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Resilience and Leadership in Asia

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The spontaneous gifts of Heaven are of high value; but the strength of perseverance gains the prize.

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Low, P.K.C. (2013). Resilience and Leadership in Asia. In: Leading Successfully in Asia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31287-8_16

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