I had read books on personal development for years and had also already encountered NLP through the books of Anthony Robbins, but I had never attended a live seminar until I traveled to London to see Tad James deliver "The Secret of Creating Your Future".
This was sometime in the early 90s and since I had not heard of Tad James before and just went because I liked the title of the seminar, I had no idea what to expect.
Here is my review in a nutshell:
Seminar: excellent
Trainer: patronising
The seminar was really good and I learned a lot of tools, some of which I still use.
It went like this:
find out about your time line
clear past blocks/limiting decisions
clear past negative feelings
align your values
put good stuff into your future time line
Looking back at the seminar with my current knowledge, the biggest complaint would be that it was a 3-day seminar. I normally teach all those things in maybe half a day, including different applications and methods of using your time line.
My biggest complaint back then was that I and other delegates felt quite unsupported when we had questions or challenges.
And I really hated that the whole course seemed to be a setup for selling us other seminars, books, and tape sets (remember audio tapes? Yes, I am that old!).
As I was so inexperienced, I fell for it and bought some tapes, books and also attended an intro day on Huna, which was just not very good. I trained with several other people in Huna and they would eat Tad James for breakfast.
Oh yes, Tad James, let's see: Back then I did not know better, so thought he must be quite good, but listening to his tapes now and having seen him since, I must say that he is the most patronising NLP/Personal Development trainer I have ever encountered!
He talks down to you. He does not answer questions properly. He is obviously so happy when he uses "clever" language patterns. He is constantly trying to upsell stuff (not as badly as his disciple David Shephard, but it still gets pretty annoying).
I met his son Matthew once at an NLP conference and while he had good rapport skills, he came across as a lightweight.
One last thing about Tad: in 2000 he (well, Matthew actually did it) bought the web domains www.richardbandler.com and www.johngrinder.com and had them forwarded to his own web page. However, he did not know that Grinder and Bandler had their names trademarked and so they had him hand over the sites pretty quickly.
Still, quite a despicable and unethical act, methinks.
Make good decisions!
Update: Here is a very interesting comment by Gerrith Wil Lassen on a LinkedIn Group about Time Line Therapy:
"I think there is some confusion here. Interesting to read the story of Tad and his wife from a Wyatt Woodsmall perspective. He brought Timeline to Hawaii 3 years after the discovery in a Workshop about Metaprograms and Beliefesystems in 1982 with Leslie Cameron in Illinois. There was two students: Anne Linden and Frank Stass who did discover the timeline whilst exploring their Metaprograms In-Time and Trough-Time. They asked all the other students, how they experience time. A idea was born. A year later it was demonstrated by Steve Andreas on the 2th NANLP conference and at the same time Robert Dilts was also working with exploring the timeline on the west coast. They did not know from each other. No Bandler involved at all! In fact Timeline was discussed already intensively in the 20s and 30s by Huserl and Heidegger in Europe.
About 3 years after the workshop in Illinois, Woodsmall started a practitioner group on Hawaii and Tad James and his wife Ardie did participate as students. Tad was immediately fascinated and did explore the Timeline with Marvin Oka and Richard Diehl in a little group, together with Wyatt Woodsmall. Before Internet, nobody had a clue about whats happen in Santa Cruz, in Boulder Colorado or Illinois and Tad seems he was very clever when going to the patent office on Hawaii 5 years after he heart about it and protecting the Timeline on Hawaii. It was never his in first place.
The guy in the office hasn't heart about NLP at all and nothing about what the other groups have explored the last 8 years already. So Tad James got the patent on Hawaii - and only there! It was a lousy chess move by an Practitioner, who did not understand the rules in our field. Ego wins over the Soul from time to time. NLP belongs to those who carefully learn it and using it and comply with the ethical rules and prepositions."
Just another interesting tidbit about Tad's ethics (and excellent business sense!).
