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

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some days, I would happily take the challenge if someone offered something that might bust my cynicism

mh, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link

The idea behind this is that when you surround yourself with images [that you’ve torn out from various magazines] of who you want to become, what you want to have, where you want to live, or where you want to vacation, your life changes to match those images and those desires.

Sweet grief! I have seen magazines. They do not contain images of "who I want to become." This is why I read books. The kind without pictures on every page.

Aimless, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link

dont forget abt the people who do it via youtube slideshow, as covered upthread.

it reminds me of friends i had growing up who had 40 year old moms that would tape photos to the fridge of 20 year old models they cut out of Cosmo and Redbook, as a way of somehow motivating them to lose weight

♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link

i'm a visual person, and visual reminders can be effective motivators... but still, the whole practice of anyone participating in something like this after finishing the 9th grade is such a bummer to me

♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link

A.K.A. "treasure mapping"

shur fine (am0n), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link

http://www.happiness-information.com/treasure-mapping.html

What is Treasure Mapping?

Treasure Mapping is the process of creating a photo collage which includes images and words that express your goals and desires. This type of collage can also be referred to as a Vision Board, Story Board or a Dream Board.
In Creative Visualization, Shakti Gawain writes that, “You can make a treasure map by drawing or painting it, or by making a collage using pictures and words cut from magazines, books or cards, photographs, drawings, and so on.” Shakti explains that, “A treasure map is an actual, physical picture of your desired reality. Basically the treasure map should show you in your ideal scene, with your goal fully realized.”

While creating a Treasure Map can assist you in manifesting desires of your personality (usually material items), Treasure Mapping is also a great way to explore the desires of your soul. Thru your intention, Treasure Mapping can call forth desires that live deep within your heart, desires that are waiting to be remembered or even awakened for the first time.

shur fine (am0n), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link

its funny that something first grade teachers came up with to entertain kids during recess on a rain day is like something that people now base entire careers and workshops aroud

heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link

gr8080 is this her

(pic deleted with poster's ok)

shur fine (am0n), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link

feel like maybe I need a young lady to feng shui my life

mh, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link

man we have a thing we do called treasure mapping but it's very different if you catch my drift

same old song and placenta (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link

I know what boat you're rowing

mh, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link

jeez am0n you could have at least hosted it on imgur or something

♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link

haha sorry u can mod request it 2 b removed

shur fine (am0n), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link

(vision deleted)

shur fine (am0n), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link

http://www.visualgoalsetting.com/

shur fine (am0n), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link

maybe it wasnt her ;)

♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link

http://oi41.tinypic.com/2zh1g7r.jpg

shur fine (am0n), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link

as well as being randomly kidnapped in turkey

A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link

http://www.visualgoalsetting.com/Images/bonus1.jpg

shur fine (am0n), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link

"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything"

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........

shur fine (am0n), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link

that is the least true truism on Earth

IME, ppl who don't stand for anything are ruthlessly engaged in the pursuit of self-preservation and self-advancement and will go out of their way to use others to further their careers and then abandon them once they've outlived their usefulness; they are among the LEAST gullible ppl and spend all of their time maneuvering the more gullible into doing shit for them

THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link

those ppl you're describing do stand for something, it's just single-minded psychopathic self-gratification

Mordy, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link

libertarians ime

mh, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link

MBAs, more like

THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link

two weeks pass...

i honestly wish i could go back to the day i fell down this rabbit hole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQHkYbC0ylo

gucci gyoza (tpp), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link

it never gets less strange to keep seeing ppl i know show up on an ilx thread.
also, any one know anything about gamechangers500 ? cos apparently mindvalley is listed on it and it feels very strange to see it listed in the same breath as ummm facebook whole foods zappos and other companies that seem far more famous to me.

KLurker, Friday, 20 April 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link

meditation room!

♆ (gr8080), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link

kewl beanbags

╭∩╮(︶︿︶)╭∩╮ (am0n), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link

kewl upspeak rising vocal inflections

╭∩╮(︶︿︶)╭∩╮ (am0n), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link

almost put this on ILP, but I'm endlessly fascinated with a subculture of wedding photographers that (in my mind) bleeds deeply into the self-help culture - workshops about personal branding and marketing, 'beautiful people'-speak, etc.

ex. - watch the video here:
http://www.jasmine-star.com/#/documentary/

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 20 April 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 21 April 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link

is this a missing link between awesomefest + TED?

http://lesswrong.com/lw/b98/minicamps_on_rationality_and_awesomeness_may_1113/

Mordy, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:31 (twelve years ago) link

http://measureofdoubt.com/

really trying for that megacycles vibe here

goole, Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link

POSSIBLY THE WORLD’S #1 BROTHER-SISTER BLOG ABOUT RATIONALITY, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY.

♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link

Massimo and I discuss the “simulation argument” — the case that it’s roughly 20% likely that we live in a computer simulation

i can't put myself thru another tawdry video today but 20%? where the fuck have they pulled a figure from??

seapunk run. run punk run! (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link

i have read the simulation argument in its original form and they are pulling that number out of their asses.

call all destroyer, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link

yeah i've read simulation arguments and i suspect that's where the figure came from

lol science

seapunk run. run punk run! (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link

They are ignoring Havgradot's Law:

"Numbers pulled out of one's ass are always subject to signifigant rounding errors."

Aimless, Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link

Rationality: You'll practice many specific techniques (e.g. Fermi calculations, applying Bayes' theorem and cognitive biases to daily life, seeing how using fungibility can boost your goal achievement); develop a map of your rationality strengths and gaps; and learn how to continue learning rationality after the program.

Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link

would really like to know how to apply Bayes' theorem to daily life. Would need a big lookup table for prior and conditional probabilities of real-life events.

raw feel vegan (silby), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link

using fungibility can boost your goal achievement, cant wait

lag∞n, Monday, 30 April 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link

i do want to say that the rationality people, while a little eccentric, have 100000x more actual stuff to offer than the awesomeness vendors featured in the main body of this thread

Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link

everyone has a cult that they're favorably inclined towards

Mordy, Monday, 30 April 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link

if you were forced to make a decision based SOLELY on the people, and NOT take in to consideration the accommodations, parties, or drugs, who would you rather spend a weekend with:

  • Burning Man people
  • Awesomeness Fest people

♆ (gr8080), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link

Burning Man, without question

raw feel vegan (silby), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link

I don't know if those are separable

mh, Monday, 30 April 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link

I mean, the people and the accommodations/location/parties/drugs

mh, Monday, 30 April 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link

was going to say Burning Man immediately, but the ladies of Awesomeness Fest are pretty hot

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link

yeah i dunno... i kicked it w/ a grip of burners last nite and i might have to pick awesomeness fest ppl

♆ (gr8080), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link


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