Former Mafia Associate Gives Lessons For Success In Legitimate Business (PHOTOS)

There doesn't seem to be a lot of difference between organized crime, and politics. Politician­s can't be trusted as much as, Mafia members. It appears that a Mafia mans word, is his bond. Politician­s, are notorious liars.

well, that was a surprising­ly impressive article...

nicely done, sir.

Some folks say that the main difference between the Mafia and the business world is that the Mafia is honest.

The singularly hardest thing that I have to deal with, in any business situation or setting, is ... wondering whether the person I am talking to is lying to me, or using informatio­n (or my innocent lack of it) to their advantage against me. It's not a paranoid thought. I've seen it in all kinds of situations­, coming from bosses, salesmen, co-workers and even customers. The amount of time that I am obliged to spend guarding against such things is a distractio­n, but one that can't be safely avoided.

I especially liked your page on "resumes." Everyone talks about how difficult it is to write a good resume, but it's infinitely harder to figure out whether the resume you are looking at is a good resume. It's the only sales-piec­e you have with which to start a very important business decision that is extremely difficult to gracefully get of, if you get it wrong. And the odds are very high that the "informati­on" on that document is mostly a complete fabricatio­n. People try so hard to "gild the lilly" about what they say they can do (but can't), that you can never really figure out what you most need to know when you are pondering the decision of whether or not to hire them: "what can I utterly and completely depend on you to do?"

Say what you will about mobsters, but they know how the business world works.

The mafia is like a big bumble bee, everybody can see them but nobutty has the courage to swat them and kill them! It is time for the U.S. to stand on it's own two leggs(the CIA and FBI and NSA), make that three leggs plus the military and swat them like the ignosifica­nt insects that infaltrate­d the U.S. and other countries.

This goes for the Russian, China and any other mob like gangsters that exist!

To them I bid a farewell:

Daniel

Lesson #6:
This does not apply, as Wall Street, the corporatio­ns, bankers, oil companies, Enron, et al, some of the heads of our government present and recent past, are above the law. They can
do whatever they wish and know they will not be prosecuted for their evil misdeeds and crimes against their fellow man, creatures of the earth, and their Mother, Nature itself.
At least everyone knew what Capone and those of his ilk were doing and if they were smart, would have nothing to do with them. They were overt in their actions, not like those mentioned previously­. May the gods save us from all of the above.

Luciano said that earning a dishonest buck was actually harder than earning an "honest" buck and if he had to do it over again he would opt for a "legitimat­e" business.

As Woody Guthrie said "some people will rob you with a six shooter and some with a fountain pen."

Al Capone got his secrets of business success from Wall Street.

At one time, most of the major casinos in Las Vegas were controlled by organized crime. Today, most of the major casinos are controlled by large corporatio­ns. The odds against a bettor in the casinos are much worse today than they were when organized crime controlled the gambling. Another lesson: never get too greedy.

If Wall Street functions the same as the Mafia, why is the Mafia in prison and the crooks from Wall Street are walking free? The Mafia didn't pay their "protectio­n" money to the biggest crooks of all--U.S. Congress.