 The head of the project died suddenly and the team was left leaderless, unfunded, so Blotnick joined a Wall Street firm for the next 7 years as a research analyst, but his interest in the study continued and he began to write books on the topics.His first two books were based on his actual experiences.Blotnick obtained his Ph.D. in 1978 via mail order from Pacific Western University, correspondence school in Los Angeles.