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

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.

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

lol cargo cult otm

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

...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

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.

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.

plus the occasional "jump to conclusions" mat

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!

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

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.

it was just him v. all the teachers??

yes

looooool

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.

he prayed to be victorious

tim tebow was a high school motivational speaker?

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1xGJZngN5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQey-2LP1E4

http://www.jimstovall.com/

um i think i found the vball guy

http://beatbob.com/

good god

well, right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO7ZP3JT5Lc

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

haha are you serious

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

Beat Bob sounds like Fred Willard.

dude is he using mannheim steamroller music?

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

Beat Bob sounds like Fred Willard.

totally

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

I'm tired just thinking about this.

http://i.imgur.com/40kH0.gif

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

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.

amazing thread

the mindvalley women! lawwwwwd

i'm going to apply for a job

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

we talked abt crossfit somewhere maybe the nutrition nazi thread xp

important

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150518365329694&set=a.411519644693.190349.254542759693&type=1&theater

one dude surrounded by 5 babes.

hmmmm

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

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

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

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

lol @ "leaderonomics"

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

s000 boring but pretty

otm

would sip mojitos w/ her on the terr-ahs

oh hey she's a model too

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

song in that video is kind of a jam