"i was using my creative abilities from music and from writing... and applying it into something solid... that I could you know, change into money somehow"
... and that thing was internet marketing, rather than yanno, like, being a musician or a writer!? o_0
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
i love this stuff and am disgusted by it at the same time. it's like cults and capitalism had some weird marriage together. amway is an old fav.
― Spectrum, Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Trayce, he said: "FAIL! Don't be a writer" and gave a thumbs down, and even blew a raspberry, if I'm not mistaken!
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh ok I was skimming the damn thing, he rambles like a cokehead.
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
this trend is pretty much the final collective human dreamsong of psychosis before we all lose our identities permanently, rite?
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
WTF is Zynnia's mysterious tragedy?
Zynnia’s life has been filled with both blessings and also profound loss.
Zynnia’s sole mission and purpose in life is to fully enjoy each moment and live in full awareness and gratitude for the power of now. Zynnia knows all too well, that at any moment tragedy can strike and the whole world you grow comfortable with can be ripped apart.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
she wanted waffles but they served pancakes instead :'(
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean
Zynnia has lived through it and she has immense wisdom and maturity from that journey. This is why she very consciously chooses a life of dreams coming true.
"it"?
I'd choose a life where dreams come true, but just this week I dreamed that the copier at work was located at O'Hare airport, so I can't risk it.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
"I'm in the process of both expanding and contracting my business."
blew my mind
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol that was my favorite too.
really stoked you are all here, btw.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
amway is an old fav.
see, this is the thing... say what you will about Amway, they may be selling you overpriced toothpaste but at least you're getting an actual product to clean your teeth with.
these dudes aren't even that far removed from people who make money teaching men how to date women (Sean Stephenson has actually dipped in to this), but like, at least with Pick Up Artist gurus, the promise is that dudes will come out less afraid of talking to women-- which is a lot more solid than, "awesomeness!".
also a fan of when zynnia shouts "LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH ME AND MY FAMILY!"
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol otm
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
OUT: dance momsIN: video moms
so far, my favorite Mindvalley product is QUANTUM JUMPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just watch this interview Vishen did at the home of Burt Goldman, developer of the Quantum Jumping method:
http://www.quantumjumping.com/special/meet-burt-goldman
1) count how many times they mention money2) be sure to watch till 6:43. I promise you won't be disappointed.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
i bet you guys are doubling the view count on all of Zynnia's videos right now
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
quaNTUM JUmping
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
two phrases came into his head the first was PLANT YOURSELF the second was Take lots of pictures
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
heads up, y'all: 2012 will not be the end of the world:
bonus copping of 99% jargon
also:
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was forced (along with my workmates) to attend a customized motivational seminar once. we managed to completely sabotage it -- i think i made one of the two seminar leaders cry. i am not ashamed. these folks are the lowest of the low, occupying a totally unnecessary niche opened up by the worst tendencies of corporate culture and "self-actualization" rhetoric.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
can you remember who the speaker was?????
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Trans: "I am in a constant state of starting up new concerns, hoping the IRS wont catch me when I declare bankruptcy on the old ones"
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost
no they were nobodies... folks that were routinely hired by the business school of the university where i worked to provide "teamwork seminars" for different groups. i wasn't in the business school but i guess our boss decided to try them out.
IIRC one of the two speakers was trying to get us to learn about "optimizing teamwork" based on lessons from ... wait for it... people who "successfully" survived the holocaust. i interrupted him and told him that i couldn't leave the seminar because i was being paid to attend but that he would not be continuing this line of discussion.
he looked sort of lost, looked at the other speaker who nodded, then he kind of hung his shoulders and stepped aside for the next part of the seminar.
the head of my department, who arranged the seminar, was mortified.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
"I personally dont believe 2012 will be the end of the world"
WOW AMAZING!~!!!! D:
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
i got a lot of high-fives from coworkers the next day, though.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
IIRC one of the two speakers was trying to get us to learn about "optimizing teamwork" based on lessons from ... wait for it... people who "successfully" survived the holocaust.
oh my god
― horseshoe, Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
guys there are also endless amounts of "video cover letters" from people applying for a job at Mindvalley©
&
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah wow amst that is... I'm gobsmacked.
