The World Motivation
Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.
“Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.”
Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.
No child should be left behind - I've heard this from President Obama. And here, we say in Latin America, no country should be left behind.
Economic and financial crisis are getting much more usual, and they are not confined to a given country but they immediately spread all over the world, and you have to be prepared for that.
I'm a person with a lot of affection for adventure - I scuba dive, skydive, fly helicopters.
It turns out the businessman knows more about how the economy really works than the chattering class. What a shock.
But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.
My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.
In terms of what I wanted to do before I got into politics, I was a businessman. I ran a company that makes and sells infrared night vision military technology and solar technology, so I wanted to grow that company and pursue groundbreaking technology in each of those areas.
I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.