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2024-W38-1 | Monday | Bonus: ENG
No. 260
From:
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
Monday, 10:00 A.M.
September 16, 2024
Dear Friend,
In The Gary Halbert Letter, in the February 6, 1988 issue, the author Gary Halbert writes:
The founders of the Center for Feeling Therapy were acclaimed worldwide. They were supposed to be the best. They had been on 150 talk shows like Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson (I was in the studio audience), Good Morning America and all the others. They published endless learned articles and, I believe, four hardcover books. When Nancy and I signed up for this "therapy" it was our understanding that in about nine months we would be relieved of all our mental trauma and we'd be able to get on with our lives.
What We Got Instead Was
A Three And A Half Year Nightmare.
These so-called psychotherapists, all licensed by the State of California, turned out to be the most sophisticated and manipulative mind-benders the free world has ever known. They nearly ruined the lives of hundreds of their patients. They were, (unknown to me at the time), sexually molesting some of the female patients while they were sucking money out of all of us with an efficiency that would've made even Jim Bakker envious.
For further information, you can go to Los Angeles Times website and read the article Psychologists in ‘Feeling Therapy’ Lose Licenses by Lois Timnick. But you can do it later. Now... let's talk about "mental health".
Nowadays, "mental health" is a buzzword. Ordinary people talk about it casually, use the jargons casually, go to a some kind of "therapy" casually,
It's too casual.
Listen: we know about brain functions far better than 100 years ago. Yet, the knowledge is far from perfect. Our brains still are black boxes. Depending on so-called "psychological experts" too much is really, really dangerous. It is highly possible they don't know what they are talking about. At least, keep in mind these three.
- Discount what "experts" say basically.
- Gather information from various sources. Never depend on one source.
- Don't skip reading the logic behind conclusions.
Think like Sherlock Holmes.
Think like Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot.
If you haven't read Sherlock Holmes series and Hercule Poirot series yet, read them. I don't recommend fiction books basically, but these two are specials. These books are full of deep psychological insights. They are beyond pure entertainment mystery novels,
Today's Pearl of Wisdom #1:
Don't leave your fate in the hands of "experts" easily !
Sincerely,
Kentaro Sono
Bonus 1:
The Kentaro Sono Selection 2024
~What did you read today?~
No. 260-1
In Washington Post, in the article What do women want in bed? The truth is out there, the author Kimberly Harrington writes:
Perhaps one of the more relatable fantasies for any woman who’s been married to a man begins: “To have my husband say he’s hired a cleaner. To have my husband say he’s done the grocery shopping. To have my husband say let’s go to the movies.” It goes on for several more sentences, becoming more explicit than can be shared here. But that brief, rhythmic half a page shows that it’s not that women find a man unloading a dishwasher actually sexy; please, we’re not that simple. It’s just that it would be nice for our partners to demonstrate thorough and unprompted responsibility, initiative and care.
This article is about the book about women's sexual fantasies. This kind of books are basically written by women and written for women.
Men, you should read this book.
There are things we don't want to talk about to other sex. But many divorces stem from the silence. For example, as a man, I couldn't expected women fantasize their husband having done the grocery shopping. Such a small thing really works?
Today's Pearl of Wisdom #2:
Read books written by the other sex, written for the other sex!
Bonus 2:
The Kentaro Sono Selection 2024
~What did you read today?~
No. 260-2
In The Wall Street Journal, in the article Lululemon ‘Dupes’ Are Just as Cool With the TikTok Crowd, the author Suzanne Kapner writes:
“A brand logo doesn’t hold as much meaning as it used to,” said Mikayla Kitsopoulos, a 22-year-old college student. “Finding bargains is the new status symbol.”
If you were a Lululemon's CEO, what would you do? 99% people would choose to lower the price.
I would raise the price.
Rather, I create a special product which only V.I.P. can buy. If you can create the best products in the industry, you can choose other options than lowering prices. For further information, read The Wall Street Journal, Is the Birkin Bag by Hermès Really Worth the Investment? by Carol Ryan. Lululemon ‘Dupes’ have a critical weak point. Everyone can buy it.
Today's Pearl of Wisdom #3:
If your products are of the best quality in the industry, consider creating the best of best products, which only V.I.P can buy!
