Quotes about The Landmark Forum and
Landmark Education
People from all walks of life, age groups, and professions have participated in Landmark's programs — in fact, more than 200,000 people participate each year. Hear what they have to say:
"Running a business is a complex matter and the heart of any business is people. I have yet to see anything else that has such a positive impact on people's ability to relate, communicate, and perform as Landmark."
| Paul Fireman Founder and former Chairman/CEO Reebok International, Ltd. USA |
"The Landmark Forum is the single most powerful program I know of — [for helping] people get into the present by completing the past — that is, [letting] go of imperatives, perceptions, and motivations derived from our early interpretations of childhood experience. As shown throughout [my] book, it is these fixed but unconscious interpretations that underlie and trigger many of our chronic stresses. I warmly recommend [The Landmark Forum] for people at any stage of life as an essential educational and transformative experience in reducing and eliminating the self-imposed stresses I have written about in [my] book."
| Gabor Mate, M.D. Vancouver, B.C., Canada When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection |
"At the time I took The Landmark Forum, I was concentrating on increasing the volume of my business. After the Landmark Forum, however, I began to look at things I hadn’t examined before and I found myself attending much more to the quality of our business operations and the quality of the communication between my employees and me. Instead of trying to control everything and everyone, I became far more innovative in my approach. It is much more satisfying for me, and the whole company has prospered."
| Mikio Uekusa, President Akebono Corporation Tokyo, Japan |
"I've been aware of Landmark Education's programs for years and have enormous regard and respect for their ability to enhance people's lives. Their results are clearly noteworthy. When I give public lectures, I often have people comment on the parallel between my research findings and the intellectual property presented in Landmark programs. As someone who has professionally studied how our limits are of our own making, I applaud this organization for its success at empowering people to accomplish great things in their lives, including what for some previously seemed impossible."
| Dr. Ellen Langer Harvard professor of psychology Author of Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
"Sometimes I think people may not realize that clergy also have to deal with the same kinds of personal concerns everyone else deals with, whether those concerns involve raising a family, making a living, or being of service. Landmark's programs have enabled me to be more effective in dealing with both my personal and religious commitments. Without addressing religion or theology, Landmark's programs have had an impact on my life that has expanded over many years and have enhanced my experience and practice of my faith."
| Otis Charles Episcopal Bishop San Francisco, California, USA |
"Teaching has always been my first love, and I've considered myself quite effective with my university students. Since The Landmark Forum, however, I've found a new dimension available in my work. I've been able to reach out to students, to elicit their participation, and to bring out the best in each of them. Similarly, in working with my colleagues, I'm able to draw them out, tap into their talents, and support them in expressing the unique contribution they have to make."
| Miri Dotan Director of the Post Basic Program Nursing Department of University of Tel Aviv Tel Aviv, Israel |
"I find The Landmark Forum has made an enormous difference in my ability to relate to my family, children, friends, colleagues, and people in the community. The Landmark Forum isn't psychology or therapy, but it has allowed me to become more effective in my practice as well as contributing to every other area of my life — from being much more financially successful to being more confident and fulfilled. I've also watched my husband, the mayor of a city, use the principles of The Landmark Forum to be unstoppable in fulfilling his commitment to what the city can accomplish."
| Patricia Reid-Porter Educational Psychologist Highland Park, Michigan, USA |
"My overall effectiveness has substantially increased since I participated in The Landmark Forum. I am thoroughly immersed in my family and the unique individuals that each of my husband and children are. A broader view of the world and a new appreciation for people have led me into a wide range of volunteer activities. At the same time, I tackle my practice of law with a tenacious attention to detail that has earned me outstanding success."
| Helen Symon SC, Barrister Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
"The Landmark Forum has added new dimensions of leadership and contribution to my work. As an academic, I have always drawn great satisfaction from teaching. In completing this program, I was able to find a national and even global expression for my deepest concerns. Today, I face the challenge of leading a team of scientists, engineers, and public policy experts in finding ways to be responsible stewards of our environment. The Landmark Forum has equipped me to contribute on a large scale, and to think and act effectively, even in complex and difficult situations."
| Dennis Mileti Chair, Sociology Department at the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA |
"In my work with the Canadian government, I manage programs for aboriginal offenders, to support them in making an effective transition back into their communities. In a work environment that is often chaotic and intense, I now find I am able to remain open, comfortable, and confident with others and myself — even when faced with hostility or emotionally charged situations. I am able to listen to our clients calmly, and avoid reacting to their problems. I am far more effective as a manager, and strengthened as a professional and unbiased advocate for their needs."
| Alvin Kube Project Manager for the Federal Government Whiterock, British Columbia, Canada |
"Like most people, I grew up with a particular set of indigenous filters that had limited my world view. When those filters were lifted, I gained a whole new perspective on my relationship with the world, myself, and those around me. Instead of viewing community leaders as "others" whom I could admire and respect, I myself began to be recognized as a leader — and to be at home with my own power, in a way that I wasn't before. This confidence has extended beyond my career, to my personal and family life. Barriers that I hadn't even seen before have come down, allowing for a wonderful new depth of intimacy and communication."
| Warahi Paki Manager - Maori Issues Waitakere City Council Waitakere City, New Zealand |
"After participating in The Landmark Forum I was able to provide leadership, and unite our employees, in a way that propelled our company to a new level of visibility and performance. We have since become the largest golf company in India, and have extended the scope of our operations in the neighbouring countries also. On the personal side, my own game, and my coaching of others, have vastly improved. Instead of being anxious or analytic on the golf course, I'm able to just be, moment by moment, in the game. I find I can now engage fully in whatever I'm committed to — my sport, my business, and especially my family — in a way that was not possible before."
| Digraj Singh Marwah Director of Marketing for Tiger Sports Marketing and Professional Golfer and Coach New Delhi, India |
"The Landmark Forum has made an enormous difference in my ability to relate to my family, friends, colleagues, and the people in my community. The culture in which I grew up seemed to impose a certain limit or ceiling on a woman's professional status. In The Landmark Forum, I found the courage and confidence to move beyond those limits and achieve greater levels of advancement, self-expression, and effectiveness. In my family as well, I found myself able to establish relationships beyond the point where they normally would have stopped. As a result, the foundation we've created together has become a source of strength that carries us easily through life's ups and downs."
| Lidia Soto Chief Financial Officer CSL Consulting Los Angeles, California, USA Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America |
"My vision has always been to make a direct impact in the health and well-being of people. Since taking The Landmark Forum, I have found new ways to bring focus and clarity to what really matters to me. In my recent role as a state director of disease control, and in my current position as a leader of education programs for health professionals, I have been able to fulfill that vision in a way that makes a real difference. Landmark's education allowed me to see behind my personal concerns and to act in a way that gives full expression to who and what I can be."
| Charles Watson Executive Dean of Health Sciences Curtin University of Technology Perth WA Australia |