yes, i think a lot of techniques are useful, no matter what program, if any, one uses.
and what's interesting to me, too, is how much of a part "appeal" plays, appeal emotionally, i mean.
i was brought up by very critical-thinking parents and taught to make decisions in that critical filtering way.
what can happen, of course, is that i'm very sure of what the critically-thinking-logically-deciding thing to do is yet...it's more genuinely satisfying to choose differently, feed a part other than the rational brain/mind.
hm...filters...yeah...we inherit some, choose others, some turn into blinders....thanks for your response. and way to go on ten years!