Update: Here is a very interesting comment by Gerrith Wil Lassen on a LinkedIn Group about Time Line Therapy:
"I think there is some confusion here. Interesting to read the story of Tad and his wife from a Wyatt Woodsmall perspective. He brought Timeline to Hawaii 3 years after the discovery in a Workshop about Metaprograms and Beliefesystems in 1982 with Leslie Cameron in Illinois. There was two students: Anne Linden and Frank Stass who did discover the timeline whilst exploring their Metaprograms In-Time and Trough-Time. They asked all the other students, how they experience time. A idea was born. A year later it was demonstrated by Steve Andreas on the 2th NANLP conference and at the same time Robert Dilts was also working with exploring the timeline on the west coast. They did not know from each other. No Bandler involved at all! In fact Timeline was discussed already intensively in the 20s and 30s by Huserl and Heidegger in Europe.
About 3 years after the workshop in Illinois, Woodsmall started a practitioner group on Hawaii and Tad James and his wife Ardie did participate as students. Tad was immediately fascinated and did explore the Timeline with Marvin Oka and Richard Diehl in a little group, together with Wyatt Woodsmall. Before Internet, nobody had a clue about whats happen in Santa Cruz, in Boulder Colorado or Illinois and Tad seems he was very clever when going to the patent office on Hawaii 5 years after he heart about it and protecting the Timeline on Hawaii. It was never his in first place.
The guy in the office hasn't heart about NLP at all and nothing about what the other groups have explored the last 8 years already. So Tad James got the patent on Hawaii - and only there! It was a lousy chess move by an Practitioner, who did not understand the rules in our field. Ego wins over the Soul from time to time. NLP belongs to those who carefully learn it and using it and comply with the ethical rules and prepositions."
Just another interesting tidbit about Tad's ethics (and excellent business sense!).
I took an intro to hypnotherapy and 2 NLP certification trainings and signed up for a lot more - and didn't pursue it because of Jame's attitude. This was the late 1990's and 2000. His attitude was difficult to stomach, he didn't take to me as a student, was very patronising, and worse, sometimes outright and loudly nasty. It was not a pleasant time, but I knew - we all knew fairly quickly - all the material he had going was taken from others, and he had merely packaged it, so I concentrated on the origins of all this, and did well in helping others. He produced the tape libraries and many were defective - he didn't pony up the replacements said I could buy them again as CD's). The worst of it was the young man who did the hypnotherapy course in the hotel conference rooms near the NY airports (which were enticements to sell the NLP courses). I gave the young man who worked for James and fave the course a ride into NY City - I was the only one with a vehicle going that direction and he had asked the class at the end of the evening for someone who had a ride. He seemed to have a lot of very deep resentments, issues, etc. and I felt that directly had to do with the James operation. He had been unemployed for a while prior to this James gig, had no traveling expense money, and was wound up tighter than a drum. I paid a lot of money for the certifications and the program, and decided not to pursue them after the Toronto unpleasantry. I wanted to get my money back but James was soooooo nasty to me about it, I just let it be. I knew he'd be shut down sometime and I just didn't want my good name associated with that operation anymore.
ReplyDeleteHey Anna :). Names Leon and I'm wondering if his hypnotherapy course is any good? I've paid a deposit to the course and don't particularly care about arrogance so as long as the trainers aren't selling me bullshit that doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteYour thoughts?
Hi Leon,
DeleteNot sure if Anna has read your comment, so here are my thoughts:
If you never had any NLP/hypnosis training before, you will probably get a lot out of it.
Just don't get sucked in to his upselling other products/courses and don't believe the hype. He is good, he is not one of the best, though. And he can be quite a bit of an ass.
Hope this helps.
Wow, guys.... seriously?
DeleteI was always QUITE found of Tad. I mean, was presented his NLP courses' tapes, LLLLLOVED THEM. After doing Bandler's Prac and M. Prac and also checking a million other trainers and finding all to be 'meh' I considered Tad to be the only one to keep the spirit of NLP alive. Thought about doing some courses with the guy.
Never knew he was such as a-hole live?
.I HAD to write this review and was waiting till the time was right. It will have to go in more than one comment section.
