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

sorry if gr8080 already posted this, he almost certainly has

http://www.mindvalley.com/culture/

The following is an extended version of Vishen Lakhiani’s TEDx KL talk on “Five Ways to Create the World’s Greatest Workplace”.

What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self- organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.

http://www.tedxkl.com/

be sure you check out the 'hall of awesomeness' beanbag scrum meeting at 10:00; the superhero awards, followed by the tradition of mounting the puppy

'a lot of people say it is the happiest moment of their week'

Just thought of this thread when I got to the taco restaurant part of this: http://www.vice.com/read/reasons-why-los-angeles-is-the-worst-place-ever

ha, the taco restaurant and cafe gratitude are two different things, but yeah.

I think we've covered cafe gratitude itt? or maybe I'm just confusing it with the UYD episode where they talk about it.

yeah, I misread, I definitely meant cafe gratitude

how the hell can you even name a place "cafe gratitude"?

Man, a founding father of all this BS is dead:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/motivational-speaker-zig-ziglar-author-of-see-you-at-the-top-dies-in-texas-at-age-86/2012/11/28/fa0db652-3981-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html

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.

http://www.aboutlizzie.com/

everything copyrighted to THE GYM which seems impossible to google

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

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.

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

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

amazing amazing

holy shit the video at the end of that article

steve lollmer

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2013/01/09/qualcomms-crazy-ces-2013-keynote-in-animated-gifs/

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

complete unedited wideangle

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

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

http://www.qualcomm.com/ces

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

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/Sprad/AreYouBornMobile_zps84b0820d.png

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

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

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

"i just pwned half the world"

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

incredible post/video

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

So so so good

http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/01/08/bornmobile-qualcomm-kicks-off-ces-2013/

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

I need a life couch

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.

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.

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.

oh my god

http://www.mindvalley.com/blog/office-drama/why-you-should-take-naps-in-our-office-to-motivate-us/

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/

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

http://www.alexandaniuniversity.com/course-offerings/lead-250-reality-management/

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

^^ every last word

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.

that description makes her sound like a sorceress

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)

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

www.wisdom2summit.com

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

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

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

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."

oh man