Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO POLICY LETTER OF 27 FEBRUARY 1974 | Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO POLICY LETTER OF 27 FEBRUARY 1974 |
WASTED PLANNING | WASTED PLANNING |
It too often occurs in PR that the planning of several capers (PR events or actions) comes to nothing. | It too often occurs in PR that the planning of several capers (PR events or actions) comes to nothing. |
This can be the planning of four hard news (events rather than statements) stories or six future issues of a magazine. | This can be the planning of four hard news (events rather than statements) stories or six future issues of a magazine. |
The trained PR outlines it all quite plainly. | The trained PR outlines it all quite plainly. |
Then the debacle. | Then the debacle. |
In execution by untrained juniors, the four hard news stories become one and the one is presented badly in the wrong place. The six magazine issues become one handout. | In execution by untrained juniors, the four hard news stories become one and the one is presented badly in the wrong place. The six magazine issues become one handout. |
Why? | Why? |
Well, it’s Data Series No. 1, “The Anatomy of Thought,” HCO PL 26 April 1970. | Well, it’s Data Series No. 1, “The Anatomy of Thought,” HCO PL 26 April 1970. |
It is also in Book One, Dianetics: The Modem Science of Mental Health: A = A = A. | It is also in Book One, Dianetics: The Modem Science of Mental Health: A = A = A. |
The junior conceives things as identical which are in fact only similar or even very different. | The junior conceives things as identical which are in fact only similar or even very different. |
It might not be realized by the trained PR that people are sometimes incapable of differentiating. | It might not be realized by the trained PR that people are sometimes incapable of differentiating. |
To the untrained and aberrated “helper,” the capers are all alike even though one displays a burning building and another the birth of twins; the magazine layouts were all identical to each other even though one was for winter complete with Santa Claus and snow and another was full of bathing beauties and sunburn. | To the untrained and aberrated “helper,” the capers are all alike even though one displays a burning building and another the birth of twins; the magazine layouts were all identical to each other even though one was for winter complete with Santa Claus and snow and another was full of bathing beauties and sunburn. |
Instead of going purple about it, the right answer is to point out simple differences to the “helper” so that he spreads out his tendency to identify everything with everything. | Instead of going purple about it, the right answer is to point out simple differences to the “helper” so that he spreads out his tendency to identify everything with everything. |
If you do this well, you will get understanding cooperation in most cases. | If you do this well, you will get understanding cooperation in most cases. |
Founder | Founder |