Sir Richard Branson (@richardbranson), founder and chairman of The Virgin Group, is a world-famous entrepreneur, adventurer, activist, and business icon. He has launched a dozen billion-dollar businesses and hundreds of other companies. His new autobiography, Finding My Virginity, shares the candid details of a lifetime of triumphs and failures and provides an intimate look at his never-ending quest to push boundaries, break rules, and seek new frontiers. Connect with Sir Richard Branson: Like Sir Richard Branson on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichardBranson Follow Sir Richard Branson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardbranson Follow Sir Richard Branson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardbranson Sir Richard Branson — The Billionaire Maverick of the Virgin Empire Show Notes: https://tim.blog/2017/10/09/richard-branson/ 00:00 Intro 08:08 Sheltering during a hurricane 13:40 Richard’s near-death experiences 29:20 Richard on mitigating risk 39:14 British Airways launches the “Dirty Tricks” campaign against Virgin 50:44 Why did Richard write Finding My Virginity? 58:51 Views on cryptocurrency and blockchain 1:01:34 Books Richard gifts or recommends 1:03:19 What new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved Richard’s life? 1:04:45 Key lessons from Nelson Mandela 1:06:21 How Richard deals with overwhelm or lost focus 1:08:04 “Consuming alcohol is borrowing happiness from tomorrow” —Matt Mullenweg 1:09:36 How Richard goes off alcohol 1:11:37 Richard’s favorite failure 1:13:48 What would Richard’s billboard say? 1:16:23 The failure of the War on Drugs (and the solution) 1:21:44 Parting thoughts and where to find Richard SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 200 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://bit.ly/2rYjUBr Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: http://bit.ly/17jDHw3 Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/1avYUxq Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/17d94TE Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2IfH37J Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2IfH37J