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I enjoyed this book. It’s a quick and brief reminder to live the life you always wanted to and enjoy every single moment of it. Richard Branson is a very good motivation for anyone who want to get out of the comfort zone, take some risks and no regrets. It’s a very easy book to read to get motivated.
I only need ONE breakfast, ONE lunch & ONE Dinner.... loved this part... never make money your single goal in life ;-)
the first lesson keep going and never give upsecondprepare for your goal immediately and start working on it
Richard is indeed a controversial figure and it was interesting to learn that he did so many deadly challenges in his life (breaking balloons flight records etc). He has quite unique attitude to running business although... I can't say I'd follow his example in everything. A wise advise though is to have more fun. As simple as it is. As Joker said, "Why so serious?".
I just took the book to my hand around 10.05 PM just to check it out.but at around 11.55PM, I was at the last page of this book.I didn’t wanted to stop reading because it is an awesome book which is interesting as the Richard Branson’s life.full of worthy advices.some may feel too generic.but it comes from a person who walked the talk.so they are always valuable as gold to read.
Pros: I think it's pretty hard to mess up a biography, and this book is largely biographical. People are interesting, regardless of who they are, and Branson is no exception. He is positive, an adventurer, and clearly intelligent, although I think his life does a better job of showing that than this book. If you need a shot of feel-good energy, this book could be a good pick-me-up. It's also great for showing the unlimited potential for someone with a lot of self-confidence.Cons: This book rambl...
I liked the book, easy to read with good stories. It kept my interest throught the book and I wanted to know more. Looks like he is giving life lessons that he learned and the reasons why he got where he is now. I liked that he seems to be realistic and willing to take risks once he put his mind on something. I would recommend anyone to read it.
Hey everyone read this and find out how awesome I am! Woo! Unable to compose proper sentences though. Maybe I should've hired a proper editor. But then again, I'm rich so screw it let's do it.
Forrest Gump meets Jim Carrey's Yes Man.Richard Branson has a lot of good stories and can put his money where his mouth is, although this book does a poor job of putting it across. What it does do is portray him as positive, intelligent, gullible, adventurous, impulsive, and filled with a very strong belief that life is to be lived. While the book rambles all over the place with no overarching theme or chronological narrative, jumping from one anecdote to the next without any connection or reaso...
The title is what I want to keep on top of my mind "Screw it, let's do it"Content is of mixed interestingness but has a certain realness and sincerity to it. Too much about Branson's personal (somewhat pointless seeming) escapades related to crossing the Atlantic in a hot balloon, going around the world in a balloon, beating records sailing somewhere... But I can see how such things may infuse one's life with meaning. -Divide life into 10 minute chunks and don't waste a single minute" -Be carefu...
I didn't know that much about Branson (other than his many media appearances) and I found this really interesting to learn more about him, his early years and philosophy.He really seems to be a person that genuinely cares about others and the planet and that is very admirable.I'm not sure I really learnt anything from the book, other than just cool things he has done and I learnt a whole lot more about the Virgin group of Companies.So interesting, but ultimately I didn't have any real takeaways....
This is book is more like Richard Branson autobiography. His journey from a small music records store to the well established brand Virgin Group is really inspiring. His story not just inspiring but adventures too, Record store to Airlines, Airlines to telecommunication, round the world balloon travel, space travel etc. So exciting isn't it? Some of the key lessons we can learn from this book is; be positive always, be innovative and believe in yourself. This is really a nice book.
A great book for people in Sales or Entrepreneurs. The book is really about Richard Branson and some of the endeavors he has tried in his life. You really have to read the book to get a firm grasp of what he is trying to convey, but the back of his book really does a great job of summarizing his core advice; namely believe in yourself, take calculated risk, don't think no, think yes. You'll burn through the book in about 2-3 hours. An interesting read.
SCREW IT LETS DO IT!Do what you feel is right for you and don't waste a second to think about it. This book is one of my favorite autobiographies as it tells you how important risk taking is. Richard Branson took many risks, in some he didn't even know if he would come back alive. One of the biggest decisions he took was to go around the world in a hot air balloon. This is very very risky but he did what he wanted to do. If you really really want to do something don't think about what will happe...
I love Richard Branson. He's the mentor every entrepreneur wishes they had (ok, or I do). I long ago harbored hopes of working on his team, running a record label. And now that I'm old enough to read about how he did it himself, I find it fascinating.That said, I think Losing My Virginity was a more fluid read. SCREW IT, LET"S DO IT often reads like it was written in snippets in between balloon jaunts or financial crises. And then they were smooshed together. There's no overarching narrative and...
3.5 stars. I was left a little torn by this book. On the one hand, I learned a fair bit about Richard Branson, and there were some philosophical points that led me into deeper personal pondering. On the other, I was less than impressed with some of the choices that the author made in the past. No one's perfect, but I didn't get the sense that he feels much remorse for the things that even he acknowledges were a bit skeezy. He makes it clear that he believes in not having regrets, but I'm not con...
Once I gave it a start I could not put it down. Devoured it over one weekend, totally absorbed into #RichardBranson autobiography. What an amazing example of using business and money for doing good! 🤩I had no idea how little did I know about Branson and Virgin, and how filtered through others’lenses that was. In the CX world, Branson is usually portrayed as the leader who puts employees first rather than customers. Reading directly from his words, i got a different picture, one that fully embodi...
I have mixed feelings about this one, it was an easy read with lots of lessons, but it was a different time when Branson was creating his empire, and it’s a different time now. And if all of us were to act on our instincts, we would have failed businesses and more debt. This book doesn’t offer a typical rags to riches story or maybe it can be perceived as one, however Branson was too adventurous to sound as if he struggled to build his empire. He made mistakes learnt from them and moved on. I en...
Not the best nonfiction book I've read. It was about....nothing in particular, unfortunately. I really overestimated it :(
Screw it, let's do it. That's the simple message. Good advice from Richard's journey in building the Virgin Group.