What I learned for Landmark’s Wisdom Course this weekend
To provide context, I am currently enrolled in this ten-month personal development program, where we meet once every two months as a group to discuss some pretty interesting topics around radical self-acceptance, practice our listening skills, and simply get to be with other people.
These were my top ten aways from the event this weekend.
- We get to give the gift of presence and simply get to be in another person’s world without judgment, assessment, fixing, analyzing, or offering anything. So many of us listen to respond with something- sometimes it’s trying to look good other times, it’s just simply hard for us to be in another person’s world to truly get them.
- Community days are always a lot of fun. During the course, we get to invite guests into our lives so they can get to come to observe. It’s always such a beautiful sight when you see the depth of relationships and what people mean to each other. Acknowledgments are such a powerful practice and you are moved to tears when you see what people say about each other.
- We can choose to focus on what’s wrong with the world, or we can be a stand for possibility. One comes from a fixed mindset and survival, and the other comes from genuine belief and being present to the enormous amount of positive change in the world. There will always be injustice, and many of us tend to focus on the negative issues instead of giving equal time to what’s working.
- Truly coming from nothing is the best gift we can give someone. So many of us have so experiences, that it really is impossible not to come from the past. We think we know better, but in reality, we are just collecting evidence to prove out our story. If it’s not an empowering context, drop it.
- There was a portion where some of the mothers expressed that they wished their kids would call them more often. I was moved to tears because there have been so many moments where I have taken my mom for granted. I tell her I love her all of the time, and there is nothing more sacred than a mother’s unconditional love.
- Philosophy and the practice of thinking actually help me be more productive. There is something special about practice and thinking about different concepts such that words cannot never physically hurt you but words can create a world.
- Being present and mindful lets you be with the right now instead of thinking so much about the past or future. The only moment we have is right now. Why not make the most of it?
- Gratitude, Appreciation, and Abundance is what make life so special. Just a simple question, what do you like most about life right now can illicit getting into someone’s world. I shared that I love looking outside my place and seeing the water fountain with birds flying across. Even something as simple as I was on the phone with a friend, and she noticed the birds chirping when I was walking around in my neighborhood, and she shared that was nice. That helped me be present to the luck and joy I have in my life currently.
- I noticed that I still withhold as much training and development as I have received. I am still afraid to put myself out there, and there are things that I procrastinate, and that’s okay. I noticed I feel less inclined to try to get likes, but I am just sharing for the sake of sharing.
- I respect the course leaders so much, it’s always in the way we are being that’s more important than the doing.
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Purpose: I create an empowering context for curious and hungry people looking for fulfillment, experiences, and creativity. We do this by developing their growth mindset, introducing self-love, and powerful group experiences. It results in people with strong boundaries, resilient mental health, and practical life skills
People leave with the ability to land their dream job, have autonomy and flexibility with their lifestyle, travel the world, and create from their heart and soul.
Why:
Davidson was once broke, insecure, low-confidence, and frustrated by doing all the wrong activities. Addicted to drugs, validation, and wallowing in self-pity. No relationship to family, and at the mercy of other people’s suggestions and opinions.
It was hell.
After spending $100k hiring different coaches, traveling the world doing workshops around the world, reading>1000 books, and through curiosity, have created the most effective system to remove people from that situation. My life’s work is to bring joy and abundance to people who as on a similar path as I was and bring back the joy and abundance of their life.
Through shared experiences and storytelling, I inspire and model behaviors that lead to a richer, more fulfilled life full of joy, experiences, passion, and ecstasy from the richness of relationships and being able to experience the depths of the human experience.