Since dropping out of school at age 16 to start his first business , billionaire Richard Branson has overseen hundreds of companies. Along the way, he’s met and worked with brilliant leaders and entrepreneurs.
\u00ab\u00a0No two successful entrepreneurs are the same,\u00a0\u00bb the Virgin Group founder writes on his blog. \u00ab\u00a0In fact, it’s their individuality and different ways of thinking that make them successful. \u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0The luckiest people in business are those that are prepared to take the greatest risks,\u00a0\u00bb Branson writes. \u00ab\u00a0We can all create our own luck by taking the necessary risks to open the door to change, progression and success. \u00a0\u00bb
It’s similar to the advice PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel gave Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg , according to Zuckerberg: \u00ab\u00a0Peter was the person who told me this really pithy quote: ‘In a world that’s changing so quickly, the biggest risk you can take is not taking any risk.’ I really think that that’s true. \u00a0\u00bb
He’s not the only billionaire entrepreneur to credit failure for eventual success. Spanx founder Sara Blakely goes so far as to say that failure is the secret to her success. (Thiel, however, calls failure \u00a0\u00bb massively overrated. \u00ab\u00a0)
\u00a0\u00bb Communication makes the world go round. It facilitates human connections, and allows us to learn, grow and progress,\u00a0\u00bb Branson writes.
Effective communication is more than just being able to speak \u2014 to make it in the entrepreneurial world, you need to \u00ab\u00a0listen more than you talk,\u00a0\u00bb he says. After all, \u00ab\u00a0if you aren’t listening, you are missing out. \u00ab\u00a0<\/p>\n

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