Our graduates make incredible changes in their lives after participating in the seminars
at Life Success!
Read on for what some of our graduates have to say about how their lives have changed through the actions they’ve taken…
Alicia Spencer
For a girl who was shy and introverted most of her life, Alicia Spencer can’t believe that she now loves to talk in front of groups!
Alicia was first introduced to Life Success Seminars by Brian Calkins, her former boss. Before she attended the Basic seminar, Brian sat down and talked to Alicia, taking the time to explain how this step would change her world and life.
She was intrigued, so she dove in by first participating in the Basic seminar and then the Inter-Personal Intensive (IPI) seminar. And Brian was right—everything has changed for Alicia. People even say she looks different!
“Basic and IPI have given me so many tools to use,” Alicia says. “I look at myself differently and have direction and purpose. I value every moment of every day and live in the moment, focusing on remaining centered and strong.”
When she thinks about her future, Alicia says, “I am being called to leadership. I’m very excited and open to this new area of growth. I am not totally sure how this will unfold in my life, but I am growing and reaching for my dreams!”
Marcia McClure
I went to the Basic seminar in 2001. Right away, I noticed some differences in the way that I acted and reacted to people and situations. I had just gone through a divorce, and the timing was perfect. Although I used the tools I learned in Basic and made small changes in my life, I wasn’t ready yet for the next seminar, Inter-Personal Intensive (IPI).
Then in October 2004, I lost my father to cancer. This was quite devastating for me. I had one of those father-daughter relationships that most girls dream about. My brother and sister are much older than I am, so when I came along, it was just Mom, Dad and me.
So I went to IPI in 2005. It was four years after attending Basic, but the timing was again perfect. I was able to sharpen the skills I learned in Basic. And I made some lifelong friends in both my Basic and IPI seminars. These are relationships I still cherish every day.
In late 2005, I was diagnosed with cancer. “How can this be?” I thought. After everything I went through with my dad, now me. Well, I did what he did and plowed through the treatments. Fortunately for me, I beat it! Where I found most of my support and strength was within my Life Success circle of friends; I couldn’t have made it without them.
In early 2008, I was diagnosed with cancer AGAIN! Now I was scared and unsure of my future. But like before, my Life Success support group rallied around me and put together a schedule of who was dropping me off and picking me up from my treatments. They lifted me up when I needed it, and they cried with me when we all needed it. At the end of 2008, I was once again cancer-free!
Life Success has become a big part of how I live and the choices I make. The tools I learned in the seminars and choose to use every day have been a big part of my survival. Surviving cancer is a physical challenge but, more than that, it’s a battle of emotions and the desire to fight and WIN! It’s the choice I made both times and will do again, if necessary.
Thanks to Life Success, I have chosen to survive and be the best person I know how to be!
Wayne Lurix
What do you get when you’re a LSS grad, the president of the LSS Board of Trustees and you work for the Cincinnati Recreation Commission? A great opportunity to blend personal and professional passions, according to Wayne Lurix!
In his role at the Cincinnati Recreation Commission, Wayne was tasked with helping the city work with the United Way to expand the city’s playgrounds. And since he was LSS board president, he figured this was a wonderful opportunity for LSS grads to give to the community.
Under Wayne’s guidance and through the 1,000 Hands Project, more than 2,000 volunteers—including several hundred Life Success grads—worked in three shifts a day to build playgrounds in Cincinnati neighborhoods where kids needed new playgrounds the most. Six playgrounds were built—one during each year of the project, from 1998-2003.
The grand finale, the Every Child’s Playground at Sawyer Point on Cincinnati’s riverfront, was the first playground in the city to be accessible to kids with disabilities. LSS grads were the steering committee leaders and build captains of this playground, plus hundreds of grads were involved in the construction work. “It was incredible!” Wayne says. “I couldn’t have done it without their support. I knew I could count on LSS grads, and they all gave 110 percent.”
The 1,000 Hands Project was a huge strategic undertaking, with many city and community stakeholders—as well as a host of volunteers. Wayne says that prior to participating in Life Success’s seminars, he would’ve handled the task very differently. He says that such a large project would’ve caused him a lot of stress and to be reactive instead of proactive.
Because the Basic and Inter-Personal Intensive (IPI) seminars made such a difference in Wayne’s life, he was able to handle such a large, ongoing project with calmness and confidence.
Wayne says that the secret to his new approach was what he’d learned during the seminars. He learned that he was responsible for his own feelings and that blame and reactivity had sabotaged his relationships in the past. This critical insight has improved Wayne’s relationships with his wife, children, parents and the people he works with.
