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  <title> Sir Richard Branson — The Billionaire Maverick of the Virgin Empire</title>
  <description>Sir Richard Branson (@richardbranson), founder and chairman of&amp;amp;nbsp;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,&amp;amp;nbsp;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. I loved our conversation, and we covered a lot, including:  Richard’s thoughts on “clean meat,” block chain, and cryptocurrency How he’s coped with dyslexia, and how his parents helped make him resilient Behind-the-scenes stories of deal-making, PR stunts, big wins, and big losses The habits (and life decisions) he’s used to maintain high energy levels for decades How Richard masterfully caps/limits downside risk, even though he’s perceived as a risk taker How and why he takes regular 1-2-month (sometimes longer) breaks from alcohol Favorite books Lessons learned from Nelson Mandela and other mentors And much more…  Enjoy! This podcast is brought to you by&amp;amp;nbsp;Ascent Protein, the best protein I’ve ever tried. Ascent is the only US-based company that offers native proteins — both whey and micellar casein — directly to the consumer for improved muscle health and performance. Because the product is sourced from Ascent’s parent company, Leprino Foods — the largest producer of mozzarella cheese in the world — it’s entirely free of artificial ingredients and completely bypasses the bleaching process common to most other whey products on the market. If you want cleaner, less processed protein, which I certainly do,&amp;amp;nbsp;go to ascentprotein.com/tim for 20 percent off your entire order. This podcast is also brought to you by&amp;amp;nbsp;WordPress.com, my go-to platform for 24/7-supported, zero downtime blogging, writing online, creating websites — everything! I love it to bits, and the lead developer, Matt Mullenweg, has appeared on this podcast many times. Whether for personal use or business, you’re in good company with&amp;amp;nbsp;WordPress.com&amp;amp;nbsp;— used by The New Yorker, Jay Z, Beyonce, FiveThirtyEight, TechCrunch, TED, CNN, and Time, just to name a few. A source at Google told me that&amp;amp;nbsp;WordPress&amp;amp;nbsp;offers “the best out-of-the-box SEO imaginable,” which is probably why it runs nearly 30% of the Internet.&amp;amp;nbsp;Go to&amp;amp;nbsp;WordPress.com/Tim&amp;amp;nbsp;to get 15% off your website today! </description>
  <author_name>The Tim Ferriss Show </author_name>
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