The Peripatetic Philosopher announces:

CONFIDENCE IN SUBTEXT

DR. JAMES R. FISHER, JR.'S 20TH BOOK! 

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Some readers have wondered where I have been. No, I've not been sick; no, I've not been traveling. I have been writing this book, which is something of a revelation to me in that I've come to better understand my life and career in the writing, and why I have so often counter intuitively landed on my feet after making unconventional decisions.

It occurred to me that what at first blush appeared as outrageous decisions -- such as writing WORK WITHOUT MANAGERS -- grew out of a natural inclination to think with my whole body, not just my conscious mind.

Moreover, it occurred to me that we all have this capacity, but that we are programmed to disabuse it. The book is about many people, people who have used "Confidence in Subtext," but perhaps without knowing they have.

Everyone has this capacity, but alas, not everyone listens to what his or her unconscious mind is telling them. I''ve listened, as have several others, many profiled in this book, with remarkable results.

In any case, it has been a joy to write and I enjoyed every minute of the process, which incidentally, went into the tens of thousands of minutes.

I don't anticipate the book being a "bestseller," given the price, which I can explain.

The price of $46.80 is the lowest price Kindle allows for this somewhat massive book. My investment is only in the research, writing, editing and internal architecture of the book. Kindle's investment is in the printing, binding, packaging, producing and distributing, all very expensive activities.

For writers such as yours truly, coming in the evening of my life, Kindle has been a God send. My aim is to seed the garden; cultivation and growing can go on after I'm gone.

This is my 20th book and 18th in the genre of organizational development psychology. It is my most creative effort, and for those who happen to read it, I'm sure they will find ideas that depart from conventional psychology as it also embraces such themes as body, mind and spirit, and the subconscious as well as the conscious mind. That said it is not written in the jargon of science and technology but in the vernacular of regular readers of thoughtful books.

JRF

Kindle paperback book -- $46.80; Kindle e-book -- $9.99

389 pages, color photographs/schematics 

DESCRIPTION

“Confidence in Subtext” is evident when people know when to go for broke and when not to; when to develop a relationship and when not to; when to take a promotion and when not to; when to join a company or community or organization and when it would be wise to take a pass; when to invest and when not to; when to buy a home, an automobile or some other major purchase and when not to; when to take the advice of others and when not to; when to go it alone and when not to; when to leave a profession, a job, a community, a relationship, a church, school or company and when not to.

“Confidence in Subtext” is what happens when two people fall in love at first sight! A data bank of complex and detailed information floods the mind, information with which neither party is aware, and is processed in an instant.

To understand the idea of “Confidence in Subtext,” a few examples might be helpful. Everyone has a subtext. True confidence is not possible without a healthy subtext as the stories in this volume are designed to show. Subtext is buried in our subconscious beyond our day-to-day dealing in content and context and why it may not be familiar, but it is always there.

Mark Twain, as brilliant a writer that he was, demonstrated a damaged subtext. He was a profligate investor, and often in hair brained schemes that left him nearly bankrupt. He had a chance to invest in Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, and took a pass on it. Other notables, however, have demonstrated “Confidence in Subtext.”

George Washington was offered to be the new monarch of the United States in 1783. When he refused, he was offered to be president for life, which he also refused. He served two four-year terms and then retired to his home in Mount Vernon.

A boy of nine during WWII was taken to a clothing store by his father to buy school clothes for the new school term. His father told the clerk, an old school chum, to charge the purchases. The clerk checked his credit and returned to say only cash would do. His father embarrassed, and crushed by the affront before his son, lost his composure, but not his son. “I don’t want any of this stuff anyway,” he told the clerk, took his father’s hand and walked him out of the store confident in his subtext which he obviously had no sense existed.

The Theosophical Society attempted to seduce the young Krishnamurti into being the messiah of a new religion and worshiped as a god. He utterly rejected the idea. He, a poor boy from India essentially uneducated, had confidence in subtext to escape this imprisoning tribute.

We all make life changing decisions. Our subtext, although involved, is unlikely acknowledged. We cannot change institutions, their policies or politics as our impact is severely limited. But we have unlimited ability to change ourselves and our situation if we but have confidence in a cultivated subtext. The stories here are of people like ourselves who have discovered that confidence in subtext, attributes which are active in us all.