The rise to power of any world leader sometimes drastically changes the dynamics of political and economic relationships. Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with vast energy resources but a troubling history of waste and corruption, will have a newly elected president Muhammadu Buhari take office soon. Sometimes s a body language analysis may provide clues as to whether Buhari leads as a democratically leader or reverts to his autocratic ways as a military strongman of the past.

There's a powerful message of misdirection. Chinese students studying in western countries, the future leadership, will eventually bring back and eventually implement democratic values to China once they've achieved influential positions. However this is far from reality and in fact Americans and other westerners are emulating and even supporting Chinese practices more than we care to think or even imagine.

Rather than being committed to a specific idea, the visionary is committed to "relentless change," the painful process of propelling the idea forward.