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WISDOM

WISDOM TO ASK WHY

For a young boy growing up in the West Australian wheat and sheep belt, Allan English never could have imagined becoming an entrepreneur who would create a publicly listed company and establish a foundation helping bring women out of poverty in the developing world. As a child, life was much simpler.

Allan remembers his grandfather waking early each day on their remote property to start a fire to make his wife a cup of tea. His grandfather offered Allan the advice to ‘Always start your day with a gift of love’. Allan has taken that advice to heart and has been making his wife, Tessa, a cup of tea every day for more than four decades.

Far from life on a sheep farm, everything really kicked off with a bang for Allan’s ...

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