Comments on: Landmark Forum… my experience :) http://rachelrofe.com/landmark-forum-my-experience Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:08:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nick http://rachelrofe.com/landmark-forum-my-experience#comment-1671 Nick Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:56:39 +0000 http://rachelrofe.com/?p=344#comment-1671 Intersting review. Perhaps written too soon and too close to the experience itself and the claim of objectivity is surprising. You can only give your opinion, your subjective 'take' on the Landmark Forum' course that you did. I am happy that you found it positive but many others do not. I am one of them. I also did the weekend Landmark Forum (in Ireland,in early 2010) and came to a different conclusion. The group work was impressive and certainly there are many positive, helpful things to be learnt, but the hard, relentless sell is wearisome, the jargon annoying and the philosophical foundations (Hegelian ontology?) very suspect. I am struck that a program for education elicits such extremist responses - either people call it a cult or support it unreservedly. Landmark Forum's thinking is such that it allows no opposition. Either you adopt the Landmark world view or you are judged negatively. Surely any approach that does not allow dialogue or questioning of its premises raises suspicions. Also, any educational program that evokes such strong and opposite responses should cause one to be cautious. For myself, I participated in the weekend course and the 10 week seminar that followed. The weekend course presented much that was useful, while the 10 week seminar on 'Integrity' was an unashamed effort to get us to recruit family members, friends or strangers on the street to Landmark Forum. The tactics used were disrespectful and lacked integrity in my view. There are lots of other seminars on offer and Landmark Forum graduates appear to enroll for course after course with like minded people. No doubt many are helped by Landmark Forum, but there is a cost! If a person is vulnerable or fragile in any way, this program is to avoided. Would I recommend Landmark Forum? No, I would not. Do I regret attending it? No, I do not! It was cheap for the money. Has it helped me? Very little! Did it deliver what it promised? No, it did not in my case. Thank you for reading this review of Landmark Forum. Intersting review. Perhaps written too soon and too close to the experience itself and the claim of objectivity is surprising. You can only give your opinion, your subjective ‘take’ on the Landmark Forum’ course that you did. I am happy that you found it positive but many others do not. I am one of them.
I also did the weekend Landmark Forum (in Ireland,in early 2010) and came to a different conclusion. The group work was impressive and certainly there are many positive, helpful things to be learnt, but the hard, relentless sell is wearisome, the jargon annoying and the philosophical foundations (Hegelian ontology?) very suspect. I am struck that a program for education elicits such extremist responses – either people call it a cult or support it unreservedly. Landmark Forum’s thinking is such that it allows no opposition. Either you adopt the Landmark world view or you are judged negatively. Surely any approach that does not allow dialogue or questioning of its premises raises suspicions.
Also, any educational program that evokes such strong and opposite responses should cause one to be cautious.
For myself, I participated in the weekend course and the 10 week seminar that followed. The weekend course presented much that was useful, while the 10 week seminar on ‘Integrity’ was an unashamed effort to get us to recruit family members, friends or strangers on the street to Landmark Forum. The tactics used were disrespectful and lacked integrity in my view. There are lots of other seminars on offer and Landmark Forum graduates appear to enroll for course after course with like minded people. No doubt many are helped by Landmark Forum, but there is a cost! If a person is vulnerable or fragile in any way, this program is to avoided.
Would I recommend Landmark Forum? No, I would not.
Do I regret attending it? No, I do not! It was cheap for the money.
Has it helped me? Very little!
Did it deliver what it promised? No, it did not in my case.
Thank you for reading this review of Landmark Forum.

]]> By: Oxittykak http://rachelrofe.com/landmark-forum-my-experience#comment-970 Oxittykak Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:55:38 +0000 http://rachelrofe.com/?p=344#comment-970 Aloha im fresh to this. I stumbled upon this website I find It vastly useful & it has helped me out tons. I should be able to contribute & help others like it has helped me. Thanks, See You Around Aloha im fresh to this. I stumbled upon this website I find It vastly useful & it has helped me out tons. I should be able to contribute & help others like it has helped me.

Thanks, See You Around

]]> By: admin http://rachelrofe.com/landmark-forum-my-experience#comment-923 admin Sat, 15 May 2010 05:40:29 +0000 http://rachelrofe.com/?p=344#comment-923 :) Thank you for the kind words! I definitely think you can overcome your shyness from going to Landmark Forum. You might severely hate days 1 and 2, but by the end of Sunday, you'll be blown away. I ended up falling asleep on graduation day, I'm sad to report. I'm sure there would've been tons of marketing techniques, but I guess I'm OK with that because of how good the content was. Your comfort zone is definitely going to be pushed a lot, I'll tell you right now... but I think you'll end up being happy. :) :) Thank you for the kind words!

I definitely think you can overcome your shyness from going to Landmark Forum. You might severely hate days 1 and 2, but by the end of Sunday, you’ll be blown away.

I ended up falling asleep on graduation day, I’m sad to report. I’m sure there would’ve been tons of marketing techniques, but I guess I’m OK with that because of how good the content was.

Your comfort zone is definitely going to be pushed a lot, I’ll tell you right now… but I think you’ll end up being happy. :)

]]> By: Frekkels http://rachelrofe.com/landmark-forum-my-experience#comment-917 Frekkels Wed, 12 May 2010 07:18:36 +0000 http://rachelrofe.com/?p=344#comment-917 Hi! Sounds like a hell of a experience. How did your graduation day go? did you get bombarded with marketing techniques? I've also been looking into the whole Landmark Forum thing and I'm interested in also following a course. The only thing that is holding me back is all the negative sounds I keep hearing. You see the problem is that I'm a bit shy (or act like a shy person) and I've read some testimonials of people who are now totally 100% ok with just being themselves in no matter what situation there in after following the course. Did you experience a similar change in your mindset? The main thing I'm hoping to reach with Landmark is overcoming my shyness and finally living life to its full potential. Or basically gaining more self esteem. Maybe I'm asking to much from just a single course, but I would love to hear your view on this, since your a Landmark graduate with the most unbiased review I've found so far. Regards! Hi! Sounds like a hell of a experience. How did your graduation day go? did you get bombarded with marketing techniques? I’ve also been looking into the whole Landmark Forum thing and I’m interested in also following a course. The only thing that is holding me back is all the negative sounds I keep hearing.
You see the problem is that I’m a bit shy (or act like a shy person) and I’ve read some testimonials of people who are now totally 100% ok with just being themselves in no matter what situation there in after following the course. Did you experience a similar change in your mindset? The main thing I’m hoping to reach with Landmark is overcoming my shyness and finally living life to its full potential. Or basically gaining more self esteem. Maybe I’m asking to much from just a single course, but I would love to hear your view on this, since your a Landmark graduate with the most unbiased review I’ve found so far. Regards!

]]> By: Jaime Mintun http://rachelrofe.com/landmark-forum-my-experience#comment-809 Jaime Mintun Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:35:44 +0000 http://rachelrofe.com/?p=344#comment-809 What an INSPIRING post Rachel! I love you so much. It was fantastic talking to you today and hearing all the great epiphanies coming out of Landmark. You may just yet convince me to go! What an INSPIRING post Rachel! I love you so much. It was fantastic talking to you today and hearing all the great epiphanies coming out of Landmark. You may just yet convince me to go!

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