THE HAPPY WOMAN'S VIEW OF SUCCESS
A MODEL OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

In answer to the homework questions in the Landmark Education's Success Seminar, she wrote, which I do believe are accurate: (I've taken the liberty of bolding, or italicizing or underlining some of her items that I think are of key importance, though the whole piece is powerful, illustrating healthy thinking.)


IN THE WORLD OF SUCCESS I SEE MYSELF AS BEING SUCCESSFUL IN MY FORMER BUSINESSES, NOW IN MY RELATIONSHIPS, AND JUST ALL AROUND.  I'M VERY HAPPY. 
    
WHEN I CHECK INTO HOW OTHER PEOPLE SEE ME, I'M FINDING THAT THEY SEE ME PRETTY MUCH THE WAY I SEE MYSELF, OR EVEN A LITTLE BETTER,  WHICH IS CAPABLE, INTELLIGENT, CARING OF OTHERS, GENTLE, KIND, GENEROUS, GOOD LISTENER, DEPENDABLE, TRUSTWORTHY, ONE WHO KEEPS HER WORD, ETC.    THIS IS IN ALL AREAS OF MY LIFE NOW.  I'M VERY HAPPY.

MY LIFE, AS A WHOLE, WOULD BE A 9.99 FOR ME.  I'M HAPPY AND HEALTHY, ENJOY HELPING AND LOVING OTHERS, AND AM A MODEL OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS .

THE MEASURES I'M USING ARE REALLY MY OWN, NOT MY CULTURE'S, FAMILY'S, FRIENDS, ETC. SO I'M NOT ENVIOUS OF OTHERS SUCCESS, THEIR MATERIAL GOODS, NOR  THEIR LOVING RELATIONSHIPS.


BONUS

I THINK I'M A SUCCESSFUL GRADUATE. I WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN THE AREAS I'VE HEARD AGAIN AT LANDMARK EVEN BEFORE I WAS A GRADUATE.  I CAN ENCOUNTER LIFE FROM NOTHING AND HAD CREATED NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR MYSELF A FEW TIMES.  THESE SUCCESSES HAVE COME FROM LIFE LESSONS SUCH AS THE SUDDEN DEATHS OF TWO SPOUSES, A COUPLE OF DIVORCES, AND IN RAISING THREE CHILDREN.  IF I'D STUDIED WITH LANDMARK MUCH EARLIER IN LIFE, I MIGHT HAVE LEARNED THEM MORE EASILY AND QUICKLY.

I RECOGNIZE THE UPSIDE AND DOWNSIDE OF THE CURRENT [societal] PARADIGM OF SUCCESS, BUT DO NOT ACCEPT IT FOR MY PARADIGM.  TO ME EXPERIENCING HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND LOVE IS THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS.

I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE A FOUNDATION OF INTEGRITY.