I care, GetaLife. A great deal.
Well, hopefully you aren't one of these pot-shot wonders who jumps in, attacks what we are saying and refuses further dialogue (I won’t hold my breath). It is interesting that so many pro-LGAT bloggers don’t want to engage in dialogue because they think we are just here to blindly bash and sully what we don’t like. What is even more interesting is that even though they think they will be summarily dismissed on these boards, they post anyway! Curious. Also, it is intriguing (but not surprising) that, for the most part, when these people post, it tends to always be a normative comment that is invariably apologetic and unwilling to give any kind of gravity to the very real and valid grievances [i:df5ba6288e]many[/i:df5ba6288e] people have with these programs. Most of us happen to believe that there are no [i:df5ba6288e]real[/i:df5ba6288e], measurable benefits provided by taking this training. So if our objections seem absolute, thats just how its is.
Now, with that out of the way, I’ll address your comments.
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If you had a bad experience with Impact then maybe it was not for you. Many things in life work for some and don't work for others.
Well, I cannot count the times I heard the senior training staff at Impact say that the [i:df5ba6288e]world[/i:df5ba6288e] needs the training (I [i:df5ba6288e]never[/i:df5ba6288e] heard them say the training doesn't work, and I daresay you haven't either) and I use the term “needs' on purpose. No offense, but I doubt you know the Bergers or Bushmans intimately enough for them to tell you many of the things they don’t tell the “little trainees” as they are sometimes called. Also, in TIT you would find out that the terms “working” and “not working” are actually semantics used on the trainees because that is the level they are able to comprehend. Also, I don’t think you are interested in the [i:df5ba6288e]why[/i:df5ba6288e] Impact doesn’t work for people. These boards are a way for us to post those things that do “not work” with the trainings, and yes they are atrocious, and [i:df5ba6288e]that[/i:df5ba6288e] is the reason Impact doesn’t talk about it in anything more than vague terms and why they [i:df5ba6288e]always[/i:df5ba6288e] place the blame on the people who the training hasn’t worked for. By the way, thank you for the presumptuous lesson about how life works.
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For some people Impact is a short cut through the road blocks in life. Get over what ever you think is so terrible because that is not everyones experience. So stop judging those that choose to go and be apart of this training program. Stop ruining the joy that they are creating in their own life by making their experience a negative one.
This is a free commercial for the Impact Trainings. Thanks, but I think it is rather comical that you would post one in the hub for people who hate LGAT’s. Well, I guess you get what you pay for. Now, the term “short cut” is accurate. A shortcut for physical health can be disastrous. A painkiller is a shortcut to get rid of chronic pain, but without treatment, the source of the pain could disable or kill you. Why would ANYONE think that mental health doesn’t work in exactly the same fashion? Discipline and real emotional/mental healing takes much longer than a mere few weeks(of course, that is under the assumption the medical industry that consists of scientists and doctors with years of training in disciplines that actually exist, that is why they study them, are right). GetaLife, please stop judging us for judging you. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Listen, no one can escape judgment. We all do it; you cannot stop making judgments any more than you can stop thinking! Do not fool yourself, its all semantics, semantics, semantics! Look up what mental conditioning techniques are and you will see what has been done to you. Now, you claim that we are making individuals experiences negative by ruining their joy. My, you really didn’t listen while you were in the training room, did you? As I recall, Impact claims that there are no victims in life, so if anyone is ruining [i:df5ba6288e]their [/i:df5ba6288e]experience, it is [i:df5ba6288e]their[/i:df5ba6288e] accountability if they are so affected by our words, not "ours". Do you see how silly that “accountability” nonsense is when the tables are turned? :lol:
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Maybe you can trust your loved ones that are making an informed choice to improve their lives. Maybe they have a desire to move forward in their life. At least the people choosing to go through this program have the courage to take on their lives, why don't you do the same.
Courageous people seek shortcuts? Shortcuts are the tools of the lazy, ignorant and cowardly. Thank god the majority of my family and friends trusted their [i:df5ba6288e]own[/i:df5ba6288e] sensibilities and judgments rather than follow in my footsteps when I spring-boarded out of sanity and into the Impact Trainings.