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There *are* life-skills training courses. No "if" about it.

Life training skills my ass. I would never trust such a thing. The only thing you can, or should trust, is yourself.

The knowledge that I have lived and will in the future live many different lives on this mortal plane we are all experiencing right now has been a great help and comfort to me, on many levels. It really helps to put things in perspective.

Unless I'm wrong, it sounds like Nigee is seeking advice on how to escape this mortal plane.

I would avoid being too ambitious. A good course on public speaking is quite specific to the audience the speaker will be speaking too. If you're going to make it part of a general confidence boosting course I would keep it as simple as possible and avoid selling it as anything more than it is.

Thinking of a new career path, Nigs? To be honest I reckon you might have a knack for it. Good luck, if so!

Octo - good advice, I have done a bit of this myself in the past but I'm helping the missus put some course outlines together and I'm just brain storming a bit to get a few ideas.

"Life training skills my ass. I would never trust such a thing. The only thing you can, or should trust, is yourself."
- brilliant, don't call me, I'll call you.
Shall I tell you what I took from your statement .... "I will never trust".

Public speaking helps, as does debating in person. If you want to convince others, you have to organize your own thoughts first, and put yourself in the other persons' shoes to know what would convince them. That's good mental exercise.

I would recommend personality analysis, to understand how you think and to understand how other people think. If you are going to develop yourself, you need to understand where you are first. Myers Briggs is popular but it relies on external factors to determine your personality type (e.g. what would you in this situation?), which can change from day to day, from work to home, or even minute to minute. Still, it is well studied so you can go as deep as you want on it. I prefer the Enneagram, which is less well studied, but relies more on internal motivations to figure out how you tick. There are others, I'm sure.

How do you guys like taught or trained, what medium best suits your learning style, also feedback on this draft agenda is welcomed. It is designed to put together a training program to meet the needs of the attendees by workshopping what they want to learn and by what medium they prefer to learn

Agenda - Self-Development Workshops
9.00 9.20 Meet,greet,eat Tea & Croissants
9.20 9.30 Who are we & What we do Presenters
9.30 10.00 Ice breakers - who are you? Group
10.00 10.30 Session 1 Where are we? Group Discussion
10.30 11.30 Session 2 Where do we want to go? Objective setting Workshop
11.30 12.00 Feedback results - make a plan Group Spokespeople
12.00 13.00 LUNCH
13.00 14.00 Graveyard Session Design the course - agree content, timimgs, materials, etc (Do this in groups based on subject matter) Group Workshops
14.00 14.20 Session 4 Create the Course(s) Presenters
14.20 14.30 Comfort Break
14.30 15.30 Session 5 Taster Session - Voted by the Group Presenters
Let the people go who are not interested
15.30 15.50 Session 6 Q&A - Next Steps - Make-a-Plan ALL

"I would never trust such a thing. The only thing you can, or should trust, is yourself."

I don't believe you.

To me someone with a lack of trust is someone who lacks confidence.
Confidence is the raw material that fuels ambition, creativity, risk-taking.
But then lack of confidence is a major factor in why we do, or don't do, lots of things.

Serious answer: Have as much sex as possible with hot women. Only through this may you find enlightenment.

Obviously yes, that goes without saying ...... wrong thread though Tiger !!

You don't put a fucking space between the last word in a sentence and a question mark or exclamation point! Stop it! Everyone who does that needs to stop it!

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Happy pill for resident in cell number 4 please ..... not the viagra, he was up all night last time you did that !!

Yeah, I'm the one whose posts make it look like I belong in mental hospital...