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Mahatma Gandhi among leaders most admired by CEOs globally

  
Analysis, Education
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Mahatma Gandhi figures among the top three most admired leaders of the world, said a global survey of CEOs conducted by accountancy firm PwC.

While Winston Churchill tops the list of 10 most admired leaders, Gandhi figures in the third position after Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple), said the 16th Annual Global CEO Survey.

As part of its annual survey, PwC said it recently asked 1,400 CEOs from around the world “which leaders they most admired, and what they most admired about their actions”.

“Some clear types emerged: warriors, (Napoleon; Alexander the Great) reformers (Jack Welch), leaders though adversity (Winston Churchill; Abraham Lincoln), leaders who caught the imagination of the masses (Mahatma Gandhi; Nelson Mandela) and consensus builders like Bill Clinton” PwC said in a statement.

Winston Churchill was the most popular choice of all CEOs with Steve Jobs admired in the most number of countries (37). (more…)

Happy Women's Day

  
Education, Life
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http://www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp

International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month is almost upon us and I figured what better time to enjoy some heartwarming inspirational quotes than this? Whether men like to admit it or not, women make this world go round. Don’t believe me? Move all of the women in this world to a different planet and see what happens to your civilization! With that thought in mind, here are 14 inspirational quotes to celebrate this well-deserved holiday.

. “God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I’ve ever met.” ~ Farrah Fawcett

2. “Women are the real architects of society.” ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

3. “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” ~ Margaret Thatcher

4. “The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.” ~ Charles Malik

5. “Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.” ~ Faith Whittlesey

6. “Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well!” ~ Barbara Bush

7. “Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its natural size.” ~ Virginia Woolf

8. “Men who treat women as helpless and charming playthings deserve women who treat men as delightful and generous bank accounts.” ~ Author Unknown

9. “Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.” ~ Timothy Leary

10. “Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

11. “One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” ~ Jane Austen

12. “The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing – and then they marry him.” ~ Cher

13. “If men can run the world, why can’t they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?” ~ Linda Ellerbee

14. “I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today. Why should unmarried women be discriminated against – unmarried men are not.” ~ Dinah Shore

All of us, no matter how big or how small, whether male or female — we all owe our lives to a woman. While Mother’s Day may not be till May, let’s celebrate all the women of the world with these inspirational quotes during International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.

George Soros Warns Washington To "Mend Relations With China" Or Face World War 3

  
Analysis, Education
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A Partnership with China to Avoid World War (via The New York Review of Books)

International cooperation is in decline both in the political and financial spheres. The UN has failed to address any of the major conflicts since the end of the cold war; the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference left a sour aftertaste; the World Trade Organization hasn’t concluded a major trade round since 1994. The International Monetary Fund’s legitimacy is increasingly questioned because of its outdated governance, and the G20, which emerged during the financial crisis of 2008 as a potentially powerful instrument of international cooperation, seems to have lost its way. In all areas, national, sectarian, business, and other special interests take precedence over the common interest. This trend has now reached a point where instead of a global order we have to speak of global disorder.

In the political sphere local conflicts fester and multiply. Taken individually these conflicts could possibly be solved but they tend to be interconnected and the losers in one conflict tend to become the spoilers in others. For instance, the Syrian crisis deteriorated when Putin’s Russia and the Iranian government came to Bashar al-Assad’s rescue, each for its own reasons. Saudi Arabia provided the seed money for ISIS and Iran instigated the Houthi rebellion in Yemen to retaliate against Saudi Arabia. Bibi Netanyahu tried to turn the US Congress against the nuclear treaty the US was negotiating with Iran. There are just too many conflicts for international public opinion to exert a positive influence.

In the financial sphere the Bretton Woods institutions—the IMF and the World Bank—have lost their monopoly position. Under Chinese leadership, a parallel set of institutions is emerging. Will they be in conflict or will they find a way to cooperate? Since the financial and the political spheres are also interconnected, the future course of history will greatly depend on how China tackles its economic transition from investment and export-led growth to greater dependence on domestic demand, and how the US reacts to it. A strategic partnership between the US and China could prevent the evolution of two power blocks that may be drawn into military conflict. (more…)

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