If you live in Illinois I strongly suggest you stop whatever you’re doing RIGHT NOW and write Governor Quinn. I got this very disturbing email from Amazon yesterday: Greetings from the Amazon Associates Program: We regret to inform you that the Illinois state legislature has passed an unconstitutional tax collection scheme that, if signed by Governor Quinn, would leave Amazon.com little choice but to end its relationships with Illinois-based Associates. [...]

The Yellow Pages industry is one of the very dumbest when it comes to Public Relations. Their PR people are so inept that they let the overwhelming majority of people — most importantly other marketing people and organizations — spread the supposed “fact” that “No one uses the yellow pages anymore.” The truth is that A LOT less people use it than even just ten years ago. But of course [...]

Donald Trump is supposedly getting serious about making a run for the Presidency in 2012. We’ve been hearing rumblings and hints about this off an on recently, but according to the latest story, he is now telling his closest friends that he will definitely declare his candidacy in the Spring of 2011. Ronald Kessler Newsmax.com story I remember when Trump fulfilled his wish to own a pro football team, buying [...]

“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact” said Sherlock Holmes. You are presumably reading this because you are intrigued – for self-interest, not just academic exercise – with the mysteries of achievement and success. I have spent more than 30 years examining these mysteries. Before me, a long list of authors, lecturers, consultants, psychologists, researchers. Napoleon Hill one of the most famous, whom you’ve probably read. Many before [...]