Top executives share the best advice they ever received

New Delhi: If you are looking to build a successful and rewarding career, then it makes sense to turn to those who have already been there and done that.Here is a list of tips from top executives like Bill Gates, empire-builders like Richard Branson and legendary investment gurus like Warren Buffett. 'Have No Regrets' --Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group"The best advice I ever received? Simple: Have no regrets.”"My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me. I have fun running ALL the Virgin businesses — so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve."Marissa Mayer, VP, Google“My friend Andre said to me, ‘You know, Marissa, you're putting a lot of pressure on yourself to pick the right choice, and I've gotta be honest: That's not what I see here. I see a bunch of good choices, and there's the one that you pick and make great. I think that's one of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten.”Maureen Chiquet, Global CEO, Chanel Mickey Drexler, CEO of Gap at the time, told Chiquet: “I'm going to give you some important advice. You're a terrific merchant. But you've gotta learn to listen!”Tory Burch, co-founder and creative director, Tory Burch"When I started my company, many people said I shouldn't launch it as a retail concept because it was too big a risk.They told me to launch as a wholesaler to test the waters — because that was the traditional way."But Glen Senk, [then] CEO of Urban Outfitters and a mentor of mine ... told me to follow my instincts and take the risk. I wanted to create a new way of looking at retail."Eric Schmidt, executive chairman, Google"Find a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learn something new. Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids."Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook“Stop being an idiot; all that matters is growth.”Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway "Never forget Warren, you can tell a guy to go to hell tomorrow — you don't give up the right. So just keep your mouth shut today, and see if you feel the same way tomorrow," Berkshire Hathaway director Thomas Murphy told Buffett. Larry Page, co-founder, Google"In graduate school at Stanford University, I had about ten different ideas of things I wanted to do, and one of them was to look at the link structure of the web. My advisor, Terry Winograd, picked that one out and said, 'Well, that one seems like a really good idea.' So I give him credit for that."Bill Gates, chairman, Microsoft"Warren Buffett has taught me a lot of things, but he got me thinking very early on that at some point I'd have the opportunity and responsibility to give the wealth back.Howard Schultz, CEO, Starbucks"Jim Sinegal, the founder of Costco, gave me fantastic advice because we were going down the wrong track. We brought him in to look at our plan and he said, 'You know, I don't want to be rude but this is exactly the wrong thing to do.' This was my idea, and he was right.Jim Rogers, chairman, Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests"Buy low and sell high. When I went to Wall Street. Actually all the old guys used to say 'Figure out the money and you'll figure out what's going on.'" (The story first appeared on Business Insider).