Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
 | von Richard Branson
ISBN: 0812932293 |
Very Rich and Intense, still it Reads like a Breeze
The book was, to my delight, a very interesting read. "Losing My Virginty" reads like a novel and I would say that it was as interesting as both "Memoirs or a Geisha" and the "Harry Potter" series. Yet the book was full of lessons in a variety of business fields; entrepreneurship and risk-taking being at the forefront of those fields. In its value as a business book, I would compare it to "Lessons from the Top" and "The Millionnaire Next Door", both of which were a much less gripping read. However, "Losing my Virginity" is different from those two books in that it is primarily about "World Class Entrepreneurship".Branson takes the reader on a trip back to the 60's and 70's when Virgin took off and gradually leads you into the "jetstream" of his turbulant life. You will enjoy the ride. This is definitely a book that I thoroughly enjoyed and earnestly recommend to anyone, not necessarily to businessmen, just to anyone who wants to make the most of his/her life. Richard Branson used the book well on many occasions to tell his side of the story and to clarify to the public certain events that may have not been fully disclosed in that way during the time of their occurance. He also talks freely about matters, which a conventionial bussinessman would find out of place, beyong the point or even downright embarrassing. Those "personal" moments are actually the essence of what this book is all about. The book is about Branson's life and Virgin Group is just that, a very large chunk of Branson's life.
Forthright ambition in the flesh
This book provides insight into why some people rise above the crowd to succeed. Richard Branson's voracious appetite for life is on display here. Great financial success here was not the result of a great intellect, but great charisma, curiosity, and drive. Branson's creed is keep it simple, and it's not what you know, but who you know: contacts, networking. Branson makes much of how busy he is, but I don't believe he's that much busier than any professional person, where 12-16 hour workdays are the norm. His rewards (and risks) have just been much greater than the average guys. Despite the apparent youthful greed that got him arrested for tax evasion, and that almost got him to sue John Lennon for breach of contract after the death of Lennon's unborn child, Branson comes across as deserving as anyone of his financial success. He's aware "success" is an illusion, and is willing to lose it all, his family, his wealth, in an agnostic balloon crash. The ballooning extracts in the book were the most exciting, though the financial juggling to keep the various Virgins afloat as overdrafts were about to be withdrawn was entertaining reading. Hooray for Branson's wealth and interesting life, but Virgin Cola like Coca Cola doesn't do much for the vast mass of humanity out here in the third world. There's no big answers here though, why some do so well, and why the mass of humanity in the third world, even if they are as honestly ambitous as Branson, suffer. Not a boring read. Branson is refreshingly forthright.
Forthright ambiton in the flesh
This book provides insight into why some people rise above the crowd to succeed. Richard Branson's voracious appetite for life is on display here. Great financial success here was not the result of a great intellect, but great charisma, curiosity, and drive. Branson's creed is keep it simple, and it's not what you know, but who you know: contacts, networking. Branson makes much of how busy he is, but I don't believe he's that much busier than any professional person, where 12-16 hour workdays are the norm. His rewards (and risks) have just been much greater than the average guys. Despite the apparent youthful greed that got him arrested for tax evasion, and that almost got him to sue John Lennon for breach of contract after the death of Lennon's unborn child, Branson comes across as deserving as anyone of his financial success. He's aware "success" is an illusion, and is willing to lose it all, his family, his wealth, in an agnostic balloon crash. The balooning extracts in the book were the most exciting, though the financial juggling to keep the various Virgins afloat as overdrafts were about to be withdrawn was entertaining reading. Hooray for Branson's wealth and interesting life, but Virgin Cola like Coca Cola doesn't do much for the vast mass of humanity out here in the third world. Who know's why some do so well, and those in the third world, even if they are ambitous, suffer. Not a boring read. Branson is refreshingly forthright.
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