Ever heard of the Landmark Forum?
It's a life coaching "course" which teaches you how to life a life that is (and I quote) "touching, moving and inspiring".
Its been widely critisied and investigated for accusations that it is a brainwashing cult. It has also been widely celebrated, with participants walking in with one life-agenda, and walking out with a significantly more generous, understanding and compassionate agenda, often setting out to complete community projects which they may have never considered before.
I did the first Landmark years ago, aged 21, the second one when I was 25 and the last one in the "curriculum for living" I am doing now and I have to say that it really is a great experience.
What I have learned about myself is that I am addicted to learning all forms of approach towards human happiness behaviour and ways of being - religion, meditation, Derren Brown, hypnosis, counselling, NLP, CBT, propaganda and other mind-orientated improvement, control and healing techniques - including Landmark. I guess what drives me is a burning desire to understand if there can be such a thing as a moral, self disciplined functional society and if so, how would that society be able to survive in a world seems to profit , accelerate and excel when employing mainly immoral behaviour.
How else could one be a qualified Reiki practitioner, an Islamic School English Literature and History Teacher, a counsellor and a Foreign English language teacher in Thailand & Cambodia and an ethnic marketing consultant? (and yes, by the way, I have been all of those things!)
What I learned was that I really can do anything I want with my life. No sooner does an idea pop into my head then...pooof! It happens. I never really saw it exactly that way before, but I am definitely not afraid of taking risks and making a mess of things. And I do always land on my feet again, and again and again.
I have gained a reputation amongst family and friends as "the one who always lands on her feet".
So. My job, from this day onwards: is to COMIT to following the path which "touches, moves and inspires" me.
So here goes (and yes, I have been "getting there" slowly - just needed a lil' push)
1.) Get onto NCTJ - and complete it
2.) Complete proofreading course - by end of year
3.) Find a job that is compatible with all of this - ASAP
4.) Do a community project - by April.
There. I've said it. Now - I have to do it and this blog is going to pressure me to fulfil it.
3 comments:
Yep I've attended a Landmark session once. It was good. Didn't sign up for the rest though. I love life coaching though.
L.E.C offers an amazing product, i did all their programs, best thing i ever did,
IMO, for the most part, the internet cynics who poo poo enthusiasm and the career scorners and anti-whatever propagandists all either lie or just don't know what they are talking about, on the topic of L.E.
Hey SI - I would strongly recommend! And yes - that coffee is becoming more and more inveitable as time goes on! :)
Anon, wish you had a blog I could visit! I agree with you - I am the last in my family to complete the curriculum and I am really happy that I am FINALLY doing SELP. I guess those who cant...critique! :)
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