
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 96
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The E-Myth Enterprise explores the requirements that any new business must meet: the satisfaction of its four primary influencers - its employees, customers, suppliers, and investors - through four fundamental categories - visual, emotional, functional, and financial. Together these form the twin strategies every entrepreneur must use to design a business.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Well done on your other book!
- By Nigel Bond on 10-19-09
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Good to Great
- Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
- By: Jim Collins
- Narrated by: Jim Collins
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Built To Last, the defining management study of the 90s, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good info, over-the-top narration
- By Anaxamaxan on 08-31-10
By: Jim Collins
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No More Mondays
- Fire Yourself -- And Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work
- By: Dan Miller
- Narrated by: Dan Miller
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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For everyone who dreads going to work on Monday mornings, inspiring advice on how to find fulfilling work in an uncertain age. Do you hate Mondays? If so, what's keeping you at your current job? If you said a steady paycheck and the promise of a secure retirement, then you're in for a big disappointment. In today's volatile economy, there is nothing safe about punching the clock for a job you hate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"No More Mondays"
- By Sandra on 03-09-09
By: Dan Miller
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The Spark and the Grind
- Ignite the Power of Disciplined Creativity
- By: Erik Wahl
- Narrated by: Erik Wahl, Tasha Wahl
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Erik Wahl, a visual artist, speaker, and entrepreneur, helps us unite the yin and yang of creativity - the dynamic new ideas with the dogged effort. He shows why we won't get far if we rely on the spark without the grind or the grind without the spark. What the world really needs are the creators who can hold the two in balance. This audiobook offers surprising insights and practical advice about how to fan the sparks and make the grind more productive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth reading!
- By june d barnard on 06-01-18
By: Erik Wahl
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First, Break All the Rules
- What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
- By: Marcus Buckingham, Gallup Press, Jim Harter - foreword
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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They actually have vastly different styles and backgrounds. Yet despite their differences, great managers share one common trait: They don’t hesitate to break virtually every rule held sacred by conventional wisdom. They don’t believe that, with enough training, a person can achieve anything he sets his mind to. They don’t try to help people overcome their weaknesses. And, yes, they even play favorites. In this longtime management bestseller, Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its massive in-depth study of great managers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Content is dated
- By A. Yoshida on 09-09-19
By: Marcus Buckingham, and others
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The Entrepreneur's Playbook
- More Than 100 Proven Strategies, Tips, and Techniques to Build a Radically Successful Business
- By: Leonard C. Green, Paul B. Brown
- Narrated by: Leonard C. Green, Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Big new ideas rarely make great businesses. Laboring on a business plan can be a waste of time. You are going to need dramatically more start-up money than you think you do. Counterintuitive concepts like these have helped the world's best entrepreneurs succeed. Yet most of us only learn them the hard way. Len Green, an experienced investor, entrepreneur, and business professor, shares inside secrets and proven tactics for launching a business.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Need a narrator who is not phlegmy
- By Leo on 01-19-18
By: Leonard C. Green, and others
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Reality Check
- Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition
- By: Guy Kawasaki
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In Silicon Valley slang, a "bozo explosion" is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into mediocrity. As Guy Kawasaki puts it, "If the two most popular words in your company are partner and strategic, and partner has become a verb, and strategic is used to describe decisions and activities that don't make sense"...then it's time for a reality check.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Reality of Reality Check
- By Ben on 08-18-09
By: Guy Kawasaki
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The Education of Millionaires
- It's Not What You Think and It's Not Too Late
- By: Michael Ellsberg
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The Myth: If you get into a good college, study hard, and graduate with excellent grades, you will be pretty much set for a successful career. The Reality: The biggest thing you won't learn in college is how to succeed professionally. Some of the smartest, most successful people in the country didn't finish college. None of them learned their most critical skills in an institution of higher education. And like them, most of what you'll need to learn to be successful you'll have to learn on your own, outside of school.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I can't get past the introduction
- By DaveO on 01-30-13
By: Michael Ellsberg
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The New Entrepreneurz
- Changing the Way You Play Life
- By: Ronen Gafni, Simcha Gluck
- Narrated by: Simcha Gluck
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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The New Entrepreneurz provides a game-changing, game-based approach to molding your mind and developing a fresh entrepreneurial mentality that focuses on working smart & on collaborative winning. Advocating not for simple change, but for total transformation, this revolutionary resource provides a powerful platform to shift the paradigm for all those interested in running a smart purpose driven business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A positive philosophy for life and business
- By Nigel on 03-05-15
By: Ronen Gafni, and others
What listeners say about Richard Branson: The Force Behind Virgin: Insight and Analysis into the Life and Successes of Sir Richard Branson
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- Ewan Stephens
- 10-08-20
A Virgin for all things
A fascinating man with a story most people only dream about.Nice, thank you JR MacGregor.
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- William Blackburn
- 10-08-20
Fascinating
His stories are fascinating. I love the courage and confidence he displays. I wish I could find a fraction of that within myself.
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- Rachel Dale
- 10-26-20
Great book
Great book. A look at perspectives I've never thought of before. Amazing what one man can do. He is truly a visionary.
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- Jordan J Cross
- 10-26-20
Like this guy
Like this guy. His brain works different; a superior, unusual way.
His advertisements; he risks his life flying up in the air to entertain, show his company, products!
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- Mark Fizer
- 10-26-20
Best written book
One of the best written books I've ever listen . It's everything you would want it to be. I can't recommend it enough.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-02-18
Incredible listen based on the lifestyle of sir Ri
A lot of what I got from this book is a lot of information that I already knew. That is why I gave it five stars, because it was able to concisely state what I have believed for a very longtime. Trans formative technology is always going to be a game changer.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-02-18
Insight into Richard Branson mind
It is a short and insightful book which gives readers a perspective on how Branson made business decisions as well as an overview of the business lessons he learned.
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- Paula Shaw
- 10-25-20
Game changing book
For me, I really clicked with Richards background, his way of thinking, and outlook on conquering the path in front of you. I listen this book few weeks ago and it sparked a big interest in listening biographies. This book was eye opening, inspiring, and I really enjoyed how Richard 'Kept it real.
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- Terence Rousseau
- 10-26-20
It was a book that changed me years ago, ...
It was a book that changed me years ago, made me thinking that business doesn't have to be evil, inspired in every way. Thanks JR MacGregor.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-01-18
Inspiration ahead!
As a business owner myself, I highly recommend this book. Richard proves that you can do things right, treat people well, and still be highly successful. And, according to Richard, have a ton of fun in the process (I'm still working on that one!).
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