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14 successful people share the best advice they ever got from their dads

Rachel SugarJun 21, 2015, 17:30 IST

Getty / Fernando Leon 'He gave me the gift of retraining my thinking about failure.'

Behind every executive, there's an unofficial advisory committee who helped make it happen: mentors, colleagues, partners - and, in more than a few cases, dads.

In honor of Father's Day, we've collected the best advice super-successful business leaders ever got from their dads.

A little fatherly wisdom (probably) won't make you into Richard Branson - but a good dose of dad advice certainly can't hurt.

Here's the advice: