Machiavellianism: What kind of strategy is that?

Machiavellianism in its simplest form is a person’s tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain. Doesn’t sound very Nice, does it?
Yet there is a political doctrine that has arisen based on this notion.
Here are some quotes from the website BuzzFlash.com:

Machiavellianism: The political doctrine of Machiavelli, which denies [...]

Giving: The Secret to Political Success?

I came across a couple of recent blog posts on how we do business. One is from Dawud Miracle on The One Core Secret of Business Success. The other is from Seth Godin on What do I get?
Without intending to usurp their message (it’s worth popping over to read their whole posts), there are [...]

What About Negative Politics?

I read an interesting post today from the Passion, People, and Principles blog by David Maister: “Are We Too Negative“?
Just to give you a flavour of what he had to say, here are some snippets:
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“I don’t think it’s me alone that’s doing this. When you go visit other blogs, you see lots of criticism, complaints, [...]