{"id":143081,"date":"2025-05-05T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyupdate.com.au\/?p=143081"},"modified":"2025-03-31T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T05:34:49","slug":"i-asked-richard-branson-a-question-about-his-work-ethic-this-was-his-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyupdate.com.au\/i-asked-richard-branson-a-question-about-his-work-ethic-this-was-his-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"I Asked Richard Branson a Question About His Work Ethic \u2013 This Was His Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are doing something you like or love, time seems to fly by.<\/p>\n<p>They call it the State of Flow.<\/p>\n<p>And whenever you find yourself in a state of Flow, think long and hard about what you are\/were doing while in that State of Flow.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because that State of Flow activity is very likely the thing you should be doing to make a living.<\/p>\n<p>The State of Flow is triggered when you are doing something you love.<\/p>\n<p>And when you are doing something you love, to earn your income, you never have to \u201cwork\u201d another day in your life.<\/p>\n<p>That is something Richard Branson told me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-post-fullsize wp-image-143082 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Richard-Branson-800x385.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Branson\" width=\"800\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Richard-Branson-800x385.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Richard-Branson-600x289.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Richard-Branson-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Richard-Branson-1437x692.jpg 1437w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Richard-Branson-1536x740.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Richard-Branson-1160x559.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Richard-Branson.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We both spoke at the Titan Summit back in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>I had to follow Richard Branson\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, I and the other speakers were given the opportunity to hang out with Branson for a little while.<\/p>\n<p>I told Branson that I read he was a workaholic.<\/p>\n<p>And I asked him if he thought he was a workaholic.<\/p>\n<p>He said no.<\/p>\n<p>He then turned the tables on me by asking me if I loved what I did for a living.<\/p>\n<p>I told him I love to write and speak.<\/p>\n<p>He asked me if that was \u201cwork\u201d to me.<\/p>\n<p>I told him that I always felt guilty about devoting so much time to writing and speaking.<\/p>\n<p>It felt like I wasn\u2019t really working because I enjoyed it so much.<\/p>\n<p>Branson then said, \u201cBingo!\u201d and asked me this question: \u201cIf I told you I played 14 hours a day, would you think I was a hard worker or lazy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I told him, I would think he was lazy.<\/p>\n<p>Branson then smiled at me and said that that was how he felt every day.<\/p>\n<p>Like he was playing and not working.<\/p>\n<p>He said he loved what he did so much, he did it for 14 hours every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the process, I became a billionaire,\u201d Branson said.<\/p>\n\r\n<!-- \/21854739906\/RHPHDiff \r\n<div class='gam-diff googlead' id='div-gpt-ad-1591966343056-0'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1591966343056-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div> -->\r\n\r\n<div class=\"adplugg-tag\" data-adplugg-zone=\"rich_habits_poor_habits_mobile_\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"adplugg-tag\" data-adplugg-zone=\"rich_habits_poor_habits_desktop_\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are doing something you like or love, time seems to fly by. They call it the State of Flow. And whenever you find yourself in a state of Flow, think long and hard about what you are\/were doing while in that State of Flow. Why? 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