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#49 Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life by Richard Branson

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Virgin's Shares Slid Fast

I've always made fast decisions and acted on my instinct. Then I was stifled. Most of all, I no longer felt that I was standing on my own feet. We doubled our profits, but Virgin's shares started to slip. And for the first time in my life, I was depressed. Shares dropped fast. It wasn't my fault, but I felt that I'd let down all the people who had brought Virgin shares. Many were friends and family as well as our staff. But many, like the couple who had given me their life savings, also lost money. So I decided to buy them back at the price everyone had paid for them. He personally raised 182 million pounds

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