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean I thought the motivational bullshit day my old workplace pulled on us once was in bad taste (they themed it on "Survivor" the TV show - the week my entire team had been told we were being laid off!).
But that just... wow.
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
amateurist that is A+ work
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah. for a guy who was ostensibly a "motivational" speaker he seemed pretty weak and demoralized. i think i ruined his week. i would've felt bad if his presentation wasn't so egregiously offensive.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
this stuff is just megachurches but on a smaller screen and without the vestigial jesus part
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mindvalley staff group photo
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
^all of these people live & work in Kuala Lumpur
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
the new series "young, attractive, and profoundly flaky" debuts on bravo this saturday!
anyway...
i forgot the other good part of my motivational seminar experience.
one part of the seminar was devoted to a "game" in which we were given note cards, and asked to write--anonymously-- one instance of "positive reinforcement" and one "constructive criticism" of each of our coworkers.
some of my coworkers refused the participate. i should have but decided just to do the "positive reinforcement" part.
some of the "constructive criticism" read like poison pen letters: "beth really has an attitude." "i don't think jeff is any good at his job." "i feel like jeremy is constantly talking down to people."
it made at least one of my coworkers cry. and it ended in a general uproar with us asking the "motivational" speakers for their credentials and wondering aloud how many times they had done this before.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
so basically, if you see a motivational speaker walking down the street, just go ahead and cold cock him or her. you will do the human race a great service.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol now i want a comedic series based based on motivational speakers in the style of Party Down
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
that pic looks like a "yelp elite event"
― omar little, Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost. just getting a total amway vibe from this awesomefest/mindvalley thing. create a culture where you're special (attracting lost souls, of course = easy marks), using gurus to lead you to The Secret of personal fulfillment (making money, somehow), create a fraudulent presentation that being an affiliate will make you lots of it, with only a tiny chance of that happening.
amway's way creepier, but seems like the same basic deal ... deluding poor souls into parting with their money and getting them to shell out more. Mindvalley/Awesomefest seems linked to The Secret somehow. This is actually pretty interesting.
― Spectrum, Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
my friend just got fired from his job working as a lifecoach
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
rather, working for a lifecoach
lol i was gonna say
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Several people who appeared/starred in The Secret have spoken at Awesomeness Fest
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
seminar as placebo effect
― omar little, Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
so much shame in that room...
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
part of an email friend got back when trying to get paid for the two weeks before he was fired:
On an practical and business front. Since you were hired on as a subcontractor in the get go and that from the outset we were going to take a look a few months down the road as to how we were to proceed, I feel as though that has come to fruition. And although the review of things did not look like we both thought it was going to, both initially and according to where we were playing weeks before christmas, it happened the way it did. In my mind it occurred and adjusted to suit the situation and position I found myself in (with complete commitment to not doing another thing that looked like it did prior to that moment). Although that might be hard to explain, interpret or understand, things like this happen for some of us and there is a watershed and things change overnight. It did, there's no other explanation or rationale.
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
holy shit
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
honestly that is the freakiest thing about this phenomenon to me, the way it seems to curdle people's ability to use language properly. a college roommate got really into the landmark forum and it was like she just spoke gibberish all the time suddenly.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have a couple of friends who got into landmark forum and invited me to join a writer's group they were putting together, and i realized about three meetings in i was accidentally getting landmarked.
― omar little, Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
HOLY GOD
http://www.dormioapp.com/
― tpp, Saturday, 1 June 2013 11:38 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
lol there are already like 600 apps exactly like that
i would have thought seeing them exchange self-seriousness for humor would be a good look but....
