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s3ldom t1_iqml8zl wrote

A company I worked for long ago paid for several of us, in sales/biz dev related roles, to attend one of these seminars.

For the first 30-40 minutes, you could see that Zig was building the audience up for his big "reveal" of how to be successful, etc.

I went along with his hokey mannerisms and outdated vernacular in hopes that there was something useful to be gained here, some way that I could find a kennel of knowledge to do better in my job.

Well, turns out that you just need to do what the bible says and you will be successful. His whole pitch was "be a good Christian" and success will follow.

I got up and walked out at that point. There was probably another 45 minutes to go and I was just so pissed that I had wasted time on that bs, because the job was difficult and I was working 100% commission and really was hoping to gain an edge. Worst presentation ever.

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herbertfilby t1_iqn8obx wrote

If you were being a good Christian, you would have genuflected on the way out lol

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vpeshitclothing t1_iqpzczs wrote

TIL:

Genuflect:

  • lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect.

"she genuflected and crossed herself"

  • show deference or servility.

"her party still genuflects to her, and a core within it reflexively venerates her"

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CaptainTripps82 t1_iqop1yj wrote

Reminds me of Clement Stone or whatever, positive mental attitude. Job I had selling insurance was big on pushing his rhetoric.

On the one hand, it's good simple advice, on the other the following is cultish and generally misguided/ borderline exploitative

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krispru1 t1_iqro2a2 wrote

But isn’t it all about the power of positivity? Simple but not simple to do

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