Reading Branson's book 'loosing my virginity'

I started reading this book and found it an intresting read so far though read only 50 pages so far. The guy himself is a real ecentric. .His media image matches with what he has written in the book. I personally believe diversity of experiences you go through is a major factor in making you what you are. Branson was very poor in acedmeics because of dyslexia since childhood. He mentions that because of this he has to train himself to concenterate and also this makes him more intuitive. He excelled in sports and must have learnt importance of team work from there. He is an adventurer and has gone through some near death experiences as in his trans atlantic balloon flight. He says," I am lucky to be alive". Someone like him would have no fear of failure and that could be one of the reasons why he successfuly started and running so many different ventures.