❀ the cult of: ➥motivational speakers ➥life coaches ➥personal growth gurus ➥new-age charlatans ➥AWESOMENESS FEST

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I still the a Zig Ziglar tape my cousin gave me. Gonna pop that bad boy in, get my altitude on and build a better me.

nuts spats (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link

one month passes...

http://www.aboutlizzie.com/

everything copyrighted to THE GYM which seems impossible to google

乒乓, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link

I guess it's a sign of progress that motivational speaking is m/l the 21st century version of a career as a circus freak

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3850056/qualcomms-insane-ces-2013-keynote-pictures-tweets

Not exactly motivational speaking, but on a scale of 1 to MENTAL this particular circus scores pretty high.

Windsor Davies, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:53 (eleven years ago) link

I think in that their overwhelming aesthetic seems to be AWESOMENESS and not any particular adherence to theme, makes it relevant.

mh, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link

>http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3850056/qualcomms-insane-ces-2013-keynote-pictures-tweets

amazing amazing

Milton Parker, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link

holy shit the video at the end of that article

♨ (am0n), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link

steve lollmer

♨ (am0n), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:40 (eleven years ago) link

gamer guy explaining that his girlfriend is "hot, like FUEGO" while making boob-groping motions

mh, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:50 (eleven years ago) link

complete unedited wideangle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRLbcbW5rk

Milton Parker, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link

oops, it is still edited. and not the best sound. tarnation.

Milton Parker, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.qualcomm.com/ces

Milton Parker, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link

Did they get the writers of the Big Bang Theory to write the actor trio's dialogue?

mh, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link

started out tethered to a cord, still have the scar to prove it.

Plasmon, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:34 (eleven years ago) link

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/Sprad/vuforia_zpsfe7ef62d.png

Milton Parker, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 23:51 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.qualcomm.com/ces

― Milton Parker, Wednesday, January 9, 2013 4:00 PM

lol before the first girl speaks she flinches at mic feedback

♨ (am0n), Thursday, 10 January 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link

"i just pwned half the world"

♨ (am0n), Thursday, 10 January 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link

I find it hard to believe that VolcanoMom63 is competitive in Korean gaming

pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 10 January 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago) link

incredible post/video

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 10 January 2013 05:07 (eleven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE

♨ (am0n), Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:09 (eleven years ago) link

So so so good

Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link

Im enjoying jeremy being a life couch on season 8 of peep show

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Thursday, 10 January 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link

I need a life couch

Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 10 January 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link

All in all for a first time kick at the can Qualcomm did a great job, look forward to see more of their products in action.

♨ (am0n), Thursday, 10 January 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link

now comes the second wave of thinkpieces about how this was in fact a wildly successful keynote: Qualcomm sells computer chips to other manufacturers, and is therefore invulnerable to the kind of image problems that affect retail manufacturers; but at the same time, wide public awareness of the brandname does influence those industry purchasers

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414112,00.asp

See, we weren't the audience for Qualcomm's "Born Mobile" performance. We were the subject. And what's most embarrassing in all of this is that not only does Qualcomm think of us as frivolous, delusional, ambulatory ATM machines, but there's a good chance that the seller of the next mobile device you buy does too.

Sadly, they're probably right.

Milton Parker, Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link

Most definitely.

The part that stands out the most is that they're speaking to an audience that they know is skeptical of "personas" which are the different use-cases for types of technology, so they've gone out of their way to show how fleshed-out and accurate they are. Normally you end up with "early 20s guy, office job, gamer, lives alone but has girlfriend, goes out to eat on weekends but plays a lot of xbox during the week" and turned it into AWESOME GAMER DUDE on stage. It's like they went full circle from stereotypes -> persona studies -> even worse stereotypes in an effort to make the presentation appeal to more groups.

mh, Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:53 (eleven years ago) link

ok, so if you're unfamiliar with the world of overpriced baubles, alex and ani is a rhode island based company that's had a remarkable success story selling underwhelming jewelry. the company's quickly diversifying is weird ways, including buying a local vineyard, launching coffee shops, and buying one of the grand mansions of newport. and now, YOU TOO can enjoy the unsettling optimism of the hive-mind and suffer the corporate ego-death through their terrifyingly positive new-age work style! behold: ALEX AND ANI UNIVERSITY

http://www.alexandaniuniversity.com/

fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/fMNGvzd.png

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.alexandaniuniversity.com/article-1-about-course/

^^ every last word

Milton Parker, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link

Owner and designer Carolyn Rafaelian truly fuels this organizational spirit. As her personal calling, Rafaelian awakens the essence of team members by embodying the spirit of being human each day herself never seeming to lose sight of her guiding role. It is her life’s work to inspire her customers to relish what is unique and authentic about their selves.

fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link

that description makes her sound like a sorceress

fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 19:55 (eleven years ago) link

thanks for posting that, elmo. grade A example of new age terminology being effortlessly integrated into corporate philosophy without a hiccup.

this thread is focusing on some of the more over the top, easier to laugh at examples, but a relevant tracking term here is Sacred Commerce (i.e. spearheaded by the founders of the infamous Cafe Gratitude)

Milton Parker, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link

I couldn’t help but reflect on how the combination of Rafaelian and Feroce have ignited a spark heard around New England.

zero dark (s1ocki), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link

www.wisdom2summit.com

inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link

"wisdom 2.0 is, quite possibly, the most important gathering of our times."
- Bob Marley

inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link

Oh no whoops it's not Bob Marley it's R1ch F3rnand3z, PhD, D1r3ctor of Ex3cut1v3 D3v3l0pm3nt, G00gl3

inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link

"real silicon valley could learn a thing or two from fake silicon valley"

inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link

overheard a middle aged guy on the bus talking to whom i assume was his mother about his plans for the week.

tuesday night was "neighborhood association meeting" and all day thursday was an "ideas summit" because, "i really should be at that kind of thing, even if it costs $150."

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link

oh man

zero dark (s1ocki), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link

I couldn’t help but reflect on how the combination of Rafaelian and Feroce have ignited a spark heard around New England.

― zero dark (s1ocki)

i'm just glad somebody else appreciated that.

fwiw alex & ani u does NOT offer writing classes, maybe?

fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link

ideas summit letterhead has light bulb over mountaintop

am0n, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:09 (eleven years ago) link

alex & ani university is chock full of wtf

"I call Alex and Ani products “love-identity” objects since the company spotlights our feelings and focus on connection."

fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link

All of this language just turns into a muted trombone riff.

I've sat through a few meetings like this (minus the hippie overtones). Even when people who are infected with this language try not to speak like this, it just creeps back in.

for the relief of unbearable space hugs (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link

a song has to be really good to get me to the point where i'm singing "cause you sex takes me to paradise" around the house and walking to work and clapping my hands and bobbing my head and shit

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link

oops wrong thread

❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link


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