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

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also kind of off topic but still topical maybe, I dunno if you dudes have seen or been in the facebook or google offices, they kind of give off this vibe

i already posted this upthread but its sort of uncanny how expertly the mindvalley dudes have recreated the like west coast creative office dynamic right down to the look of the woman who work there the whole vibe of it idk, its similar to like the appropriation of marketing seminar jargon and general mgmt speak the veneer of professionalism or w/e kinda casts a sinister light on 'regular' offices but i guess theyre p sinister already, sortof.

Lamp, Saturday, 4 February 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link

cargo cult, they think they will get google and facebook levels of $$

mh, Saturday, 4 February 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link

lol cargo cult otm

⚓ (gr8080), Saturday, 4 February 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link

oh man only tangentially related, but my boss was venting at me the other day about a dude on the marketing side of the business saying something like, "you know how you can pause netflix in one place, like your tv, and then start watching from like your ipad and it restarts where you left off? that really impressed me, we should do things like that in our ipad app!"

I mean, it's like.. instead of actually coming up with ideas or brainstorming you end up with people going "IDEAS!" at each other in a room with the hope that actual business models or wealth will show up. Kind of getting that vibe from these growth gurus

mh, Saturday, 4 February 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link

...yeah our high school had something called the Power Team or something speak to us. really all they did was talk about how powerful their excitement made them and perform feats of physical strength.

lol

dell (del), Saturday, 4 February 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link

it's pretty sad he's about the be the 4th richest man in america but all he wants is a friend
― iatee, Saturday, February 4, 2012 1:59 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh, the ironies! it would take an award-winning screenwriter to fully capture them.

also xpost: there is a jonah lehrer article in recent new yorker about the uselessness of group "brainstorming" for "ideas" unless those ideas are actually subjected to clear and harsh criticism.

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 4 February 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link

I've been in Google's offices and the place looks way more like an academic department than a motivational cult: lots of serious people writing technical stuff on whiteboards, not a lot of self-aggrandisement or woo.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 4 February 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link

plus the occasional "jump to conclusions" mat

mh, Saturday, 4 February 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link

cargo cult, they think they will get google and facebook levels of $$

― mh, Saturday, February 4, 2012 3:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol cargo cult otm

― ⚓ (gr8080), Saturday, February 4, 2012 3:56 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha!

lag∞n, Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link

also xpost: there is a jonah lehrer article in recent new yorker about the uselessness of group "brainstorming" for "ideas" unless those ideas are actually subjected to clear and harsh criticism.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, February 4, 2012 4:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes i v much enjoyed that piece

lag∞n, Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link

ohhh goddd the whole world of high school motivational speakers is probably worth a look

there was a dude who came in to our gym, beat all the teachers at once in a volleyball game, then talked about how it was a crying shame there wasn't prayer in schools.

Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Saturday, 4 February 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link

it was just him v. all the teachers??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Saturday, 4 February 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link

yes

Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Saturday, 4 February 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link

looooool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Saturday, 4 February 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link

there was a dude who came in to our gym, beat all the teachers at once in a volleyball game, then talked about how it was a crying shame there wasn't prayer in schools.

well, that's a non-sequitir.

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 5 February 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link

he prayed to be victorious

Mordy, Sunday, 5 February 2012 02:00 (twelve years ago) link

tim tebow was a high school motivational speaker?

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 5 February 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link

well tbf he might have tried to say some other very motivating things but that's what i remember

quite a few students clapped, too

Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Sunday, 5 February 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link

um i think i found the vball guy

http://beatbob.com/

Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Sunday, 5 February 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link

good god

CharlieS, Sunday, 5 February 2012 02:39 (twelve years ago) link

well, right

Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Sunday, 5 February 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link

he's kinda cheating though, isn't he? Like you can't set up and then spike?

Wie wol ich bin der vogel has noch den erfret mich das (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 February 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link

haha are you serious

Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Sunday, 5 February 2012 02:59 (twelve years ago) link

it just seems like he's playing by his own rules is all i'm saying

Wie wol ich bin der vogel has noch den erfret mich das (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 February 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link

Beat Bob sounds like Fred Willard.

tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 5 February 2012 04:07 (twelve years ago) link

dude is he using mannheim steamroller music?

I would like to see him playing against... a volleyball team

mh, Sunday, 5 February 2012 04:10 (twelve years ago) link

Beat Bob sounds like Fred Willard.

totally

also his website is the funniest thing ever. poe's law, etc

dell (del), Sunday, 5 February 2012 05:37 (twelve years ago) link

I'm tired just thinking about this.

boxall, Sunday, 5 February 2012 05:54 (twelve years ago) link

http://www.acaiplus.com/white_lightning4.asp

shockingly he also endorses a really shady-looking energy drink that's very clearly a front for some sort of mlm scam

scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Sunday, 5 February 2012 06:50 (twelve years ago) link

Wait this might be a little to O/T but I was thinking about shaping up my body and I am getting obsessed with this CrossFit thing. Its website really sucked me in one day when I clicked on an ad about "the sport of fitness"(damn hulu!).

Seems like a thing reebok designed that's like a competitive/but-also-were-all-in-it-together circuit gym thing... I dunno it sets my cult nerves off because it combines love-bombing with self-enhancement and WINNING. The enhancement is real though, so I suppose that makes a big difference. Maybe I should start a new thread about fitness stuff cause it seems like a whole different area.

Frobisher (Viceroy), Sunday, 5 February 2012 09:42 (twelve years ago) link

amazing thread

the emancipation of me-me (tpp), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:45 (twelve years ago) link

the mindvalley women! lawwwwwd

i'm going to apply for a job

the emancipation of me-me (tpp), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:47 (twelve years ago) link

get Z S to do some sweet gifs for your video cover letter

⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:58 (twelve years ago) link

we talked abt crossfit somewhere maybe the nutrition nazi thread xp

lag∞n, Sunday, 5 February 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link

one dude surrounded by 5 babes.

hmmmm

⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 5 February 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/NscHb.jpg

⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 5 February 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VXnFR5r9GQ

he explains in much more clear terms what his company does here

D-40, Sunday, 5 February 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link

omg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF2TbUdAXq4

D-40, Monday, 6 February 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link

lol @ "leaderonomics"

⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 6 February 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmeKAe7sieY&hd=1

D-40, Monday, 6 February 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link

s000 boring but pretty

D-40, Monday, 6 February 2012 00:38 (twelve years ago) link

otm

mh, Monday, 6 February 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link

would sip mojitos w/ her on the terr-ahs

chilli, Monday, 6 February 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link

oh hey she's a model too

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

⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 6 February 2012 01:11 (twelve years ago) link

song in that video is kind of a jam

D-40, Monday, 6 February 2012 01:34 (twelve years ago) link


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