ReplyDeleteThis is the exact email she sent to me and the company several years ago.
This is the darker side of NLP training and the risk you take when dealing with some of the sick individuals running some of these trainings. It’s been 5-6 years since this incident, but I wanted to let this story out. This was a student’s experience with the Tad James Company. Really Scary stuff. I was personally involved with this matter and the person named Ashley was immediately fired from the company when she stood up for the student. The guy who pulled this incident was D J Jackson and is a Master Hypnosis Trainer ( Google the name)and no longer affiliated with the company--not by choice. He won’t or isn’t able legally to claim he worked for MANY years and ran the Tad James Company’s Australian operations. I lost all respect for Tad and his Wife Adrianna, after this went down, so did many coaching assistants, as we never returned to work for him.
From: (email address erased
To: tad@nlpcoaching.com; adriana@nlpcoaching.com; (email address erased)
Subject: Resignation for Master Prac. July 2009
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:43:16 -0700
I was told by the front desk that a man from the TJC instructed Wingate not to give you this letter. I imagine it was DJ. Nonetheless, I would appreciate that you read it. Thank you.
Tad & Adriana,
Forgive me if there are many typos. I do not have the time to further edit this letter.
I spoke with Ashley this morning because my being resigned from training did not sit well with me nor the manner in which it occurred. And specifically, there is some information which I do not think you are aware which occurred between DJ and myself.
I want to make sure that my side of events is heard, because consequently, the communications I have had with him -- from a professional standpoint crossed the line. They were unnecessary and even inappropriate. Of course there are two sides to whatever he has communicated to you about my leaving the training but I needed to make sure that I have done everything on my behalf to address the other information/side.
Part 2:
ReplyDeleteThere is a contract between me and the TJ Company for Master Practitioner training. And if there is something—anything, that I was doing which you all felt threatened that contract, then I feel you all have an obligation to tell me so. I have been in class for 2 weeks and not one time have I ever been given a warning for my behavior. If at any time I would have been, the communication between me and staff would have been professionally addressed and I would have then been given the choice to either shift my behavior and interactions according to your expectations or I could have not cooperated and left. But that did not occur.
On Tuesday night, I was informed by DJ that I was resigned as a student. The reasons I was given were because I was not following directions—essentially I was not coming back quick enough on the time line (and other reasons which I will get to.)
Since starting training with you, I have always been slow on the time line. I do it kinesthetically and it takes me a long time to get to an event and to also return to from that event—as well as release it. I can’t make apologies for that. If this training Is about faking that I am at an event, that I released the event, or that I am back at now, then—I wasn’t following directions—because I can’t fake that , I won’t—not for your staff and not to get Master practitioner certification.
At this point in time, I am in the very small percentile of those who do Time line Therapy very slowly, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work for me. It just means that I am slow at it. I really wish that at this point it was faster for me, because it’s a real pain in the butt to do the process for me and certainly for a Practitioner that I am working with, but to have one of your employees tell me very angrily that I was faking it, and what I was doing is B.S in his opinion, is not appropriate at all. If you created TLT and you say it works all of the time and it has/does, then it’s not for a TJC senior employee to judge and criticize whether or not the process is working for me and insult me to the effect that I am not doing it. I know if it is or not and invalidation of how I am doing the process is completely inappropriate and unprofessional.
The second reason I’ve been given for being thrown out of training was that I had been abusive to Gabriel and I would request to know how specifically, because I do not recall an incident between he and I. And that if this had happened 5 days ago—why was it only now being brought to my attention. What I remember of my interaction with Gabriel is we actually had a very nice, helpful, and caring conversation from him to me. So that name really throws me as the person I was abusive to. I do not remember anything negative between he and I. But if something to that effect happened, I would really have appreciated the opportunity to make that up to him and to apologize for any misunderstanding or effect I caused him. I think it would have been appropriate and the right course professionally to have allowed me that courtesy as I do not intentionally go around setting out to be abusive to people. If people don’t tell me what has occurred then how can anything be resolved? It can’t.
