Confessions of A Cult Leader: My Lifestream Seminar Experience

Confessions of a Cult Leader or How I learned to get the best of life running a personal development seminar company.

Introduction: Confessions of a Cult Leader or How I learned to get the best of life running a personal development seminar company. From 1987 to 1998, I worked with James (Jim) H. Quinn (1927-1998), the founder and creator of the experiential training program: The LifeStream Basic Seminar. Jim's motto, "My life works in direct proportion to the commitments I make and keep!", was his mantra for personal success. >> [more]

Confessions of A Cult Leader: Day 1 of the Lifestream Basic Seminar - Why are you here?

What I learned Thursday Night at the LifeStream Basic Seminar... >> [more]

Confessions of A Cult Leader: Day 2 of the Lifestream Basic Seminar - What's that doing to your life?

What I learned Friday Night at the Lifestream Basic Seminar >> [more]

Confessions of A Cult Leader: Day 3 of the Lifestream Basic Seminar - Morning Session: If I Always Do What I've Always Done...

What I learned Saturday morning at the Lifestream Basic Seminar >> [more]

Confessions of A Cult Leader: Day 3 of the Lifestream Basic Seminar - Afternoon Session: Intentions and results are always the same!

What I learned Saturday afternoon at the Lifestream Basic Seminar >> [more]

Confessions of A Cult Leader: Day 3 of the Lifestream Basic Seminar - Evening Session: Responsibility and Win/Win

What I learned Saturday night at the Lifestream Basic Seminar >> [more]

Confessions of A Cult Leader: Day 4 of the Lifestream Basic - Review and What's going to be different about my life?

What I learned Sunday of the Lifestream Basic seminar >> [more]

Courage - A handout at the Lifestream Basic Seminar

Why is it that most men's lives are controlled by small and petty circumstances? I am saddened as I watch people lose the good and the great things that are within their reach, that could be theirs with but a little act of courage. The mediocre man, the average man, is the one I speak of here. He is the one who has so little self-esteem that he cannot trust his own thoughts and judgments, and who, in the final analysis, must rely on outside sources for his decisions. This is the man who is ruled by the mob, or who accepts all that he reads as the truth, and finally becomes like the mob. This is the man who has some degree of success, only when he is caught upon the crest of a wave that was generated by one of the few, exceptional self-directed individuals. >> [more]

Please Hear What I'm NOT Saying - A handout at the Lifestream Basic Seminar

Don't be fooled by me. For I wear a mask. I wear a thousand masks. Masks that I'm afraid to take off, and none of them are mine. Pretending is an art that's second nature with me, but don't be fooled, for God's sake, don't be fooled. >> [more]

Love is NOT enough! - A Handout at the Lifestream Basic Seminar

My husband Mike and I sit in the third row of the audience, waiting for our Katie's name to be called, waiting for Katie to graduate. Mike presses my hand and smiles. We are proud and grateful. There was a time when I could not have imagined Katie's graduation from college. I remember that time... >> [more]

The girl I used to know - A handout at the Lifestream Basic Seminar

Written by Jeri Holmes right after she completed the LifeStream Basic Seminar. >> [more]

The Penalty of Leadership - A Handout at the Lifestream Basic Seminar

Text written by Theodore P. MacManus, appeared as an advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post, January 2nd, 1915. Cadallac Motor Car Company. >> [more]

The Little Boy who put the world back together -A story by Jim Quinn, Founder of the Lifestream Basic Seminar

Story of a 4 year old boy who put the world back together so that he could have some quality time with Dad. >> [more]

Mexican Crabs - A story by Jim Quinn, Founder of the Lifestream Basic Seminar

Parable about negativity in others and what do about it. >> [more]

Guiseppe - A story by Jim Quinn, Founder of the Lifestream Basic Seminar

Parable: Story of a fisherman named Guiseppe and his plight with "Procrastination" >> [more]

5 Clarifying questions - Asked throughout the Lifestream Basic Seminar

Here are 5 clarifying questions to ask yourself when you're feeling stuck in life. >> [more]

Rules for Results

Rules for getting the job done! >> [more]

Excerpt: The pit: a group encounter defiled, by Gene Church and Conrad D. Carnes. (Out of Print)

Ben walked over in front of the man nearest him and said, "If it's necessary for us to simply pat you on the back for you to find honesty within yourselves, what do you think we will do?" The class responded: "Pat him on the back." And Ben patted the first man on the back.

Striding to the second man: "If it's necessary to kiss someone on the top of his head to make him honest, what will we do?" "Kiss him on the head!" echoed the class. Ben leaned down and kissed the man on the forehead.

He then moved in front of my friend Bill Schwartz, and said, "If it's necessary, gentlemen, for us to beat the shit out of someone until he can't think straight enough to he, what do you think we're going to do?" The class seemed stunned. A few responded, "Beat the shit out of him?" in a questioning tone. And Ben replied, "That's right." He then positioned himself directly in front of Schwartz, drew back, and with a full swing, hit Schwartz squarely in the face. Schwartz flew backwards off his chair and hit the wall, then crumpled to the floor. He scrambled back to his chair. >> [more]