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ALEX JEFFREYS INTERNET MARKETING COURSE

Richard Branson is one of those very special individuals who come along only once in a lifetime. He will certainly be remembered LONG after he dies. The goodness that he spreads is legendary – and there is a message in that for all of us. Bill Gates is the same type of person.

These people are wealthy beyond belief for the benefits that they bring into other people’s lives.

As I sit here replying to you I am listening to my favourite love song (Phyllis Nelson above). It always fills me with a mixture of joy and sadness listening to this song – (a) because I love it so much and (b) because her most beautiful creation lives on without her (she passed away in 1998, as I wrote above). I know that I bung on about this sort of thing but she KNEW she OWNED that song. Watch the clip. Here is somebody in total control. Watch her body language and her face and the way that the song just pours out. When a performer can do this they are at the very TOP of their art.

Back to your comments – after being side-tracked yet again – everybody is fallible. We all have our strengths and weaknesses. Richard Branson is no different. It’s just that his goodness is so vast and famous that it appears to outweigh whatever faults he may have.

Linda’s comments about her mum were borne out of her great love and admiration for her and I am fine with that. We don’t have to have “famous” heroes. Often, our heroes can be pretty normal to anyone else. But we KNOW something about that person that elevates them in our mind.

Regards

Gary

I know that it is a while since you posted this, but the thread has been on my mind for some time so I have come back to it now.

As you know Lizzie and I were discussing this and felt that often we liked some of what people had done, but as we are all human there are things they did that we didn’t like so much.

One person that I admire for a variety of reasons is Richard Branson. Just as I was starting this course I read an older version of his autobiography and there were certainly things in there that I didn’t particularly admire.

However, for what he has achieved, particularly in view of his dyslexia (which you know I have a special interest in) I think he has great qualities that we can all learn from.

I ordered a couple of books from Amazon the other day, one of which was a Quick Reads book by Richard Branson called “Screw it, let’s do it – Lessons in Life”. It is 106 pages of a quick run through of his philosophy behind what he has achieved.

I have been off work today and read it in less than a couple of hours, but I was really impressed by his whole attitude:

Chapter 1. Just do it!

Believe it can be done
Have goals
Live life to the full
Never give up
Prepare well
Have faith in yourself
Help each other

That is how page one starts and the rest of the book continues. I’d certainly recommend it as a way of getting a quick affirming boost of what we are doing.

Now I don’t think that I will ever have a Virgin-type empire (not sure I really want one!) but the principles behind what he has done will stand us all in good stead.

Other people I admire those (often women) who get on and get things done, even in really difficult circumstances, cf Linda’s comment about her mum.

These people are often unsung but deserve our recognition for the fact that they are out there.

So I’m off to “Have fun, work hard and money will come” (start of chapter 2).

Hilary

@ James – All worthy people. I was reading something in an email the other day from Mark Joyner and he was speaking, I think, of Benjamin Franklin. Mark always send out cryptic clues and comments all week, including famous quotes etc and reveals who his featured person is on Fridays. But I am sure it is Benjamin Franklin that he is hinting about this week. I actually have a very old copy of Franklin’s autobiography called – wait for it – “Franklin’s Autobiography.”

Regarding Dr Mani – yes he is known to me from my days at the Warr*or Forum. He seems to be highly respected and I reckon he deserves it for what he does.

Ha! That Woody Allen quote is very clever, as many of his are.

@ Stephen – I have been to your blog and made extensive comments about your “interesting” video – NUDE beach. Really!

Gary