The Virgin Way

If It's Not Fun, It's Not Worth Doing

By: Richard Branson

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

This is a book on leadership from someone who has never listened to a book on leadership in his life.

While building the Virgin Group over the course of forty years, Richard Branson has never shied away from tackling seemingly outlandish challenges that others (including his own colleagues on many occasions) considered sheer lunacy. He has taken on giants like British Airways and won, and monsters like Coca-Cola and lost.

Now Branson gives an inside look at his strikingly different, swashbuckling style of leadership. Learn how fun, family, passion, and the dying art of listening are key components to what his extended family of employees around the world has always dubbed (with a wink) "the Virgin Way."

This unique perspective comes from a man who dropped out of school at sixteen, suffers from dyslexia, and has never worked for anyone but himself. He may be famous for thinking outside the box—an expression he despises—but Branson asserts that "you’ll never have to think outside the box if you refuse to let anyone build one around you."

©2014 Richard Branson (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Do what you love

Fun book but most of the advice felt like it was tailored more for CEOs than inspiring entrepreneurs.