3. Listen with the intent to understand, not to formulate your response.
Public speaking is a skill that every entrepreneur must master. If giving a speech fills you with fear it can be hard to represent your business well. Fortunately, Richard Branson has some advice…<br>It might come as a surprise that the Virgin Founder is not a fan of public speaking. “I loathe making speeches, and always have,” he admits in a recent entrepreneur.com blog . “I deliver a lot of them these days, but it’s almost as true today as it was when…
Use the same personal branding strategies as these tycoons to make your business unforgettable.
As the founder of JustPark , I had the privilege last month to pitch to Sir Richard Branson and a panel of other impressive names in the Virgin Media Business Pitch to Rich start-up competition<br>Long story short, we won the top prize of £250,000 in marketing spend to help us take our parking solution to the next level. But few people really enjoy pitching.<br>Especially not to one of the world’s most formidable businessmen. Your sweat glands go into overdrive and you…
To me, learning the “soft skills” are what separates good salespeople from great salespeople. And soft skills are all about communication.
Five soft skills that are considered critical for sales success.
Jerry Sipp's acting workshop holds valuable lessons for speakers who want to be better at rehearsing and delivering presentations.
It's a lesson on why everyone should learn to relax.
Here are five things sales leaders should never say, according to Sir Richard Branson.
‘Once my brain is thinking about things means no control’
Can entrepreneurship be taught? Some of it. More importantly, though, are the skills than need to be fostered.
Perhaps the most powerful contribution of cognitive psychology to human understanding has been its careful mapping out of the many ways in which we self-deceive. Our minds are expert confabulators, instantaneously able to invent details and frameworks to account for gaps in our knowledge or ...
State of Mind is a thriller with a transhumanist theme. This means its topics deal with a futuristic school of thought, which has many followers among the key personalities of Silicon Valley. Transhumanists believe that technological development is exponential and that we are on a path of superintelligences and digital immortality. The prognoses of a transhumanist future are so fantastic, so utopian, that they can hardly…
A lot has been said about leadership over the years, everyone has an opinion on how leaders should act.<br>Richard Branson has some favourite quotes about leadership and we've collected a few of our own favourites, but who said them? Take our quiz to find out...
Technology works against the completeness of an undergraduate student's communication abilities.
“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.” — Richard Branson
Which if these 5 types of rebrands are you? “Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change.” – Richard Branson
Grit is the ability to maintain a long-term focus on a highly important goal and about having the stamina and passion to keep going, even when you get frustrated or feel challenged.
Most individuals experience some degree of anxiety and/or nervousness prior to presenting. Two of the greatest orators of the past two centuries, Sir
Branson. Musk. Sandberg. You know these folks by their names alone. But how did they build those brand names?