There's something about Landmark…read more..
It has lots of positives, and some negatives... one negative is they pretend there
are no negatives...
Landmark was started by Werner Erhard in the 1970's under the name "The est
Training", which was really an amazingly creative program and community.
It changed over the years, as Werner sold it to Brother and they changed the
Name to Landmark Education.
They homogenized and somewhat dumbed-down the content, which was
Originally very creative, evolving, edgy, imaginative, intense, confrontational,
but very creatively enlivening and empowering...
The current organization, at least in NJ and perhaps other areas, for all it's
genuine and potential good, has a way of periodically breeding -pardon me -
obnoxious staff people -these are the paid staff, a hand-full at each center.
The majority are clearly great people, but for some reason the organization
periodically breeds obnoxious, power tripping staffers - it is pretty remarkable....
In the previous days, these were famously called "est holes" - people who would
take the training and then do a power trip on you like they know everything what's
best for you, and you are wrong.
They pretend that they don't breed "est holes", and periodically obnoxious
power tripping staff people, and that is a negative to watch out for They
obsessively talk about "telling the truth", but it is taboo to bring up any of this...
You could say it is a microcosm of society, where there are great people, and
some jerks... but because they pretend and don't acknowledge this is an issue
in the organization (in the previous est days, they did acknowledge it), there is
something somewhat unseemly about it - at times.
It has the elements of being a fairly good to great venue, but because of this
in-bred chronic issue, it is tough to swallow at times.
If you are above average intelligence, you may have a rough time with Landmark
periodically, the way it is now...
Positives and some Negatives; the negative is that they just don't address this
and enlighten their process - It is so taboo to be objective and discriminating about
Landmark, and that is one of the somewhat deflating negatives... like a great
dinner with a bad ingredient that shouldn't be there.
Also, about breaks in programs - Physiologically it's creatively and kinesthetically
important to have a break - of course Werner Erhard's original programs had a
break, where you may network, walk around, etc.- smart programs generally do/
it's not rocket science. It was eliminated from LM for some reason; a bit silly
and counterproductive, and not well thought out.
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They've gotten somewhat dogmatic about what was a very creative innovative
process.
So it's really a very positive, potentially excellent venue - but the unacknowledged
unaddressed areas, and the lack of interest in learning from an observation
like this - has to pull down their rating a bit... they really can do better
So taboo to say this!!!!! Because it's actually a great place, but please....
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