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Richard Branson: How A Dyslexic Drop-out Built A Billion Dollar Empire

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

CHAPTER

Do You Know How to Expand Your Way Out of Problems?

Your headmaster said something to you that my best friend, Jouridhwa, said to me when I was 18 years old after I dropped out of university. You're either going to be a millionaire or in prison. When you did the student magazine, that prophecy appeared to come true one day when the police raided your magazine and arrested you. Your mother then puts her house on the line to get you out of jail and you choose to expand your way out of the problem. And it's clear that only a great delegator would be able to diversify without spreading themselves too thinly per se. That goes back to that skill of diversification.

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