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Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.

My work in government has flowed from the fundamental idea of personal empowerment. It's about giving people the tools they need to pave their own way.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

I am the CEO and co-founder of Purpose - a social movement incubator and agency. We work on ways to help millions of people combine their power as citizens, consumers and cultural agents.

This is our job as leaders: to offer positive solutions and empower people. Our duty is to tackle our problems before they tackle us.

No enterprise, small or large, public or private, can remain self-governing, let alone successful, so deeply in hock to others as we are about to be.

My goal in the new administration is to engage all of the stakeholders, everyone who can help us meet the challenges of the 21st century, and ensure that we work together.

I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance.

My biggest ambition is to bring together what happens in the real world with what politicians talk about.

I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life.