If there is excitement in their lives, it is contained in the figures on the profit and loss sheet. What an indictment.

business itself is now the most powerful force for change in the world today, richer and faster by far than most governments. And what is it doing with this power? It is using free trade, the most powerful weapon at its disposal, to tighten its grip on the globe.

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My passionate belief is that business can be fun, it can be conducted with love and a powerful force for good.

Free trade holds much of the blame for continued international conflict. Markets are said to possess wisdom that is somehow superior to man. Those of us in business who travel in the developing world see the results of such western wisdom and have a rumbling disquiet about much of what our economic institutions have bought into.

You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message.

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