robert kaplan is the professor of management practice at the harvard business school.uthor of the new book "what to ask of the person in the mirror." great to see you, rob. >> great to see you, j.j. >> we were talking about when you are a small business person -- and i hear this a lot from people i talk to -- it's lonely. the term it's lonely at the top. but even if you're at the top of four people, it's lonely. >> i find that small business leaders feel more alone than ceos of big companies. and i've dealt with both. the reason for that is they often built that business themselves. it may be part of a family where they don't think they can confide in other family members. when they come to harvard, they're anxious to be able to have someone to talk to. i advise them to build a support group because you do get very isolated. >> you say questions to ask yourself in the mirror. the first one is what is your vision for your business. now, presumably you had a vision for your business when you started your business or became the head of it. how often do you need to keep as

the first book i'm working on is monsoon, which is a book by robert kaplan how about the whole issue of central lisa where i think most of the politics of the next years are going to occur and i have read chapters of it when i traveled to various parts like indonesia but i want to read the whole book. i started in february. another book that was given to me by a fellow in my office from the american academy of mechanical engineers who worked with me on the question of water. i said to him tell me what the problems with water are going to be over the next 20 or 50 years and this book he gave me and he said i want you to read it. i never was able to write a perfect report but it's a good book to read about the whole question of water and it's an issue that in congress we really do need to think about in the future. george friedman wrote a book called quote code the next hundred years," which is a fascinating book that looks out 100 years and looks at where our major allies will be. most countries were involved in and have trouble with and so when he came out with the next book which is

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