― http://threeframes.net (gr8080), Saturday, 1 June 2013 16:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
well
i'll have to get this
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 June 2013 03:09 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
...
― http://threeframes.net (gr8080), Sunday, 2 June 2013 08:10 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
lol
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 3 June 2013 16:30 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Christine Breese is the founder of the University of Metaphysical Sciences at Steve Nicks
― polyphonic, Monday, 3 June 2013 22:47 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
the long staring pauses punctuated by psuedo-christian craziness remind me a bit of the heaven's gate tapes. though tbf those are a lot more interesting
― chilli, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 00:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
a tuxedo cat!
― veryupsetmom (harbl), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 01:12 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
her hair part is cool!
― http://threeframes.net (gr8080), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 03:00 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I know this guy but never knew about his website or career.
http://barryhspencer.com/
― now is not the time for motorboating (dandydonweiner), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 03:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I am the ‘Southern Voice for Bold Self-Expression’ on this Rebel Road Caravan. My 60 years of life have been lived pleasing others, living up to their expectations, and doing so at the expense of my own happiness sometimes. My journey has been one of finding my voice, claiming my freedom to live ‘rebelicously’ and on my terms. My voice is saying YES to this Rebel Road Movement. I’m saying YES with the absolute joy and ecstasy of ‘embracing uncertainty like my long lost lover’. I’m saying YES to freedom; YES to play, YES to conversation, life, God and the Universe. I am saying YES to ME, and YES to YOU! Join us on The Rebel Road. I’ll be ‘Tuck Talking’ to ya…
we've had p much threads like this tbf
― bob_sleigher (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 03:12 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Best status ever.
― Thank you for talkin' to me Williamsburg (WilliamC), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 03:23 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Laraine Newman character come-to-life
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 22:23 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
via vishen's fb:
Justin Herald's speaking at the Hall of Awesomeness today. This Aussie entrepreneur took $50 and turned it into a T-Shirt company, Attitude Clothing, that he later sold for 6 figures. I asked Justin why, despite his wealth, he chooses to speak, often for free across Australia and Asia. Loved his answer. "I want to inspire people to become entrepreneurs. So they can get rich. Because pretty soon, they'll discover that they have all the things many can buy. And what will they do with their excess money? They'll start giving it away. That's why I do this."
riiiiiight
― tpp, Thursday, 6 June 2013 11:18 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Jesus healed the sick, often for free
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 6 June 2013 15:22 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/06/us/new-york-life-coaches-suicide/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 6 June 2013 20:53 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
"You should try to do something that scares you every day," Littig said on a show in February.
― ttyih boi (crüt), Thursday, 6 June 2013 20:55 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
what a horrible story
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 6 June 2013 21:50 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
can't imagine what it must be like for the people who went to them for guidance, jesus
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 6 June 2013 21:51 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
that's fucked up but cnn, what is a "common law psychotherapist"
― veryupsetmom (harbl), Thursday, 6 June 2013 22:01 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
self-appointed; no degree
― Mordy , Thursday, 6 June 2013 22:08 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
back-tracking quite a bit. Kamala Devi, that tantric playtime facillitator, is featured in that awful polyamory show on showtime
― emilys., Saturday, 8 June 2013 03:06 (1 week ago) Permalink
I think the article was trying to say Lynne Rosen was Jon Littig's common-law wife and also a psychotherapist.
― emilys., Saturday, 8 June 2013 03:09 (1 week ago) Permalink
― http://threeframes.net (gr8080), Saturday, 8 June 2013 22:43 (1 week ago) Permalink
fuck
― goole, Monday, 10 June 2013 02:15 (1 week ago) Permalink
polarity is a choice
― Milton Parker, Monday, 10 June 2013 05:30 (1 week ago) Permalink
Documentary about the est guy is available on netflix streaming right now
― emilys., Tuesday, 11 June 2013 04:08 (1 week ago) Permalink