A 1-hour seminar on efective communication may be only 0.0002% of a
30-year-old's life but it is said (no reference available) that any habit
can be changed in 1-3 weeks through a conscious effort to effect the
change. Hence a 1-hour program could be very effective if it leads to
that conscious effort to make the way a habit. Further I have personally
been through a life-changing experiential program that was less than 3
days in length. It was effective because it got to the emotions and
created a paradigm shift that has been permanent. It is true that many
brief learning programs will be useless unless followed up with conscious
effort to incorporate the changes into our lives, but let us not write
them off totally.
Michael A. Schwartz
University of Florida
College of Pharmacy
Box 100496, HSC
Gainesville, FL 32610
Phone:(352) 392-9145
FAX: (352) 392-7782
E-MAIL: MIKE@COP.HEALTH.UFL.EDU
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