The only person in this entire training that I am aware I have had any conflict with is DJ, and I actually believe that my being let go is because of the conflict between DJ and I. And so considering what has happened from my perspective, I would like to make a statement to the effect of what I believe is abusive behavior.
Part 3:
ReplyDeleteThe conflict between DJ and I started when after completing the Breakthrough Session as a practitioner, I felt rubbed the wrong way big-time by my client and I was not at all comfortable working with him as the client. I very much wanted to be a client in the process, but I did not want to work with him because of his personality and actions during our session and there was no rapport I felt with him or safety. So I talked to coaching assistant—the woman from Romania (I do not remember her name—sorry), and I explained everything. I was very upset and pretty much breaking down about it. She mentioned that I did not have to work with someone I was uncomfortable with and that I could work with someone else if I wanted to be the client. She said she would speak to DJ about it. 20 minutes later DJ comes to me and tells me that it’s my choice or not to be a client. That I had already completed my certification requirements for Master Practitioner by being the practitioner, but that I didn’t have to be a client to get my certification. I stated to him that I did want to be a client, but that I wasn’t comfortable working with my partner for my breakthrough because of the abrasive interactions we had in the previous session and that there was no rapport for me after what had occurred.
At this point, DJ continued to repeat over and over that I have a choice I don’t have to be a client. I kept saying I do want to be a client and that I just wanted to work with someone else. But linguistically he kept going right over my response and continued to say the same thing over and over again. That’s when I finally said. “So I can be a client but only if I work with someone who I am uncomfortable with. That’s my choice?” And again over and over he repeated that I did not have to be a client that it was my choice and that I have already completed the requirements. Essentially, he would not answer my question. At this point I got pissed and told him to cut out the linguistic b.s. and answer my question and that’s when he said yes. I would only be allowed to be a client if I worked with my partner regardless of the issues I had come to he and the coaching assistant about. And because I really wanted to be a client, I said “Fine.” And that is where the argument was. The conflict was between he and I and from that point on turned into an authoritarian/authoritative game regarding interaction between us. His comment to me was like saying to a daughter regarding her arranged marriage. “It’s your choice; you can either marry this person or nobody at all. But hey, it’s your choice. ” Well, that is not much of a choice in my book.
Granted perception is projection, and there ultimately was a reason that I had the partner I had, but there is also other factors and if one of your students comes to staff crying and says I can’t work with this person as the client—the authoritative linguistic banter is unnecessary. It might be a way to push buttons for growth or whatever, but my interactions with DJ have been very different than interactions with all the other coaching staff—night and day. The authoritarian approach is never the way to go for me and it was unnecessary.
He could easily have just said—“We have a rule that whoever you start with—you have to stay with—I’m sorry.” And I would have gotten that choice. I may have said, you should have told me earlier, but there wouldn’t have been any discussion about it because it’s clear cut. I would have just arranged to do the breakthrough Session with someone else outside of the training on my own time. If that is the abuse I was accused of, then you have my reason for reacting as I did. And from that point forward, it was obvious to DJ had a problem toward me.
When I was working with my partner, DJ several times made a judgment as to whether or not I was doing the process. But it’s not for him to decide whether or not it’s working for me or whether the process is moving along. That is between me and my Practitioner. Mike and I were making progress. And continually DJ would come find us and apply pressure to that process telling me that I was not following directions and that I was driving Mike crazy. Well both of those judgments were incorrect, because I talked to Mike and he did not feel that way. He knew I was slow, but that we were getting better and better. DJ also refused to let me take a break and attend the Huna presentation, telling me that you both stated that course was only for those who completed the breakthrough session and that I wouldn’t “get it” unless I had completed the session—which we were were hours away from finishing but yet who several other students who had not completed their breakthrough sessions were allowed to attend. If that is the rule fine, but don’t lie to me when you allowed other students to attend it and complete their breakthrough session at a later time and at their own pace.
