--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > And, as I wrote about before, I just don't apolo- > > > gize because someone is demanding it of me. So I > > > guess the overall answer to your question is No. > > > If Fairfield Life turned into the kind of place > > > where people were expected to apologize for the > > > behavior that the majority of people declared > > > "inappropriate," I would bail from it far more > > > quickly than I bailed from the TM movement, which > > > tried to do exactly that. > > > > Now thats interesting. You had to leave the movement because you > > didn't apologize? > > No, it's just that the whole *mindset* of the TM > movement was based on making people apologize for > being who they were, unless they were "on the > program." In other words, they were expected to > live according to Someone Else's Ideas of how > they should live. If they didn't, the organiz- > ation first tried to make them feel guilty, and > if that didn't work they'd censure them, and if > *that* didn't work they'd just declare them > anathema and get rid of them. > > They never actively tried to get rid of me; I > just grew so disgusted by the mindset that I > walked away. > I am not judging what you felt and did, but your explanation of how the TMO acted towards you is exactly what every company I have worked for does; if you do something that isn't in line with your agreed upon objectives, i.e. "not on the program", you are asked to justify what you did, though you are expected to comply next time, then if you continue missing your objectives (being "off the program") you are put on a performance plan, and if your non compliance continues, you are fired.
There is no reason to vilify the TM Movement, any more than there is a reason to vilify a company who's actions and objectives you disagree with. Its just the way every organization works, like it or not. If there is not a match, there is not a match-- no harm, no foul.:-)
