The Cult of Experts. “The people more competent than we are in innumerable fields of endeavor,” (Girard), with their “Follow These Five Steps” approach to happiness and lacks of respect for human complexity. Today the value is largely mimetically driven rather than attached to fixed, stable points (like a college degree). This has created opportunities for anyone who can stand out from the crowd.
Why Coach Introspection? Introspection, while potentially yielding valuable self-knowledge, may also lead to self-obsession and chronic rumination. We have to penetrate the layers of appearances and develop the capacity to hold several contradictory or paradoxical ideas about ourselves in our minds at the same time.
experts of fear and confusion The world is full of people who will tell you who you are, what you are, and what you are to do and not to do, they wander amid their unaddressed
six filters for truth personal experience (Human perceptions are iffy.) Experience of people you know (Even more unreliable.) Experts (They work for money, not truth.) Scientific studies