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

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At the age of 20, Nick was living the life of a rockstar traveling the world in one of Australia’s most popular bands, Sneaky Sound System. At 26 when his super cute son Leo was born, Nick made the switch to real estate (he did what!) and in 4 short years was awarded the top sales person in Australia with an average sale price of $7M.

(he did whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!)

i wish i could remember exactly how my former roommate phrased her central Landmark metaphor--something about building a foundation for a house that she used for every real-life situation. Mordy, do you remember anything about this?

Have not heard this metaphor, sorry...

lol now i want a comedic series based based on motivational speakers in the style of Party Down

Up In The Air should have been about George Clooney's motivational speaking.

(he did what!)

http://mms.new-paradigm.net/sites/default/files/lifeactbutton_home.jpg

*clicks*

(Get a what!)

(what!)

frinstance i googled one of these dude's moneymaking scheme + "scam" and got hundreds of fake wordpress pages

― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:48 AM (1 minute ago)

this is going to be like deathdrone, isn't it

― horseshoe, Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:51 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha oh no *stares into abyss*

― lag∞n, Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:51 AM (17 seconds ago)

on that note I would like to fully disclose to the ILX community that while I briefly considered starting this thread on 77, it was a very conscious decision to post it on a publicly-viewable board.

namaste.

the thing is i think i'm translating her totally incomprehensible metaphor to one that makes more sense to me...it was all about laying foundations for good relationships but the metaphor wasn't of building a house it was something i could never make any sense of and of course i've completely forgotten it. she would just walk around our suite saying so many things and i could understand none of them! it was genuinely scary. i was young, i guess, but it was like invasion of the body snatchers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aew4qoWSFY8&feature=related

so, what do we think? husband? brother?

Malek Houlihan

Malek is a veteran musician and storyteller who has performed over 1,200 times in 9 countries. He began lecturing on stage at seven years old and was one of the first musical acts officially sponsored by Myspace. ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper the memoirs that weave through his unique live show. He has been featured on Warped Tour, MTV, NPR, Brain World, independent films, and major magazines.

^ the abyss xp

I've spent most of my professional life fighting these frauds.

on that note I would like to fully disclose to the ILX community that while I briefly considered starting this thread on 77, it was a very conscious decision to post it on a publicly-viewable board.

namaste.

― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:54 PM (4 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha was just thinking abt what yr decision making process on that one mustve been

ctr-f "success" - found 28 times

‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper the memoirs that weave through his unique live show.

cool story

I've spent most of my professional life fighting these frauds.

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:55 PM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What work do you do?

Mike started and failed his fair share of companies and projects before building the successful tech muscle called Tech Guys Who Get Marketing. Tech Guys, as it’s usually called, specializes in helping companies increase their efficiency with technology, with a keen eye for marketing.

successful tech muscle

it is truly amazing how much these people talk about marketing without ever mentioning what the product is they're marketing

"one of the first musical acts officially sponsored by Myspace"

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is truly amazing how much these people talk about marketing without ever mentioning what the product is they're marketing

― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:58 PM (19 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://i.imgur.com/44JR5.png

they're no sneaky sound system.

What work do you do?

Our student media department falls under a certain university division known for and expected to produce motivational twaddle. Before this I worked at a local bookstore whose biggest source of revenue (after travel guides and dictionaries) was New Age campfire fodder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7KUP2oI9V8

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Jonathan Budd

Jonathan Budd’s mission in life is to contribute in any way possible to the global shift that must happen on this planet, in order for humanity to create a sustainable, just, & fulfilling future for all. Combining powerful spiritual and transformation principles with the game of making money… he teaches his students how to go BEYOND the surface when it comes to their goals in life… and tap into a much deeper & meaningful fulfillment that comes when making money is about something much more than just making money. Having earned his first $10,000,000 by age 26, & being recognized as one of the most influential leaders in the world of home business… Jonathan is just getting started bringing this message to the world.

Jonathan "Fedora" Budd

making money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making moneymaking money is about something much more than just making money

more than just about making money making money making money $10,000,000

lolol xpost

his first $10,000,000! that proverbial first $10,000,000.

Editor of Mindvalley’s FinerMinds Network, Leanne (a.k.a. Bee) has a penchant for graffiti-print Converse, poetry slams and hard hitting drum & base.

hoos maybe you oughta...

global shift

planet

humanity

making money making money making money making money making money making money

real actual TED connect!

