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It's Offensive To Me To Be Called A Cost Cutter.

We're Going To Do The Right Thing For The Company And Our Customers, All Things Considered.

We're Trying To Win Business By Doing A Good Job For The Clients, As Opposed To, "we Think Being Big And Universal Is Just A Great, Wonderful Thing." It's Not A Morality Thing. It's A "does It Work For The Client?" Thing. Everything We Do Is Because A Client Uses Us. Everything We Do Is Because A Client Chose To Use Us Of His Own Free Volition.

I Always Tell People, "there's A Book On Everyone." I Get Some Of That Book Before I Do Anything. If I Want To Deeply Understand Someone's Reputation, I'll Talk To Their Friends, Their Former Bosses, Their Peers, And I'll Learn A Lot About Them. I Want Them To Be Trusted. I Want Them To Be Respected. I Want Them To Give A S - -. Then There Are The Intangibles: Physical And Emotional Stamina, The Ability To Confront Issues. I Can Ask All I Want About Those Things, But I Also Have To See A Lot Of It.

As Countries Get Wealthier - All Of Them, Together - You're Going To Have Financial Assets. That Is A Good Thing. You Could Argue The Assets Were Traded Too Much, Or That They're Too Highly Valued, Or Too Leveraged.