But To Benefit From These People Who Are Willing To Pay (ePub)

One of the best things in my life is meeting so many wonderful people through corporate work and on the road. We now have 50,000 employees worldwide, and I regularly pop into the office briefly to meet and talk with them. Not only do they give 150% and really believe in what they are doing - which keeps me going - but they are also fun and enjoy parties, which keeps me young. Oh, at least young at heart!

Besides friends, family and staff, there are a few people I admire. I mentioned the influence of Mr. Freddie Laker, founder of Laker Airways, the first no-frills low-cost airline. He was a wise teacher and very kind to me when I joined the aviation world. There is also Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist[19], who spent 27 years in prison before becoming President of South Africa; Desmond Tutu, the first black South African to serve as Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in his country; Peter Gabriel, successful British musician (formerly lead singer and flute player for the rock band Genesis) who is now an inspirational producer, advocate of world music and humanitarian causes ; The late Mo Mowlam, who was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the historic Good Friday Peace Treaty was signed; and Burt Rutan, the American aeronautical genius and aerospace engineer who designed Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and the semi-orbital spacecraft Space Ship One, the first private spacecraft to fly into space twice in just two weeks.Each of them demonstrated extraordinary courage, talent, and a passion for getting the job done no matter the odds of success, traits that I truly admire.