Realistically, business leaders are not always going to experience success, and high times are going to be tempered with seemingly brick walls to climb.

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Indeed, Thailand's relative success in its climb back from the abyss owes much to the Chuan administration's efforts to win public support for its policies, instead of just handing down marching orders to the populace.

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SPE's current success needs to be measured against the mountain it still has to climb.

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