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A fascinating and inspiring episode awaits as Paige talks with Professor Kishore Mahbubani, a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS. Kishore served as Singapore\u2019s ambassador to the UN, not once but twice, and was the founding dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. A prolific writer, Kishore has written eight books, and continues to share his wealth of knowledge, and optimism for Singapore and ASEAN whenever possible. In this episode, he shares, \u201cThe natural capital for the Asian Century, the 21st century, will be Singapore, for we are the only city where the four major civilizations operating in Asia come together.\u201d He discusses public servants, politicians, how Singapore can continue its impressive growth, and how his childhood of \u201creal poverty\u201d taught him resilience. He credits his weekly visits to Joo Chiat Public Library, where he checked out four to five books, as what \u201chelped me become a government scholar, ambassador to the UN, and founding dean of LKY School of Public Policy\u201d. Kishore advises all to question everything, never accept conventional wisdom, and how the biggest gift in his lifetime was education. This podcast episode will leave you inspired and optimistic, as Kishore and Paige Pass the Power on to you. Check out Kishore's MOOC "US-China Relations: Past, Present and Future" by following this link: https://tinyurl.com/kishoreMOOC

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