ReplyDeleteThat night DJ resigned me. He did not even tell Mike. I was told by DJ to not come back, that I wasn’t following directions, that what he saw was a bunch of B.S. and that I was abusive to coaching assistants. I was even told to mail back the test of the student I had, that he didn’t even want me to return that. The confrontation was severe, invalidating in terms of my process, and highly charged. To disdain a student enough that you don’t even want them to turn in another student’s test? That’s extreme. I may not be DJ’s ideal student/client, but to judge me and my progress based on what he has decided is real and what is not, is crossing the line. I asked to be given another chance that night and I was told no. It was devastating.
I would never have come back the next day, but I as I thought back to the events that had occurred I realized that on several levels it was DJ who had been abusive and crossed the line—many times. Again, I may not be a perfect client or a perfect student, but I was doing the best I could at the time.
Please, tell me directly and specifically if my actions are threatening my graduating. Just communicate honestly and get your point across. But don’t be ambiguous, playing with linguistic banter in conversation, then insult me many times over, and do it all under the authority that I was abusive to a coaching assistant, because what occurred on behalf senior staff to me was abusive. It was totally unnecessary.
I showed up yesterday, because I do not believe that you all had the entire perspective concerning what occurred. I talked to Ashley who was not aware I had even been kicked out and it appeared that no one on staff knew I was kicked out. I could tell that by their hellos to me. I asked Ashley for the specifics, because I wanted to know the reasons for being resigned—concrete examples rather than ambiguous statements. And if abuse to coaching assistants is as severe as you treated it, then it would be very easy to recall specifically what had occurred, but that wasn’t the case. The day it was said to have occurred, five days had passed since then and there was no word of it—no warning or being alerted to my having crossed a line. So, it doesn’t match up. The conflict is concerning DJ.
ReplyDeleteYesterday DJ came up to me in the hotel lobby and told me the reasons were that I was being disruptive in training (How specifically? There was no examples given to me by asking a million questions.) He told me that it was Gabriel I had abused—(How specifically? And why wasn’t this addressed as soon as it happened and why didn’t you resign me then? If abuse is so serious to be thrown out, then it is serious enough to be addressed when it happened. Not 5 days later. ) I do not believe anything happened that was worth resigning me as a client concerning Gabriel, and I would really like to know what that was, because I can recall nothing. Additionally, I was furthermore told by DJ outside of the hotel yesterday after he let me go a second time, that I came to the training because I was fucked up. “You came to fix your problems, because you’re fucked up.” Those were the exact words to me. Well? It’s not professional for one of your staff members to tell me that I am fucked up. He can keep his interpretation of me and/or why I came to the training to himself all of you can for that matter.
Lastly, yesterday after he had already resigned me the second time, 20-30 minutes later when I was talking with other classmates, DJ then came back and got me again—(this was already after telling me I would not be let back in the training) and ordered that I was forbidden to talk to any of the participants after being thrown out, because that was interfering with the training and “If you do, there will be consequences.” Well, that was the last straw for me. It’s well over the line. What consequences did he mean? I have relationships with these people. I won’t talk about what happened, but what did he expect me to do. Ignore everyone and draw attention and create a problem that way? I’ve left the training—what more do you expect from me? I am a guest at the hotel. I will not be hiding up in my room and skipping breakfast in the mornings nor will I be commanded/expected to do so because I might run into someone in the training and have to maneuver a conversation with them. I can’t be harassed by your senior staff once our business is complete. At that point, I was no longer in the training , the training contract had been broken of the TJC end and since that was the case— do not come over and upset me any further. We’re done. Leave me alone. He then told me when I expressed this to him that I could talk to others, only if it had nothing to do with the course. Yet he couldn’t give the specific boundary on that either—more ambiguity. At that point, I told him the conversation was over, the situation was concluded, and that I would not have this conversation with him again and to leave me alone. The way he came up to me –again, is the same authoritarian B.S. which was the conflict before I had been resigned as a student. How about a little couth and polite discretion as a technique for professionalism. You can politely ask someone to keep what has occurred between you private and then take it from there is they are not willing to comply. You do not authoritatively try to scare someone and threaten someone with the ambiguous statement “If you do, there will be consequences.” That was shocking to me. What were you all expecting me to do?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I don’t know if you asked him to handle this situation with me in the manner he did or say the things which he said—I doubt it actually. But he mentioned that his instructions came straight from the top and that it was you both that did not want me back in the training. Yet he also stated that you made your decision based largely on what he had told you was going on.
