1. Conscious theft. It interests us to a lesser extent. This is done by professional thieves. Depending on the scale of the crime, it is carefully planned. Here everything happens like in sex. There is an ideation stage, when the thought arises that it is still worth stealing. Then comes the production stage, when the details of the operation are planned. Then comes the training (presexual stage), then the actual process of theft (analogous to the sexual stage). Then comes the post-sexual stage, which is called spoil sharing here. So in theft, as in sex, the most important thing is the post-sexual stage. When it comes to dividing up the spoils, thieves often cannot come to an agreement if they do not live according to “concepts.”
We are less interested in professional theft. But I would like to note that finding a professional thief is now not as easy as finding a professional in general to any degree. Nowadays, among the people who have made theft their profession, there are not as many professionals as in other professions. But it is very difficult to find a professional in any environment, even where they are not hiding, but rather advertising themselves. In the book “Bandaging Mental Wounds...” I gave the criteria for a professional among psychotherapists and psychologists. One of them may be the most important. They hardly advertise themselves. Moreover, a professional thief does not advertise himself. One of its characteristics is that it leaves virtually no traces. He tries to steal with minimal effort. After his work, the external situation practically does not change, there are no acts of vandalism, he does not have to kill, since in a well-planned theft the subject of the theft is either absent or so engrossed in something that he usually does not see the thief himself. Moreover, he is interested in keeping his victim alive and working, so that later he can take something else away from her. They will not intimidate their client, but on the contrary, they will help him get out of a difficult situation, help him earn money, and then maybe confiscate him and even more.
I would like to give a case from practice. One of my wards organized a good oil mill. Received a loan to expand production. But he made one strategic mistake. He lent most of this money to his relatives. When the time came for settlement, the relatives naturally did not return this money. As they say now, they “attacked” him and threatened to kill him if he did not pay off his debts on time. Maybe he could have gotten out of it somehow, but he looked very depressed. HE still wondered why no one lent him money. I took him to the mirror and told him to look at himself and asked: “Will someone really give a loan to a person with such a look? We worked with him a little. He spoke in a completely different tone with his creditors. They believed in his entrepreneurial spirit. His mood improved. In the end, he paid off his debts. But if he hadn’t been bullied, he would have paid off his debts faster. Maybe racketeers will read this book and stop acting only with threats. Maybe they will help an enterprising person in principle and get even more than they expected. But unfortunately, there are few professionals among racketeers. They do not so much achieve their goal as take out their neurotic grievances on people dependent on them.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of neuroticism in conscious theft. The desire to prove something to someone, to discharge emotionally, to demonstrate oneself, to take revenge on someone, etc. There are also many aspects related to psychological defense. Most often, rationalization occurs here. “The state (enterprise, certain person) constantly robs me. I don't steal, I just return to myself what was stolen from me. The efficiency of such theft is often no more than 20%, slightly more than that of a steam locomotive, even if it is successful. A professional thief spends much less effort on this, leaves fewer traces, and is caught much less often.
2. Unconscious theft. A classic example of unconscious theft is described in A.P. Chekhov’s story “The Intruder.” The hero of the story, an illiterate peasant, was unscrewing the nuts that secured the rails to the sleepers. He used these nuts as a sinker for a fishing rod. He never understood why he was convicted. After all, he did not tighten all the nuts, but only one of the four. By the way, other villagers also successfully did this.
An unlimited number of examples of unconscious theft can be given. No one considers it theft if he passes a bus stop and does not pay, and even if he travels the entire route for free, this will not upset him either and he will justify himself. They steal in small things from their own enterprises. At a construction site, this means construction materials that can be carried away; at enterprises, food products. A restaurant director will not consider it theft if he has lunch in his restaurant and does not pay. There are many examples of unconscious theft. Most often, friends steal from each other without realizing that they are stealing. This manifests itself more often in the form of “barter”. Service for service. Many doctors complained to me about this. A neighbor driver delivers free cargo once a year, and uses his services for several years. The opposite also happens. The doctor provided the service once, but uses it many times. A psychotherapist friend of mine told me a funny story. One of his charges is a fairly wealthy man. He drives a jeep. I went to groups several times, and after the group I gave the doctor a ride home. They talked while driving. He tried to drag out this conversation for a longer time. Then he stopped going to groups altogether, but came to the end of the group in order to take the doctor home. It is not difficult to calculate how much he stole from him. He actually sought an individual consultation, which cost as much as the whole group paid, and in the form of barter he paid with a taxi driver’s service, which cost 20 times less. Of course, neither the doctor nor the patient realized this. Then the doctor realized that he was being robbed. I advised him to stop stealing himself - to refuse his services and call a taxi. Immediately everything fell into place.
Material assets are unknowingly stolen less often than intellectual assets. Many intellectuals of various professions complain about such theft. Most often they try to rob lawyers, doctors, economists, psychologists, translators, planners, draftsmen, and designers in this regard. They steal this way at work, in transport, but more often in places of rest. Therefore, many people on vacation, on a business trip and on a trip try not to talk about their profession, especially those who have reached fairly high heights in their field. They simply hide their profession.