Cindy Gallop

Cindy Gallop’s background is brand building, marketing and advertising – she started up the US office of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty in New York in 1998 and in 2003 was named Advertising Woman of the Year. She is the founder and CEO of www.IfWeRanTheWorld.com, a web meets world platform designed to turn good intentions into action one microaction at a time, which launched in beta with a demo at TED 2010, and of www.makelovenotporn.com, launched at TED 2009.

ok one more

Kelsey Grant

Kelsey Grant is an intuitive healer, relationship coach and group facilitator. Her life’s calling is to work with those who are ready to venture onto their path of awakening and lovingly support them in their journey. Some of her favourite healing and coaching tools she draws her healing work from are subconscious re-programming, meditation, crystal healings, oracle readings, healing touch and conscious creation scripting. The three principals Kelsey operates from each day are Love, Intimacy and Inspiration. You can count on her for a kind word, a burst of positive energy, a good heart mist and a deep soul sista connection.

what in hell is that

omar, i don't want to minimize your experience with this but this is all pretty much not true. it's is a semi-offshoot of scientology in the sense of werner erhard did scientology before "inventing" Est (which is what Landmark really is an offshoot of). but they don't promise to get rid of all negative energy, you're not supposed to let all your secrets out while talking at a seminar (they're pretty rigidly organized and are mostly lecture-based), you don't talk away the pain, they don't make you teach courses, and it is not only not suggested that you cut out negative people from your life but the organization is primarily designed around improving people's relationships w/ family members / people in their actual real lives. I've done courses with Landmark (tho not for many years) and I've literally heard ppl in positions of leadership tell groupies, "If you do this course and what you get out of it is you start to hang out and Landmark with all your new Landmark friends, you've basically wasted your time. It's only of value if you use it in your life."

Re: what "it" is, is primarily (it seems to me) basic continental philosophy and I suspect it's not dissimilar to those practical philosophy courses they advertise on the MTA subway.

nb I think it fits really nicely on this thread but if we're going to talk about it we're should probably talk about what it actually is and not call it a super-cult. And I'm sure your friends did ostracize you bc of Landmark, but I know that isn't encouraged at all.

― Mordy, Thursday, 2 February 2012 14:00 (3 hours ago) Permalink

eh it's a pyramid scheme w/definitely creepy elements that people take the wrong way and sure it's not "encouraged" but it's so high-pressure that it's basically culty and anything this particular strain of "self-help" that people think it AMAZING is really not, because it's a con game imo. people should give themselves more credit for their improvement, and i think w/r/t things like this they tend to, like i said, get dead-eyed. i've known more than two people involved, fwiw. i've just had two close friends who turned particularly high-pressure. the others were just a bit obnoxious about it.

this is actually my favourite, everything about it is amazing:

Ewa Wysocka is Mindvalley’s top secret, clandestine, underground marketing super weapon. Co-founder of Mindvalley Poland, Eva and her team will singlehandedly revive the Eurozone with their infusion of entrepreneurial resources and education. She is also a leading contender for the next James Bond movie villian…the one where James Bond switches sides due to Eva’s superior marketing and influence skills and the audience roots for her instead. Known affectionately as Mindvalley’s very own Honey Badger due to her incredible persistence in the face of challenges, deadlines and ability to laugh in the face of adversity.

She is also a leading contender for the next James Bond movie villian…the one where James Bond switches sides due to Eva’s superior marketing and influence skills and the audience roots for her instead.

she should maybe see a doctor about that

xxp about "heart mist"

i don't want to nitpick bc i think you have a legitimate claim against it - i think participants can be obnoxious and i think that people should give themselves more credit for their improvement. it isn't a pyramid scheme, tho, since participants don't get any kickback for enrolling new people in the course. xxxp

I think they meant "good hard fist".

my wife's ex pressured her on landmark too, i think it was a tipping point towards breakup (that and a particularly terrible halloween costume, which is another story for another thread.)

lol emil.y

man i heard the new james bond movie is supposed to be really weird

don't want to derail the thread but I have friends who have gotten really into AA over the past couple years and they are now moving closer and closer to shit like this

it's basically a pyramid scheme that doesn't help you but helps the group, then. i know plenty of people here in l.a. (which is admittedly perhaps more obnoxious about it and here it's more culty perhaps) who have experienced it and the ones who are acolytes are, of course, super into it (which is stupid imo) and the ones who have friends who have gone that route share similar tales of them changing for the worse w/r/t being a spokesperson or recruiter waaaaay too often.

wait there's repeats

Malek Houlihan

Professional musician who has logged over 1,100 lifetime performances in 9 countries. His music is heard in film, on TV and radio, and he has a vast loyal following. Malek is also deemed one of the “Greatest Storytellers” on stage and his story his mysteriously overcoming brain injury will move you to tears.