The most recent Landmark Forum review I read debunks Myth #124 about the Landmark Forum (one of the more amusing ones), which is that it’s some sort of multi-level marketing or pyramid scheme. I’ve taken some of the Landmark courses and know people who have done every leadership program and there’s no kickback for recruiting people, no upstream, no nothing. People simply recommend it if they want to or not. I think the myth comes from the idea that if someone is passionately speaking about something, they have to have a self-interest. Our cynical antennae kick in.
This review does a fairly good job of describing the course, and how she got past her initial cynicism to get a lot of value out of the Landmark Forum. This is what I consider the most interesting line:
“I agree what he spoke about was pretty much what I was aware of, but it was probably something I didn’t give much thought to. I mean I had it at the back of my mind, but I didn’t think it would be possible to put it into action.”
This doesn’t sound so spectacular, but I think it’s the key to the Landmark Forum. Hearing something that you’ve always known to be true, but you didn’t always act upon – the course inspires you to actually to take action upon the ‘wisdom of your better angels’.
Read the review at the just for kicks blog at the link above.
