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The real genius with Lewis is that he had the foresight and nous to realise that the overseas market was where he needed to concentrate

There is a massive mentality gap between overseas businesses and businesses in Australia

Overseas companies see the benefit and invest for the future....and don't take 2 years to do it

Australian companies are paralysed by doing things '' the way they've always been done'', are petrified to take a chance on something new and do not see embrace the concept of investing now to reap rewards in the future. Every decision also takes years to make as it goes through 500 decision making processes so that each person can escape responsibility for the decision

It's why we are 30 years behind the rest of the Western world in these areas