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The Business Virgin: Branson Enters The Game
With his magazine failing him, Branson turned to the idea of setting up a record mail order business in 1970. At just 20 years old, Branson began placing record ads in Student and soon began to realize the high demand. He dropped out of high school and began focusing on his new business, which was now making a profit. This modest success allowed him to rent an empty shop on Oxford Street in London in order to set up a music store. His magazine staff was transferred to the discount record store and the operation began to take off. At a loss for a name, one of the girls suggested ‘Virgin’ since they were “complete virgins at business”. With that, the Virgin Empire was born.

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Lesson #5: Have Fun
“I’m still maybe Peter Pan – doesn’t want to grow up,” says Branson.

Peter Bernstein on Amaranth: Better to be Wrong Than Too Right
Peter "Against the Gods" Bernstein has delivered the most choice quote so far on the Amaranth hedge fund meltdown:
Stress and Peter Principle
In its simplest form, the Peter Principle is based on the observation that "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."
What Gets Measured, Gets Converted, Gets Results
I'll attribute the title of this post to the legendary Peter Drucker, although, that's not exactly what he said - it does capture the spirit though.
Wising up to the world today!
“What the world needs now is wise leadership.” These were the opening remarks of Peter Webb, Coach Psychologist Consultant, whose lecture I attended at a recent conference for leadership coaches. Move aside emotional intelligence! The next big thing to hit the work place is how to acquire wisdom. Peter’s comments were both provocative and insightful. I should like to share some of them with you.

Now You Can Have More Confidence - Interview With TVs Confidence Coach
Here is an interview with Peter Nicholas. Peter has a background in psychology and is one of the UK's leading confidence coaches. He teaches at the Bristol Old Vic, as well as regularly featuring in television programmes such as Faking It and Would Like To Meet.

Help a Reporter Out (HARO)
The title of this post is the name of a great free service. Help a Reporter Out (HARO) is the brain-child of East Coast PR pro Peter Shankman. (I did a podcast with Peter that I will publish shortly, but I wanted you to know about this resource right away.)
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Watch Me Tell One of the Best Stories in Never Eat Alone
Today I have a video link to share with you – it's me telling the "Big Wheels" story from Never Eat Alone, in support of Peter Guber's great new book, Tell to Win.
Leaders Put Good Intentions into Action
A recurring nightmare haunted Peter to re-examine and change the aimless and drifting course of his life. In his bad dream he was standing before a severe judge and disapproving jury. "You are charged with wasting your life," the judge bellowed harshly down to Peter standing before the high bench. "How do you plead?" Restraining himself from fleeing the courtroom, Peter was finally forced to whisper, "Guilty." He appeared ready to say more, then stood lost in thought.

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