Most personal growth courses are about individual development through providing insights and breakthroughs on a personal level. The Wisdom course takes a slightly different approach and teaches that growth and development occur inside a community of family, friends, and acquantainces.

Sound different? It is. While The Wisdom Course falls under the Landmark Education umbrella, it has a decidedly lighter feel and is the only course inside of Landmark that’s completely independent with its own instructors, volunteers and style.

The Wisdom Course is definitely fun. Homework involves collaging, social events and Saturday night community events. My first weekend culminated in a social event called “Recess” where 100 of my classmates filled a hotel lobby with games of foursquare, parachute and that most nostalgic of all gradeschool experiences: nap time. Additonal coursework involves

an ‘initiative’ that serves to highlight where you get stopped on new projects and businesses. One of the most impactful distinctions introduced at this point in the course is a grid detailing the typical stages of project/business development and the reasons why most get stopped.

The Basics: Wisdom is a five weekend course, spread out over the course of about a year, in about a dozen different cities including London, Toronto, New York and San Francisco. Each participant is assigned an ‘accomplishment person’ (or ‘Yoda’ in the SF course) who serves as a kind of personal coach. There were times I wanted to blow off coursework, or find better ways to spend my weekend, but the course volunteer team wouldn’t let me off the hook which helped turn my excuses into huge insights. The Wisdom Course teaches growth through a community, and it operates on the same ideal.

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