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‘I’ve been misunderstood many times,’ says former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani as he releases memoir
Former Singapore diplomat Kishore Mahbubani tells executive editor Sumiko Tan that he’s lived by his mother’s advice to “put butter on your lips and smile” whenever he encountered setbacks in his career
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When Mr Kishore Mahbubani
He resented the criticism, but upon reflection felt there was some truth to it. Given how he had grown up in poverty, feeling insecure was probably a normal reaction.