But most often, people unknowingly steal from each other the most valuable thing - time. At the same time, they believe that they are still showing some kind of mercy to the person. Most often, it’s a heart-to-heart conversation with your buddies and friends, which can drag on for hours.
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We are less interested in professional theft. But I would like to note that finding a professional thief is now not as easy as finding a professional in general to any degree. Nowadays, among the people who have made theft their profession, there are not as many professionals as in other professions. But it is very difficult to find a professional in any environment, even where they are not hiding, but rather advertising themselves. In the book “Bandaging Mental Wounds...” I gave the criteria for a professional among psychotherapists and psychologists. One of them may be the most important. They hardly advertise themselves. Moreover, a professional thief does not advertise himself. One of its characteristics is that it leaves virtually no traces. He tries to steal with minimal effort. After his work, the external situation practically does not change, there are no acts of vandalism, he does not have to kill, since in a well-planned theft the subject of the theft is either absent or so engrossed in something that he usually does not see the thief himself. Moreover, he is interested in keeping his victim alive and working, so that later he can take something else away from her. They will not intimidate their client, but on the contrary, they will help him get out of a difficult situation, help him earn money, and then maybe confiscate him and even more.
I would like to give a case from practice. One of my wards organized a good oil mill. Received a loan to expand production. But he made one strategic mistake. He lent most of this money to his relatives. When the time came for settlement, the relatives naturally did not return this money. As they say now, they “attacked” him and threatened to kill him if he did not pay off his debts on time. Maybe he could have gotten out of it somehow, but he looked very depressed. HE still wondered why no one lent him money. I took him to the mirror and told him to look at himself and asked: “Will someone really give a loan to a person with such a look? We worked with him a little. He spoke in a completely different tone with his creditors. They believed in his entrepreneurial spirit. His mood improved. In the end, he paid off his debts. But if he hadn’t been bullied, he would have paid off his debts faster. Maybe racketeers will read this book and stop acting only with threats. Maybe they will help an enterprising person in principle and get even more than they expected. But unfortunately, there are few professionals among racketeers. They do not so much achieve their goal as take out their neurotic grievances on people dependent on them.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of neuroticism in conscious theft. The desire to prove something to someone, to discharge emotionally, to demonstrate oneself, to take revenge on someone, etc. There are also many aspects related to psychological defense. Most often, rationalization occurs here. “The state (enterprise, certain person) constantly robs me. I don't steal, I just return to myself what was stolen from me. The efficiency of such theft is often no more than 20%, slightly more than that of a steam locomotive, even if it is successful. A professional thief spends much less effort on this, leaves fewer traces, and is caught much less often.
2. Unconscious theft. A classic example of unconscious theft is described in A.P. Chekhov’s story “The Intruder.” The hero of the story, an illiterate peasant, was unscrewing the nuts that secured the rails to the sleepers. He used these nuts as a sinker for a fishing rod. He never understood why he was convicted. After all, he did not tighten all the nuts, but only one of the four. By the way, other villagers also successfully did this.
An unlimited number of examples of unconscious theft can be given. No one considers it theft if he passes a bus stop and does not pay, and even if he travels the entire route for free, this will not upset him either and he will justify himself. They steal in small things from their own enterprises. At a construction site, this means construction materials that can be carried away; at enterprises, food products. A restaurant director will not consider it theft if he has lunch in his restaurant and does not pay. There are many examples of unconscious theft. Most often, friends steal from each other without realizing that they are stealing. This manifests itself more often in the form of “barter”. Service for service. Many doctors complained to me about this. A neighbor driver delivers free cargo once a year, and uses his services for several years. The opposite also happens. The doctor provided the service once, but uses it many times. A psychotherapist friend of mine told me a funny story. One of his charges is a fairly wealthy man. He drives a jeep. I went to groups several times, and after the group I gave the doctor a ride home. They talked while driving. He tried to drag out this conversation for a longer time. Then he stopped going to groups altogether, but came to the end of the group in order to take the doctor home. It is not difficult to calculate how much he stole from him. He actually sought an individual consultation, which cost as much as the whole group paid, and in the form of barter he paid with a taxi driver’s service, which cost 20 times less. Of course, neither the doctor nor the patient realized this. Then the doctor realized that he was being robbed. I advised him to stop stealing himself - to refuse his services and call a taxi. Immediately everything fell into place.
Material assets are unknowingly stolen less often than intellectual assets. Many intellectuals of various professions complain about such theft. Most often they try to rob lawyers, doctors, economists, psychologists, translators, planners, draftsmen, and designers in this regard. They steal this way at work, in transport, but more often in places of rest. Therefore, many people on vacation, on a business trip and on a trip try not to talk about their profession, especially those who have reached fairly high heights in their field. They simply hide their profession.
But most often, people unknowingly steal from each other the most valuable thing - time. At the same time, they believe that they are still showing some kind of mercy to the person. Most often, it’s a heart-to-heart conversation with your buddies and friends, which can drag on for hours.
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