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...Victor Woo, driver, SMRT Taxis Start at Tanglin Village on Dempsey Hill, formerly home to military barracks and now packed with dozens of restaurants, bars and boutiques. Stroll around the antique-furniture shops and art galleries. For outdoor dining under the stars, go to Oosh, tel: (65) 6475 0002, for its lush greenery, huge waterfall and Western-Japanese cuisine. Try the warm Valrhona chocolate torte with ice cream. Afterwards, go to Bugis Village night market for some bargains, before ending with a supper of local fruits at Geylang district - it's the red-light district but it's also known...
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...Charlie Levine's legend repeated to generations of schoolchildren. That's because this rival of aviator Charles Lindbergh set his crew members against one another and allowed egotism and erratic behavior to delay the transatlantic flight that he had financed. Lucky Lindy, on the other hand, was blessed with woo, which allowed him to skillfully develop relationships with his backers, who made sure he took off on time...
What, you ask, is woo? The authors, who both teach at the Wharton School, extol the virtues of this relationship art, which they define as the ability to win over colleagues, clients and customers without coercion, using emotionally intelligent persuasion. The authors draw on the experiences of political figures like Napoléon and Abraham Lincoln, as well as famous businesspeople...
...Woo matters not just in business. Rock icon Bono gets high marks for his woomanship in promoting social causes. A surprisingly genial visit in 2000 to the archconservative Senator Jesse Helms, during which Bono communed with the septuagenarian politician, yielded an appropriation of $435 million for debt relief for Africa. It wouldn't have happened, say the authors, had it not been for Bono's on-the-spot ability to switch "to a completely different language," abandoning his fact-laden pitch to talk religion with Helms...