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Business Insider is adding their own insight as to why they believe Mormon missions prep 19-year-old young men for the business and political world.

The REAL REASON So Many Mormons Become Executives And Political Leaders

Aimee Groth | Jul. 22, 2011, 9:01 AM

Every 19-year-old in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) goes through what one might call executive training camp.

It's an extremely rigorous two-year program: 10-hour days, no TV, no dating, constant rejection. At the same time many American teenagers are relishing their first taste of freedom as college freshmen, these Mormons are entering into the most disciplined period of their lives.

For the rest of the story, go here. It even has a little spot on "What the missionaries go through."

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