So, in closing, this morning I called Ashley and relayed the details from my perspective and let her know that I wanted to come back to the training and complete it. At present, I have spent over $ 6,000 to be here, taken time and money out which was not readily available, and I will be leaving with nothing. When a person is thrown out and talked to the way I was communicated to, bridges are burned and the entire scenario has ended about as badly as it could have. I have had to waste practically my entire day writing this letter including details that I could have explained higher up the chain, rather than completing the training. But because there was no differing/presentable story/information presented, whatever DJ stated is what was taken primarily into account. And unfortunately, every time DJ has interacted with me in the times I described above, he has always done so alone. There was never another staff person present so that at least, two staff members knew what was being said and could relay back to you what happened rather than one. So it is ultimately a he said, she said. But considering my perspective on it, I am not surprised that he has been so forceful in trying to make sure I do not discuss what occurred with anyone else. Because I think that part of what happened was also concealed from you both.
ReplyDeleteIn closing, I wish it wouldn’t have turned out this way. I think you are great trainers. But I question the circumstances of why I was kicked out and I think that it should be made very clear when something like this occurs.
Truly, I have no feeling about DJ one way or the other. He is your employee and the head of your Australian office. The only thing I care about is completing the course and I think that I should be or should have been allowed to complete it. Instead of wasting all of this time writing this lengthy email, I would have liked to rejoin the class—and completed it.
The only thing I did not complete was being a client and as DJ told me, being a client was not a requirement for completing certification. Because of being thrown out, I have missed hypnosis and have thus far today missed several sessions. But if viable, I would like to be able to complete any other sessions regardless and complete the certification; otherwise this was a total waste of time and money.
I really wish this would have all been resolved early on by addressing with a warning if there was behavior issues and by being specific. And the only recommendation/request I would suggest is that you always have 2 employees present when a conflict occurs with a student—every time they are talking to the student—specifically when you decide to resign someone from training. That way what actually occurs is verifiably backed and that what they say occurred actually occurred and in the way they say it occurred—leaving no omissions. That is what I would do differently if I could have. However, DJ is a pretty authoritative person, so he probably wouldn’t have allowed that request.
If I were allowed to complete the course—there would be no further discussion desired on my part about what has transpired in the past 2 days. My focus is completing the course and leaving here with the certifications I came to get. If you are not willing to do that, then I’d appreciate referring me as to how I may going about negotiating a sufficient amount of a refund for my tuition, as I was not allowed to fulfill the training via my contract and there were some circumstances that need to be resolved. My choice or preference is to be allowed to complete the rest of the course today and have you let me know an alternative of how I may complete the hypnosis section which I missed.
Thank you for your time.
(Name Witheld)
This was the final part of the email from the student. Home this is posted in it's entirety.
Hi anonymous - thanks for taking the time to post your review on the TJC hypnosis NLP training and the Australian trainer. I was considering this training, but after reading of your horrendous experience with this company I think I will give them and any association with them a very wide berth. I do admire your perseverance in trying to complete your training but honestly, it sounds as though you would be much better off if you never had to see or hear from them again. I wish you the best of luck with future training and hope that you find trainers who will genuinely care about your training going needs and help you to achieve your true potential. Once again - thank you for taking the time to share your experience so that others don't make the same mistake wasting time and money on trainers who care more for their own needs than their students.
