{"id":2833,"date":"2018-05-08T10:53:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T05:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2018-05-04T10:59:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T05:29:59","slug":"book-review-the-virgin-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/book-review-the-virgin-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Virgin Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2835\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2835\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2835\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/book-review-the-virgin-way\/richard-branson-the-virgin-way\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Richard-Branson-The-Virgin-Way.jpg?fit=500%2C462\" data-orig-size=\"500,462\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Richard-Branson-The-Virgin-Way\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Richard-Branson-The-Virgin-Way.jpg?fit=500%2C462\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2835\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Richard-Branson-The-Virgin-Way.jpg?resize=300%2C277\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Richard-Branson-The-Virgin-Way.jpg?resize=300%2C277 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Richard-Branson-The-Virgin-Way.jpg?w=500 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I always wanted to read a book written by Richard Branson but couldn&#8217;t start one. Finally, I got interested in The Virgin Way. It is almost like an autobiography of Richard, in which he has shared his various experience and learning&#8217;s from the same.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the key learning&#8217;s are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Listen<\/li>\n<li>Taking down Notes<\/li>\n<li>Communicate, collaborate and communicate some more.<\/li>\n<li>Taking Risks<\/li>\n<li>Whatever happens, Be Cool and Funny<\/li>\n<li>Screw it, let&#8217;s do it attitude!<\/li>\n<li>Make a positive difference and do some good.<\/li>\n<li>Do what you love and have a couch in the kitchen.<\/li>\n<li>Listen, take lots of notes and keep setting new challenges.<\/li>\n<li>Communicate, collaborate and communicate some more.<\/li>\n<li>Have fun and look after your team.<\/li>\n<li>Delegate and spend more time with your family.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off that laptop and iPhone and get your derri\u00e8re out there<\/li>\n<li>Follow your dreams and just do it.<\/li>\n<li>Believe in your ideas and be the best.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t give up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was a fun and easy read, you can easily complete the book in max 5 days. If you like to get a copy of it kindly <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HMOmqZ\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always wanted to read a book written by Richard Branson but couldn&#8217;t start one. Finally, I got interested in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,3,4],"tags":[28,516,64,515,514],"class_list":["post-2833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-blog","category-books","tag-book","tag-leadership","tag-review","tag-richard-branson","tag-the-virgin-way"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgLsB5-JH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3663,"url":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/book-review-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-a-novel-about-creation-not-just-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":2833,"position":0},"title":"Book Review Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow \u2014 A Novel About Creation, Not Just Games","author":"saifuddin","date":"December 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Gabrielle Zevin\u2019s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is often described as a \u201cvideo game novel,\u201d but that framing undersells what the book truly achieves. This is not a story about gaming as entertainment; it is a story about creation as identity, friendship as a long negotiation, and the emotional cost\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tomorrow.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tomorrow.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tomorrow.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tomorrow.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tomorrow.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3630,"url":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-ai-prompt-engineering-guide-turn-anyone-into-a-power-user\/","url_meta":{"origin":2833,"position":1},"title":"The Ultimate AI Prompt Engineering Guide: Turn Anyone into a Power User","author":"saifuddin","date":"September 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Artificial Intelligence is only as powerful as the prompts you feed it. Whether you\u2019re chatting with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or local open-source models, the real skill lies not in the tool itself\u2014but in how you communicate with it. This guide will walk you through prompt engineering fundamentals, platform-specific tips, advanced\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AI&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AI","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/ai\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3669,"url":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/2025-year-in-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":2833,"position":2},"title":"2025 Year in Review","author":"saifuddin","date":"December 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Year-End Reflections and Future Aspirations As the year comes to an end, it offers a valuable opportunity to pause and take stock\u2014reviewing accomplishments, reflecting on lessons learned, and clarifying ambitions for the year ahead. To structure this reflection, I am revisiting the commitments I set last year and assessing them\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hny2026.jpg?fit=736%2C1104&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hny2026.jpg?fit=736%2C1104&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hny2026.jpg?fit=736%2C1104&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hny2026.jpg?fit=736%2C1104&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2208,"url":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/moon-reader-innovative-book-reader-with-powerful-controls-full-functions\/","url_meta":{"origin":2833,"position":3},"title":"Moon+ Reader Innovative book reader with powerful controls &#038; full functions","author":"saifuddin","date":"July 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Moon+ Reader is an android app for reading any documents \/ books. Now it's better looking and highly customizable. Supports formats like epub, pdf, mobi, chm, cbr, cbz, umd, fb2, txt, html, rar, zip or OPDS. What I loved the most is, in Pro version you get Text to Speech\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;App&quot;","block_context":{"text":"App","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/app\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moonreader.png?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moonreader.png?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moonreader.png?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moonreader.png?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moonreader.png?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3652,"url":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/real-time-voice-cloning-the-technology-behind-ai-voice-assistants-and-deepfakes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2833,"position":4},"title":"Real-time Voice Cloning: The Technology Behind AI Voice Assistants and Deepfakes","author":"saifuddin","date":"October 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The ability to replicate a human voice in real time was once the stuff of science fiction. Today, real-time voice cloninghas become a cutting-edge AI capability, driving both exciting innovations in voice assistants and concerning developments in deepfake technology. But how exactly does it work, and what are the implications\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AI&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AI","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/ai\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/realtime-voice-cloning.png?fit=1200%2C800&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/realtime-voice-cloning.png?fit=1200%2C800&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/realtime-voice-cloning.png?fit=1200%2C800&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/realtime-voice-cloning.png?fit=1200%2C800&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/realtime-voice-cloning.png?fit=1200%2C800&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3636,"url":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/code-review-i-let-ai-rewrite-my-10-year-old-project-the-results-shocked-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":2833,"position":5},"title":"Code Review: I Let AI Rewrite My 10-Year-Old Project \u2013 The Results Shocked Me","author":"saifuddin","date":"September 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"For years, I carried around a dusty old codebase\u201410 years old, full of hacks, patches, and outdated dependencies. Instead of rewriting it myself, I decided to see what AI could do. The outcome? Faster code, fewer bugs, and a shocking reminder that AI isn\u2019t just a coding assistant\u2014it can be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AI&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AI","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/ai\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai-coding-vibe.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai-coding-vibe.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai-coding-vibe.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ai-coding-vibe.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Richard-Branson-The-Virgin-Way.jpg?fit=500%2C462","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2837,"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833\/revisions\/2837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}