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Troubadours, minstrels, and gurus

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Politicians, CEOs, and academics often have a better life after they have been “let go” than at the helm. The unreelected politician, the dismissed CEO, and the retired don, if wise, lucky, and with a sufficiently high profile, can easily enter the lecture circuit.

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© 2005 Adrian Furnham

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Furnham, A. (2005). Troubadours, minstrels, and gurus. In: The People Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510098_60

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