Me again... Afraid I don't follow Landmark's legal logic, even with what little I know about US case law. They seem to believe that just stating something means it must be true (obviously believing their own bullshit!!!). I do understand the concept of trying to intimidate defendants, so thank you to Rick Ross' representation for allowing Landmark's bluff to be called.
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Onto NZ Steel... NZ$1m for 10 Forums, basically. Ouch. I wonder if BHP Billiton/Bluescope Steel shareholders know where this money is going (although that sort of money wouldn't be all that missed at BHP). Most company executives I know don't need lessons in being narcissists either, haha.
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I've just read the Talent Foundation report on Landmark (yes, I'm going through the case files), and I made the following observations: * With such a small survey, I'm not at all convinced the control group is at all valid, especially not without also publishing data on the demographics. The control group could easily have been negatively skewed towards a less favorable demograp
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QuoteLandmark e-mailBloomberg BusinessWeek: Last week's issue spotlights Panda Express, the largest chain of Asian food restaurants in the United States, and Panda Express's commitment to personal development, including Landmark Education.  In the article, Panda founder and co-CEO Andrew Cherng talks about why he is passionate about the value of Landmark Education and The Landmark F
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QuoteThe AnticultThe argument from "authority" is invalid. Many psychologists are totally naive about these complex business schemes, they sometimes don't have "street smarts" and Werner Erhard could easily dupe them. Many MD's are targets for con-artists for that reason. If the letter is confusing, that sounds like Landmark, they are experts in confusion. Ev
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I just read Raymond D Fowler's report on Landmark. Is it just me or does his report seem a bit simple minded and naive? It appears quite subjective rather than objective, and also smacks of "because I said so" with no real basis for his findings except to lean on his status in the field (despite claiming not to be on the basis of his Introduction). I'm left thouroughly confuse
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I've read through some of the inquiriy's submissions and findings and I think you'll find Senator Xenophon will be interested in MJB. I don't recall seeing the, mentioned in any of the text, but I wasn't particularly looking for them at the time. Get in contact with his office and see what he says.
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You are definitely making the right decision not to get involved with them. I hope you manage somehow to extricate your family from them. I'll definitely be on the look out for them.
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I just expected it to look a little more professional. I won't say why in public as I don't want to give them better recruiting ideas.
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QuoteajinajanList of "clients" of Vanto Group / Landmark Education Business Development (LEBD) "A Landmark Education Company" : My god that's an awful website. I guess someone forgot to invent the possibility of some decent web design...
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I did a search for this before I posted, so I hope I'm not going over old ground. Landmark Graduates group on Facebook. Are the people deluded? Quote"On Wednesday 20th of November landmark in Melbourne is causing a brand new Landmark forum Leader. Zoe Masters is Leading at 7PM. Im inviting all. This is a great opportunity to bring those people in your life and show them a l
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QuoteyutoliaThis reminds me of a discussion that I was having with a friend of mine who did Landmark (he is no longer involved, but I can see that he has in no way recovered and/or recognized the damage that has been done) about homophobia. He was talking about how he realized that it is only women who commit violent acts against gay men, and how only women are truly homophobic, and this results
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QuoteThunderjet2 Questions: - Am I over-estimating this as a problem? Is it common for such seemingly transparent groups to have this level of effect on a man? - He now lives alone with only Landmark friends as acquaintances (nearest willing to communicate with him lives outside the state). Is it possible to break through to get him to see things clearly, for the sake of his and our family&
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Answered my own question reading through old threads: Rick Ross thread They still have the occasional course. Maybe going to Sydney for courses puts off Queenslanders haha.
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I received two responses from Senator Xenophon's office today, the first to say that they acknowledged my e-mail, and would run it past the Senator directly, the second was the following response: -- Dear *name withheld* Thank you for your email to Nick Xenophon regarding Landmark Education. The Senate Inquiry into Nick’s Private Senator’s Bill, the Tax Laws Amendment (Public B
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Thanks Stoic, I have actually been through quite a lot of material over the weekend... in fact, I've lacked sleep and feel quite disturbed having read quite a lot of it. Sound familiar? Perhaps the Forum did more damage to me that I thought, despite seeing through most of it at the time. Unfortunately my friend is highly suggestible and easily led down paths that your critical thinking
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In Australia: Senator Nick Xenophon is on a campaign to have Scientology made illegal, stating they are a criminal organisation. I have just sent Senator Xenophon the following letter: Senator, I applaud your stance on Scientology within Australia. I agree they are a criminal organisation. Although I don’t want to distract for your campaign for an inquiry into Scientology, I am wo
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I've just gone through the City of Sydney website, there's only DAs dating back to 2008 on there. If I lived in Sydney I'd probably go into the council and see if I can check their archive.
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QuoteStoic'In passing, I heard someone mention there is speciality known as casino design or casino architecture.' My info may be somewhat dated now but at one time there was a University set up in Vegas, funded by the big dogs, to study such subjects a 'casino architecture'--- which wasn't about the building of a mock Venice or mini Paris but was concerned with ways
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QuoteStoic'What's the seed that's planted? Forum Leaders cure your fears by laughing at you and emptying your wallet?' That was the endgame of the original est seminars, but since then more entrepreneurial minds have realised what a cash cow they have and so now they pretend to cure your fears while implanting more fear and dependencies to keep the fish on the hook and empt
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They have an office listed in the White Pages in Wollongabba, but if you go to their awful awful website you're told to ring the Sydney office. Not that I condone anyone calling them other than to ask for refunds, just wondering what happened to them in Brisbane? Not enough recruits?
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During my "attendance" at the Forum (I found the whole thing pretty much a joke, and was isolated by the larger group on the basis I didn't get it, which suited me) I was aware at the time that the fear exercise was a form of hypnosis, so it's very interesting to see that topic pop up here. What's the seed that's planted? Forum Leaders cure your fears by laughing a
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Magpie, That pretty much sums up my experience with people suckered into Landmark. There's a sort of vacuousness, dull and tired look, a sort of smugness that they know something that you don't (even if, like myself, have been conned into the Forum), conversations that mean absolutely nothing, a disinterest in current affairs or even friends' news. Sorry, I don't want to
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Interestingly, it isn't just LGATs and Casinos that play with built environments. Ever notice a lack of clocks in airports? You normally have to squint at the departure boards to have any sense of time. There is definitely no clock at the security, customs or immigration desks. This is true of all Australian city airports, and Singapore. They really don't want you to know how long you
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