ReplyDeleteI trained first with Tad and Adriana James at NLP Trainers Training in Australia in 2009 and found them very professional and the course was excellent. Both care very much about peopke and thrir devrlopment. I have since acted as Coaching Assistant at their Practitioner, Master Practitioner and Trainers Training in Las Vegas. Again all trainings being excellent and receiving amazing feedback from attendees. I have experienced contact and support from staff at both the TJC Australia and US offices and have found all staff helpful and supportive.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you read this FelixTheCat and you see that this is one anonymous complaint which lacks any balance.
I have been familiar with Tad's works (particularly The Secret of Creating Your Future concepts) since the early 2000's and had the great opportunity to begin training with both Tad and Adriana James in 2009. I have only had positive experiences. In my experience, Drs Tad & Adriana James teach with passion and love and always give, give and give some more to their students. The Tad James Company staff provided unlimited and amazing support to both myself and my wife. We have taken ALL of their NLP, Time Line Therapy, Hypnosis and NLP Coaching Trainings...and do strongly recommend all of their trainings to anyone looking to take their life and/or business to the next level. These are our experiences...and are also shared by all of our peers that we took classes with over the years.
ReplyDeleteI've taken all levels of training with the Tad James Co. in the US and assisted at many trainings. Drs. Tad & Adriana James are the most generous people I've ever met and worked with. Their level of knowledge in the field of NLP, of course Time Line Therapy and Hypnosis + the ancient esoteric ways are truly amazing. My life has transformed since training with them and I'm constantly inspired & motivated by the work they do. They continue to teach and awaken 1000's of people every year. Everyone I've worked with at the Tad James Co. has been very supportive, helpful and knowledgeable in the field. After 32 yrs in the business sure there's going to be a bad review and overall I think Tad & Adriana and the Tad James Co. are amazing!
ReplyDeleteI was doing some NLP research and came across this - I have trained with TJC in both Las Vegas & Sydney from about 2007 through until 2013. I have either attended or assisted (which is volunteering my time) at all of their live trainings and have only ever received professional assistance, support and I am very happy with my experience. As a result of working with TJC I have increased my income many times over, my relationships are great and I have come so far on my personal journey. These guys bend over backwards for their students (I have seen and experienced it time and time again). I highly recommend training with TJC.
ReplyDeleteInteresting reading that's for sure! I wonder what happened to focusing on learning? Oh, okay I get it, this is part of personal learning.
ReplyDeleteSo, as Carl Jung said we marry our unconscious mind and project out onto her all OUR unresolved issues! Until people understand and reclaim their unresolved issues that they project out onto others, then they will continue to claim that it's others that have failed them!
I'm sorry if it offends those people in this blog that want to claim they have been hard done or wrongly done by, when to the rational person it is easily seen and understood that it is ones own perception of external events that's being projected outward from within that persons system.
This being said, I would like to contribute to readers of these blogs that are interested in studying with Tad James Company or any other N.L.P. training Company, that to decide to learn for one's own growth and focus upon it and act on it, will see the decider paying attention to sensory based information and becoming well-informed, hopefully!
From becoming well-informed a person can then make value judgement's based upon their own life experiences and make a great judgement call for them by them!
So here's my questions!
Does a person learn what they learn for the trainer or teacher Or for themselves?
And if one or two people have a problem with someone or something, does that mean that everybody else should because they did?
As far as I'm concerned the people that had problems with TJC can have those problems for as long as they want and if TJC won't play the problem with them anymore - they'll go find someone else who will, that's for sure!
I found my learning experience with Tad & Adriana & TJC to be outstanding! So for those of you wanting to learn NLP and you don't have a need to be taught this way or that way just to be in control - then ask questions and become well informed because I'm sure you all out their are grown up enough to make your own decisions based on your OWN values!
I know which results I'd like to have, and I got them.
I am currently attending the NLP Master Practitioner Training and I am amazed at how Adriana and Tad present their trainings, in such a way, that delivers oustanding results for their students, time and time again. Both Adriana and Tad provide ongoing support to all students, I know, as I receive this regularly!! Today is the second day
ReplyDeletesince the commencement of the training and I already feel major, positive changes and I look forward to successfully completing the training. Thank you Adriana and Tad!!!!
