"The best Advice I've Ever Received"

Richard Branson, Founder and Chairman, Virgin Group

“My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me. I have fun running ALL  the Virgin businesses – so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve”

From an interview with The Good Entrepreneur

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Ken Kesey

"There are going to be times when we can’t wait for somebody. Now, youre either on the bus or off the bus"

from The electric Kool aid Acid test by Tom Wolfe

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Marissa Mayer, VP, Google

‘My friend Andre said to me, “you know, Marissa, youre putting a lot of pressure on yourself to pick the right choice and I’ve gotta be honest; That’s not what I see here. I see a bunch of good choices, and theres the one that you pick and make great. I think that’s one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten”.

From a 2011 Interview with The Social Times

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Eric Schmidt, Executive chairman, Google

“Find a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learning something new. Yes is how you get your irst job and yyour next job, and your spouce and even your kids”

From Katie Couric’s book “The best advice I ever got”, excerpted by The Daily Beast

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Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook

When sandberg was thinking she wouldn’t accept an offer to be Google’s general manager, Eric Schmidt told her, “Stop being an idiot; all that matters is growth.” She says that’s the best advice she ever got.

Source: All Things D

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Jim Rogers, Chairman, Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests

“Buy low and sell high. When I went to wall Street. Actually all the old guys used to say, ‘Figure out the money and youll figure out whats going on'"

From a 2012 interview with Business Insider

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Jennifer Hyman, CEO and co-founger, rent the Runway

“Just do it. Theres no benefit to say, I’m just doing this because it will get me to this new place’ or ‘I’m just going to go into this analyst program because it will prep me for x.’ “If you’re passionate about something, go for it, because people are great at what they love and when they’re the happiest”

From a 2011 interview with The Hufftington Post

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Joe Uva, Former CEO, Univision

Uva’s boss early on in his career at McCann Erickson told him:
“Always have the courage of your convictions. Always state whats on your mind. Follow your gut. And observe what other people are doing around you."

From the 2009 HACR Round table

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Mohamed El Erian, CEP and CCIO, PIMCO

“I remember asking my father ‘why do we need four newspapers?’ he said to me, ‘Unless you read different points of view, your mind will eventually close and you will become a prisoner to a certain point of view that you will never question."

From a 2009 interview with CNN Money

What's the best advice you've received?