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" At 16, Richard Branson left school to start his own magazine. By 20 he&amp;#039;d founded Virgin Records \u2014 home of legendary acts like the Sex Pistols and the Rolling Stones. Now the Virgin name is on everything from airlines to mobile phones \u2014 and Richard&amp;#039;s worth billions. But what I admire most about him is his dedication to making our lives better. Not only do 100 percent of his airline&amp;#039;s profits go to research for bio-friendly fuels, but he also wants to send us into space! Here, Richard tells you how to live royally right here on earth.  DON&amp;#039;T WATCH, DO &amp;quot;My parents&amp;#039; approach to life was that you shouldn&amp;#039;t sit around watching what other people are doing. You should get up and do things yourself. I wasn&amp;#039;t allowed to watch television. And I wasn&amp;#039;t allowed to watch other people play football; I had to play it. They&amp;#039;d push me out the door to climb trees, or rescue cats, just to get me to stand on my own two feet.&amp;quot; ZERO IN ON YOUR STRENGTHS &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m dyslexic, and I wasn&amp;#039;t very good in school. But I concentrated on what I was good at. I didn&amp;#039;t listen to anyone who told me what I couldn&amp;#039;t do. I prefer people who tell me what I can do. So I ended up starting a magazine, and that became my education.&amp;quot; TURN FRUSTRATION INTO OPPORTUNITY &amp;quot;Think about what you&amp;#039;re most fed up with in your life and then ask, how can I address it? Maybe your lipstick holder sucks, or you wish there were a Tampax delivery service. There&amp;#039;s bound to be something in your existence that you&amp;#039;re frustrated with. Figure out what it is, then go off and see if you can do it better than it&amp;#039;s being done by other people.&amp;quot; SET YOUR SIGHTS HIGH &amp;quot;If you&amp;#039;re going to spend your time doing something, aim to be the best and to go the furthest. Of course, you have to make sure that if it goes wrong, it won&amp;#039;t bring everything else crashing down! When we started Virgin Atlantic, we made a deal with Boeing where I could hand the planes back at the end of 12 months if it didn&amp;#039;t work out. Just give it a go and have a lot of fun trying. Once you&amp;#039;re successful in one thing, it may lead to another \u2014 and you could end up with an empire!&amp;quot; POWER SURVEY If you could have dinner with anyone, who&amp;#039;d it be? Hitler. I&amp;#039;d knock some serious sense into him. What&amp;#039;s in your pockets right now? [He pulls out some cash, no wallet, and a New York City MetroCard. Um, he rides the subway?] What&amp;#039;s your greatest weakness? I can&amp;#039;t say no. Sticky puddings as well. When was the last time you cried?  During every film I see! Happy films, sad films ... I have to bring a box or two of Kleenex! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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