*Michael*

My phone rang just as I said goodbye to some investors from Singapore who were interested in a merger that I had no interest in pursuing. The meeting had already put me in a bad mood. They had no intention of learning about the company or its work ethic, not to mention its social programs. That wasn’t the kind of people I wanted to do business with.

When it rang again, I almost didn’t pick up.

“Mr. Astor?” a lady on the line ...