{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":" Sir Richard Branson \u2014 The Billionaire Maverick of the Virgin Empire","description":"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. I loved our conversation, and we covered a lot, including: Richard\u2019s thoughts on \u201cclean meat,\u201d block chain, and cryptocurrency How he\u2019s 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\u2019s used to maintain high energy levels for decades How Richard masterfully caps\/limits downside risk, even though he\u2019s 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\u2026 Enjoy! This podcast is brought to you by Ascent Protein, the best protein I\u2019ve ever tried. Ascent is the only US-based company that offers native proteins \u2014 both whey and micellar casein \u2014 directly to the consumer for improved muscle health and performance. Because the product is sourced from Ascent\u2019s parent company, Leprino Foods \u2014 the largest producer of mozzarella cheese in the world \u2014 it\u2019s 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, go to ascentprotein.com\/tim for 20 percent off your entire order. This podcast is also brought to you by WordPress.com, my go-to platform for 24\/7-supported, zero downtime blogging, writing online, creating websites \u2014 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\u2019re in good company with WordPress.com \u2014 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 WordPress offers \u201cthe best out-of-the-box SEO imaginable,\u201d which is probably why it runs nearly 30% of the Internet. Go to WordPress.com\/Tim to get 15% off your website today! ","author_name":"The Tim Ferriss Show ","author_url":"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com","html":"