Selling Ginsu Knives of the Soul

Note from The Cube: 'Have been required to attend bi-monthly offsite one-day seminars this past year - part of a Company "Improvement" Policy designed to upgrade work skills without actually investing in higher education. There is an entire workbook of programmed "notes," but these are the personal additions in the margins . . .

50 cliches in a row - rapid fire - impressive. I bet she sells Ginsu knives on the side.

Who is the audience for her? Us?

Loud.

Chitlin' Circuit entertainment: Energy + Volume

Can we drop any more names? No, because she will be selling their books and tapes later today and this is the set-up to the pitch.

Note that, so far, 40% of this seminar is interchangeable with last seminar on a different topic.

Good idea: Skills not Pills.

Long on generalities that could go with any "motivational" topic.

????Thinking about that: I didn't know that this was supposed to be a motivational seminar.

Asking questions but not looking for answers - already has "answers."

It's a genre.

White noise after a while.

Diva acting. (I suppose I could do this, too - do do it - but get tired of it quickly)

"Motivational" seminars: without context of society - very Me oriented - lip service to religion and culture, but self-esteem is the core.

Very smugly proud of how "innovative" she is. Maybe she's right, since this seems new to so many. But, after only 1 seminar, I already know the slogans for this one - and, theoretically, it is on a different topic.