This episode is sponsored by Northern Trust Wealth Management.

There is more to being a successful entrepreneur than just good business practices.

What is it about an entrepreneur's childhood that helped fuel their entrepreneurial spirit?

What are entrepreneurs doing to cultivate the spirit in their own children and build a legacy beyond their business?

Tune in each month to the Road to Y podcast by the Northern Trust Institute,

where host Eric Chappaya dives deeper with leading entrepreneurs on these topics and more. Find

the Road to Y where you listen to your favorite podcasts.

As the competition between China and the West, especially the United States, intensifies,

it really is important how big your friend's circle is.

That's the journal's chief China correspondent Lingling Wei,

and she's far from alone in noting that in the great power rivalry

between the U.S. and China, it matters who's on your side,

whose network of trade partners is growing, who's able

to call in diplomatic favors, and whose financial rules and political norms are being adopted.

For years, Washington's been either indifferent or inconsistent in its dealings with

wide swaths of the globe. At times it's actively

tested the patience of its longtime partners by going back and forth on international

deals like the Paris Climate Accord and the Iran nuclear agreement. China

meanwhile has been building influence. A highway in Pakistan, a new sea port in

Sri Lanka. China's signature foreign policy

outreach project. China and Latin America are getting closer together. Algeria, Ethiopia, Kenya.

Hydro power plant in Uganda, a motorway in Serbia. South Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda are

...