What people have to say about the Forum
Have you ever been asked:  "How is your life? Would you like to improve it?  Look at me, I was a wreck of a person but a few months ago.  I attended The Forum and my life / point of view / relationships has changed for the better."  It could have been on the phone, perhaps on a billboard, or maybe someone you knew.  It usually starts with someone you know, you'll ask what it is all about.  You'll be told of a seminar, a meeting, and the word " Forum " may spring up.  Well - In just two days your life is going to change.  You'll be skeptic about it, "Brainwash!" you'll say.  How typical, "Do I seem brainwashed to you?" will be the response. "Well, no". "So what have you got to lose? A few $?  I did it and  -  nuff said  -  ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !!!!!!!
 
Let me tell you something.  I would pay ten times as much and still it will be worth it.  Heck, I'd pay a million. What I got from it was priceless.  Believe me, I've got nothing to gain from it, nobody's paying me.  I just want you to share the experience.  I don't know anyone who didn't gain from it".  You'd be impressed.  I mean, who wouldn't be?  After such praise, what have you got to lose?  The key to happiness is at hand. "You know what .....  just come with me to an introductory session and see for yourself".  You will. 

Hell, at least they serve free drinks and food.  You'll meet lots of friendly, smiling faces.  Very positive attitudes indeed.  You'll hear heartwarming experiences from people who tried and succeeded.  Family, friends, financially.  Things have changed because they look at things differently.  Their self-esteem rose.  They no longer cared what people thought of them.  There must be something for you inside all these stories.  People just like you will smile and clap hands, mark my words, you will, too!  

You'll hear words being said, some of which you've never heard before, some in unusual context.  Words like " being ", " breakthrough ", " paradigm shift " etc.  You don't know what they mean, but the people who already attended do, and they will nod and smile.  Mind you ... smile? ... CONSTANTLY!   Wouldn't you like to know? After all is done, you need to sign up and join the throng of people, who like me, have changed their lives for the better forever!
 

For years, I lived on autopilot. I ate, breathed, shopped, studied, and went through life, without knowing why I made decisions based on how I felt at the time. Still, the deeper questions of life haunted me. "Why am I here?" I wondered. "Who am I?", “Where do I want to go?” and, “How can I get there?"

I’ve sat in many coffee shops, perused bookstores, read widely, I even studied the subject. Yet the answers eluded me, and deep inside me was the hope that one day I would know.

In pursuit of meaning, I found myself in good company. "The search for the purpose of life is one of the deepest of our experiences as human beings", says Os Guinness in The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life.

For thousands of years, the most brilliant minds, (and also the simplest), have stumbled over this question; "Deep in our hearts, we all want to find and fulfill a purpose bigger than ourselves". Os Guinness adds. "For each of us the real purpose is personal and passionate: to know what we are to do and why."

Well, my turning point came in my search when I realized that at the end of my life, I would not be asked, "Why were you not Nelson Mandela or Princess Diana?", but instead, "Why were you not YOU?"

I attended Forum Two, and I now have my purpose! ...... I can say that knowing and fulfilling my life purpose brings me to a place of enthusiasm and excitement, that is without question the best place to be, so a very big thank you to everyone that was with me, as I have now realized the most important part.

Without giving away anything, I can say that finding your life purpose takes three days and requires an open mind and a willingness to participate and learn, and it is worth every second, as once you know what you are meant to do, you can meet the challenge head on, and whilst fulfilling your life purpose requires commitment and perseverance, (and I acknowledge it’s not going to be an easy ride). What better hope than reaching the end of your life, and being able to say: I have lived fully, I lived, on purpose.
 

I've pondered this question for quite some time. There are a bunch of really great things about participating in courses at The Forum .

First and foremost are the people. The courses are taken by a wide variety of people.  I met and got to know folks whom I never would have encountered normally, plumbers, policemen, doctors, lawyers, housewives, 20-somethings, etc etc. - and you get to know them on a very intimate level, your conversations are very real, deep and intense.

The conversations I had with people  -  Holy cow! They're the kind of conversations that really dig into the root of things.  What are you doing with your life?  What are your goals?  Why are these your goals?  When did you decide to be such-and-such way?  What if you were to go at this issue in your life from this other angle?  Without getting into specifics, this is really hard to describe. I was always the kind of person who liked to have very deep and profound conversations with people, but these are just something else, they're at a completely different level.

Next would be the support. A lot of courses have a concept of "coaching", and coaching is a fabulous thing, but this is something else - Outside the context of the Forum, of course, you can see that coaching is very valuable. What is a coach?  Well, it's not necessarily someone who has done the particular thing they are coaching you on.  A coach is someone who is really interested in your goals, and has an external perspective.  Of course they need some familiarity with the content as well, but they don't have to be experts. Inside of the Forum a lot of the coaching is about helping you accomplish whatever it is you want to do with your life.  When I told classmates I was working on being a musician, there were four people in the room who said "Hey, I can help you with that, and here's the name of a musician friend of mine as well..."

 
What more could I say other than WOW! - (and to think I thought I had it all)

I went along begrudgingly as a faithful husband supporting his wife, and in the process discovered me!

There are no words that could ever describe the way I feel and all the positive changes within me, along with the improvement in all my relationships, my marriage, my children, my parents and siblings, my friends, my colleagues.

AND …… I am now the leader I thought I was.

Seeing everyone at the follow up meeting was amazing - Everyone was absolutely beaming at each other, everyone sharing tales of their new found freedom in the world. Everyone described situations with their family or co-workers where they surprised themselves by saying exactly what was on their mind, or being a certain way in a situation that was different than they were used to.

I recommend this workshop to ANYONE AND EVERYONE that would like to discover themselves and fall in love all over again, and again .....