Landmark Forum 
Finding  the key to unimaginable possibilities.

I did the Landmark Forum in December 2000 at the suggestion of Denise and Mike Carruth. While I trusted their judgment and registered, I held on to the prideful notion that I pretty much knew what the Landmark Forum would be about.

Only after doing the Landmark Forum did it become clear to me how many constraints I'd built into my life. I used to routinely look for what was wrong with people, situations, myself, and life in general, with the goal of fixing what was wrong. That led, predictably, to a lot of anger, frustration, self-righteousness, and loss of love and affinity. 

The experience of the Landmark Forum allowed me to get present to the personal cost of holding tightly to this pervasive world view. I went from "knowing" with a great deal of certainty what was so about myself and the world, to giving up that pretense. I saw that what constituted my knowledge was largely interpretation...stuff that I had made up... and not factual information. Although it sounds completely counterintuitive, especially to an analyzer like me, acknowledging that I did not know was the key to opening up possibilities that were previously unimaginable.

This realization opened up a world beyond what I might call "the assessment zone," where I can accept things the way they are, including myself, which gives me a sense of calmness that was missing. No more continual struggle against the big bad world. No more beating myself up. What a relief.

I have taken the Landmark Advanced Course and both courses from the Landmark Communication Program, as well as three seminars. The Communication Access To Power course has provided the biggest breakthroughs of all, allowing me to see the one belief about myself that's been influencing my behavior since I was very young. That insight has given me a freedom I can only begin to describe with everyday words.

As for the seminars, what I like most about them is how they help me systematically develop a competency at living from a possibility that I've invented for myself vs. living from a survival mindset that's been formed from experiences in my past. I also like the friendly and mutually supportive environment.

My thanks to Denise and Mike for introducing me to the Landmark Forum, to my two seminar leaders, Lisa McRae and Doug McVadon, to my other Landmark program leaders, and to all those who assist. Thanks to Han for his efforts on this project.

Community For Possibility 
From graduates to graduates: beyond our own personal transformation, the possibility of our communities.

Journal For Possibility
Taking advantage of the rare  opportunity for leadership training offered by Jerome Downes, graduates brought the Landmark Forum into their own communities.  
The First Landmark Forum in Singapore
The First Landmark Forum in Hong Kong, China
The First Landmark Forum in Manila, Philippines

Tom Waldenfels lives in Tryon, NC with his 85 year old mother and enjoys spending time with his girlfriend, Denise Hedges. 

Having retired from his position as a management consultant and trainer in June of 2000, Tom is currently writing his second book, "Enterprise Energy," which flows out of insights gained through the consulting work he and his colleagues have done over the years. 

His first book, "The Insider's Guide To Giving Great Presentations," written with Drs. Dan and Beth Nilsson and published by Nilsson Professional Consulting, Inc. has been used by companies such as IBM, Nortel, and Houston Lighting & Power in their training programs.

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If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for a passionate sense of what might be, for the eye, which ever young and ardent sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating as possibility! Søren Kierkegaard.