In
2008, Americans spent $11 billion on self-improvement books, CDs, seminars,
coaching and stress-management programs.
According to Marketdata Enterprises, an independent Tampa-based research
firm, that was a 13.6% increase in sales from 2005. The latest forecast on the self-help industry
is that it will continue to grow at an annual rate of 6.2%. With so many self-help books and workshops
flooding the market, it is unique to find a workshop in this field that is
being offered for free at the Wilkinson Public Library this weekend. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, local
entrepreneur and co-founder of Life Course Discovery, Charlie Shelton will
facilitate a three-day workshop with his brother John that seeks to enhance peoples’
position in life.
While programs like this often require a monetary investment
that can range from $500 to $1000, at the library it is free and open to anyone
who wishes to attend. Yet, as Shelton
explains, “It
is funny to think how people will commit without hesitation to a three-day
rafting trip in this area, but when you ask them to take a free 20-hour
workshop that will transform their lives, they inevitably balk at the opportunity.”
The general outline of the program begins on Friday with a
series of experiences that examine how your mind is programmed to adhere to
childhood beliefs that are often based on misinformation or compensatory
mechanisms. Participants then look at the
values they wish to manifest in their own lives and discover a process to make
these values a reality. As one former
participant explains, “These seminars have changed my life forever. I have awakened
to realize that only I have the key to my true happiness, and I have finally
learned how to love myself as well as others.”
Anyone interested in attending this free workshop should
visit www.lifecoursediscovery.com and click on register. The $25 registration fee has been waived for
this workshop at the library, and anyone over the age of 13 is welcome to
attend.
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