One of the great privileges of my job is that I get to spend so much time with entrepreneurs and senior executives. A diverse cast of corporate characters has taken pity on me over the course of my career, providing casual mentorship, guidance, and much-needed advice. I went for dinner with one of these characters recently. He is an extremely successful entrepreneur who recently sold his company in a multi-million-euro deal. His business was built patiently over many years and on different occasions I had the opportunity to observe what he was doing – and to ask why he was…

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