Psychopathic behavior seems to be on the rise because of the very nature of American capitalistic society. The great hustlers, charmers, and self-promoters in the sales fields are perfect examples of where the psychopath can thrive. The entertainment industry, the sports industry, the corporate world in a Capitalistic system, are all areas where psychopaths naturally rise to the top. Some observers believe that there is a psychological continuum between psychopaths (who tend to be professionally unsuccessful) and narcissistic entrepreneurs (who are successful), because these two groups share the highly developed skill of manipulating others for their own gain. It is now being thought that they are actually the “same” but that the “unsuccessful” psychopath is merely flawed in their calculating abilities. They are unable to recalculate based on new actuarial data. Successful Narcissists might seem to be perfectly able to add to their actuarial database and “recalculate” and shift course and develop new subroutines based on ongoing input.

I did NOT have a going out of business sale. In fact I sold things to another marketer pretty quietly (signed a non-compete agreement for one year with them also) and simply left. So the only notice of it is if you were on my lists as we announced it as we moved over the business to him. Most people were quite surprised when it happened.

So I can't speak of anyone else's business or their actions…nor do I want to. But I will say this…anyone who “retires” is not going to be happy with their retirement. It's boring (and this even applies to those at retirement age as the majority go into some type of depression pretty quickly in full retirement).

So my opinion would be NO matter what intention he has right now, the likelihood is he will come back. The passion is in you even if it disappears for a while.

Your point about forced continuity is a good one. I'll have to think about that some more. :-)

Ryan