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TEFLON DON TO VELCRO DON

Teflon Don was the name given to John Gotti for his slipperiness with law enforcement. Nothing stuck. They had the old gangster right up until it mattered. But he didn’t fit the old gangster mold. The big guy worked another angle. For this post I use only the most impeccable sources.

GOOD JUDGEMENT IN CONSEQUENTIAL TIMES

Let’s be frank about the notion of good judgement: if you never do anything of consequence, any sort of awareness is fine. Why? Because it doesn’t really matter. The problem is influence. Too many punks have found their ‘voice’ in social media. Instead of yelling at people to stay off their yard, they’ve done some […]

INFORMATION DUPE: WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW

An Information Dupe always has the latest news first. Right or wrong, being first is what matters. When they’re right, they are a genius. Just ask them. But when they are wrong? Even if there’s no way it could be true, try and convince anyone they’re wrong about anything. If you’ve talked to an information […]

QUITTERS NEVER WIN, WINNERS NEVER QUIT, BUT . . .

Quitters carry a label that’s hard to peal off, steam off, or scratch off. Once someone gets used to quitting important things, they can quit anything. The best of them develop a skill set where they try to convince themselves they didn’t really quit anything. The reasoning? They were surrounded by real quitters so no […]