Why you should try trying

Why you should try trying

I have been digging through Virgin’s archives while writing my new autobiography Finding My Virginity. I found lots of fun stories and photos from the history of Virgin. I came across this poster, which really stood out to me: “Who said ‘can’t’? Someone is always doing something someone else said was impossible. TRY TRYING.” 

While I love focusing on the future, every now and then I love looking back over these things and reminiscing. Turns out the poster was right – I’ve tended to ignore those that tell me something is impossible. It’s great to look at this poster and remind myself of how far we’ve come and all we’ve achieved. Back in the days of Student Magazine and Virgin Records I could never have imagined that Virgin would expand into planes, trains, holidays, wine, gaming, experiences, hotels, cruises, space, hyperloop and so much more. 

This poster was one of many items I bought from a bric-a-brac shop in Westbourne Grove, in London. We had it up on the wall in the houseboat we lived during the early days of Virgin. Another poster I found in the bric-a-brac shop, an ad for Danish bacon that featured a pig and a chicken having a conversation over a fence, resulted in the biggest selling compilation series in music history – Now! That’s What I Call Music.

The bric-a-brac shop was also the place I met a young lady named Joan. She was the reason I kept going into the shop – pretending to be interested in buying items when really I just wanted to talk to her. Of course, we went on to get married.

The plane poster appealed to my love of flying as well as my spirit of adventure. It reminds me now of some more inspirational words, from a man who is more synonymous with cars than planes – Henry Ford. “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.”

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