Richard Branson Quotes About Meetings

Quotes about: Meetings

• The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some misguided quest for efficiency.

  Richard Branson

  Communication, Phones, Years

• In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

  Richard Branson

  People, Mind, Statistics

  Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

• I felt uneasy about making the rapid decisions I have always made, and wondered whether every decision should be formally ratified and minuted at a board meeting.

  Richard Branson

  Decision, Boards, Made

  Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

• I make up my mind about whether I can trust someone within 60 seconds of meeting them

  Richard Branson

  Mind, Meetings, Seconds

• It took me years to work out the difference between net and gross. In meetings I just used to say, 'Tell me if it's good or bad news.

  Richard Branson

  Business, Differences, Years

• I am always working on the go. I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life. Fortunately I am able to work from my home and can answer my e-mails in the morning, play tennis or kitesurf in the afternoon to keep fit and have meetings or phone calls in between.

  Richard Branson

  Morning, Home, Phones

  "The Richard Branson Interview". Interview with Sabian Phippen, theworldly.co.uk. February 21, 2015.

• I just love every minute of my life. I love the variety. Every minute of every day I'm meeting fascinating new people, learning and working with wonderful teams of people creating wonderful things.

  Richard Branson

  Team, Creating, People

  A Drink With Interview, adrinkwith.com. April 29, 2015.

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