I agree with the above comment. ( 16 May 2015 at 22:25 )
ReplyDeleteWith every action there is a reaction, it is up to the individual whether they create excuses to Not have to do the process or to take charge and create results.Sometimes that can be uncomfortable. There are many ways in which people create things in their world in order to NOT have to deal with their unresolved stuff.
I find the Tad James Company, they encourage my own critical thinking by being there for me when i ask for assistance, I am always encouraged to stand on my own feet whilst learning and this is the results of what i have today and what i have resolved in my world because of the techniques and skills I decided to learn easily.
From my experience with Tad, Adriana, and The Tad James Company.... I have had only greatness in my life since 2011 when I first took a training. The Trainers, Staff, training design, fellow students, information, exercises, and overall outcome of the training has been nothing short of amazing. To learn hypnosis and NLP with Tad and Adriana is a privilege that I am grateful for and it was the BEST certification/personal development program I have EVER attended. Can you put a price on becoming 100% empowered in your life? I know that my return on investment, after all my levels of training with the Tad James Company, is exponential! It is very clear that Tad values excellence in every component of his company and training style. I find he would be 'patronizing' if he didn't encourage me to advance my education in NLP and if he didn't give me a reason to invest in myself. In general, if you look for value in any experience you'll get it...if you look for lack you'll get that as well. I choose to get value from experts in the field and I got waaaaayyyy more than I could have ever imagined!
ReplyDeleteI have completed my NLP practitioner training under the TJC and am currently completing my NLP master practitioner training with Tad and Adriana James. I highly recommend the TJC and have found my experience to be supportive, empowering and completely rewarding. Deciding to take my training with the TJC has been one the most important decision I have made in my life. I believe Tad and Adriana have their students highest intentions at heart, always. I believe they are respectful to each students learning and their efforts go above and beyond to provide a fulfilling, exceptional experience. I believe it is essential to question everything, look out side of the box, empty the cup and make up YOUR OWN mind on what you are presented with...... BE RESPONSIBLE for your own outcome. There isn't many others out there that have the truest of intentions for the individual and the planet as I believe Tad and Adriana James have. Thank you for all that you do.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the comments I posted - nothing wrong with the language - so where are my blogs - Hmmmmm Review hey - How's reviewing the reviewer? What's your status and level of education/filed/profession and where and with whom did you study Mr reviewer???
ReplyDeleteSeems now the reviewer is playing the game he accuses the TJC company of doing or what??? Perception really is projection buddy!!!
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Worst experience ever extremely unethical approach and conduct, illegal and misleading advertising, negative experience. The should be reported the the regularity entities. Beware highly not recommended in there training programs and seminars TAD JAMES CO. Stay away and check your options
ReplyDeleteI don't know why everybody is bashing the bad experience someone had. I read it in full and the person seems very credible and intelligent. It sounds like they got bullied and thrown out of a training because of some weird facilator and I think it probably happened the way they claimed. I have been to Tad James Co. Trainings and Tad and Adriana are capable of having something like this happen, anyone is. Too bad it didn' t happen in the smartphone era, because livestreaming on Facebook etc. Would have been indisputable.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that a lot of positive comments are 'Anonymous'.
ReplyDeleteI work for a Registered Training Organisation in Australia offering both NLP and Hypnotherapy courses.
Please do your research before signing up or paying deposits on things.
Not only are the positive "reviews" anonymous, but they're also posted one after the other within a 2.5 day window. What a "coincidence"... If you're looking for NLP trainers, please spend some time doing your own research before spending your $. I haven't trained with the Tad James Co. I considered it as on option but after reading about his past behaviour with Bandler & Grinder domain names, filing patents for "his" timeline therapy etc, it was very clear to me that I don't share his ethical compass. I also don't care for the mass student approach when so many highly capable trainers (including John Grinder himself) provide training in much smaller groups.
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