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  • @purple_kathryn
    @purple_kathryn Před 2 měsíci +2166

    It sounds like one of those "motivational" conferences that MLMs boss babes insist their downlines need to go to

    • @RybatGrimes
      @RybatGrimes Před 2 měsíci +1

      Omg for real. It was giving overzealous pastor in church healing people by smacking their foreheads. These kinds of people just seem like total bullshitters to me. They’re not “funny” or “insightful” they just know how to bullshit the money form your pocket.

    • @kkacperowski
      @kkacperowski Před 2 měsíci +187

      YEah it looks like a mega church service but just leaving out "god" and "jesus"

    • @d6d6d6d61
      @d6d6d6d61 Před 2 měsíci +46

      The podcast Oh No Ross and Carrie did a briliant episode on this with Tony Robbins, what a scam. The podcast is so funny though, well worth a listen!

    • @Tiukuli
      @Tiukuli Před 2 měsíci +59

      They talk so much but say so little, most of it is just good feels...

    • @AriannaGi
      @AriannaGi Před 2 měsíci +9

      I was about to say she should do one of those 🤣 because she wouldn't drink their Kool aid

  • @morgan5923
    @morgan5923 Před 2 měsíci +849

    The clip of the man speaking: that’s a church tactic. Took me right back to church. And made me angry, lol.

    • @coolliz21
      @coolliz21 Před 2 měsíci +42

      Agreed. Extremely off putting.

    • @titsmcass
      @titsmcass Před 2 měsíci +12

      SAME

    • @TheEighthAct
      @TheEighthAct Před měsícem +45

      I was like… this guy is just preaching

    • @gogomarioloshi
      @gogomarioloshi Před měsícem +24

      Lmao. I thought she ended up at church.

    • @filipeeeeeeeee5615
      @filipeeeeeeeee5615 Před měsícem +27

      Being Catholic I have an entirely different perspective of what “church” looks like. But I’ve seen how American evangelical churches are on TV and on the internet and now that I think of it, it doeees all look like a motivational lecture but with things about Jesus sprinkled throughout ahahah

  • @WolfoftheDM
    @WolfoftheDM Před 2 měsíci +580

    You’re being far too generous to these MLM-style snake oil conferences.

    • @taishea
      @taishea Před 2 měsíci +15

      👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @niknaksim
      @niknaksim Před 2 měsíci +46

      Right? I'm watching it again to see if I missed something.

    • @JoTheCreativeOne
      @JoTheCreativeOne Před měsícem +87

      Thank you. It is so off-putting to hear her not be criticizing this way harder.

    • @deathsheadcashew
      @deathsheadcashew Před měsícem +87

      I think she's in danger of falling down the rabbit hole tbh. I was surprised at how un-critical she was being of these type of tools. Everything about these conferences is a red flag and she said she likes these type of things for inspiration as an entrepreneur??? What.

    • @mykaruest3620
      @mykaruest3620 Před měsícem +2

      ​ @deathsheadcashew She doesn't research anything before posting and just nod her head a lot lol

  • @guy_fierihanna1034
    @guy_fierihanna1034 Před 2 měsíci +1252

    telling your loan officer “sweetie, you don’t understand what we do. i’m on a different level than you. just give me money now” seems like a great idea and definitely doesn’t make you seem like an insane white collar criminal and misogynist. is anyone surprised these guys didn’t advertise their women speakers event at all?

    • @wolffisu
      @wolffisu Před 2 měsíci +81

      Literally sounds like an MLM

    • @Anngrl69
      @Anngrl69 Před 2 měsíci +195

      Yeah, he points to his expensive car as proof that he has money. To me it signals he’s in large amounts of bad debt.
      He should prove he’s paid the car in full, made gains on investments, or that he has diverse sources of income. Having a luxury car means nothing and can easily be rented to fake an image

    • @truckerdave8465
      @truckerdave8465 Před 2 měsíci +61

      Which is also wild, because as a business owner the best thing you can do is put yourself on payroll.

    • @yourwife1111
      @yourwife1111 Před 2 měsíci +74

      I was TIRED of him the second he started talking he sucked the life out of me

    • @devinm33
      @devinm33 Před měsícem +13

      As if a bank has never dealt with a small business before.
      Maybe you're the one who "doesn't get it". God that was cringe.

  • @m0L3ify
    @m0L3ify Před 2 měsíci +540

    The arrogance of telling a woman at the bank that you're not like her and that she wouldn't understand your tax returns is pretty astounding.

    • @louschwick7301
      @louschwick7301 Před 2 měsíci +54

      I get it as a comedy bit, but like ... im rly curious who was laughing with the performance vs who was laughing at ut

    • @eabrah570
      @eabrah570 Před měsícem +18

      Seriously he sounded sooooo insufferable in that clip

    • @skylersloves
      @skylersloves Před měsícem +19

      Very disrespectful of him. Assuming she isn’t capable of doing her literal job. If she wasn’t capable she wouldn’t be a loan officer. I’m sure the bank wouldn’t put an idiot in charge of loans.

    • @Eyclonus
      @Eyclonus Před měsícem

      If you're actually King Dick at business, you don't have to talk to some random at a bank, they give you a dedicated contact. So this means he's either full of shit, or he's a wannabe.

  • @shadowblade145
    @shadowblade145 Před 2 měsíci +2571

    Please clap.

  • @stevenstrattonjr
    @stevenstrattonjr Před 2 měsíci +845

    Inspirational speaking is a cult imo, especially corporate ones. Toxic positivity is not good lol

    • @naurrr
      @naurrr Před 2 měsíci +8

      real

    • @Bethany9513
      @Bethany9513 Před 2 měsíci +46

      they also give off the same vibe as mega-church pastors to me? (could just be people talking passionately into a microphone though...)

    • @Tessa_Gr
      @Tessa_Gr Před 2 měsíci +25

      @@Bethany9513 No, you're definitely right.
      I'm doing my master in biology and while we don't get a ton of input on public speaking, it is a very important part you have to learn. You have to hold a lot of 20-30 min long talks completely in English (not being a native speaker), where you have to present really complex topics without glossing over important details, overexplaining/underexplaining or making it too flat. All while having to capture the interest of both other master students (who are almost completely new to that specific topic) and the professor (who read that paper more than once already).
      But when you actually want to convey information, not just emotion, you have to talk completely differently.
      We are always reminded to leave pauses so people can process what they heard. These guys talk way too quickly, and also with too loud of a voice, so that listening is not easy. The reason is probably that they don't want you to think too long about what they're actually saying. You're supposed to focus on the emotion and get swept up in it.
      If you printed every word they say on paper and read it at home, you'd not get much out of it.
      If you did it with any good scientific talk, you'd definitely still enjoy it and learn a lot.

    • @molluscumlore
      @molluscumlore Před měsícem +8

      At the very least it's all the same cadence. Like I could see how someone who either isn't used to it or is too used to it could be drawn in, but I grew up agnostic in the rural southern US. That shit activates my fight or flight. My public school would always have youth pastors or pastor-adjacent speakers speaking at assemblies and do it a few times a year. It was always a terrible experience, and often a bit scary because it's some guy in your non-religious school yelling at you about jesus and heaven and hell and shit and I just wanna go back to geometry.
      And of course debate-bros and evangelizers also use the same cadence when they're trying to "argue" (gish gallop) and exist outside of school assemblies. Makes me empathize with stereotypical jock bullies in 90's movies because nothing makes you want to shove a nerd into a locker more than a nerd who won't shut the fuck up and let you process information

  • @dirtworm420
    @dirtworm420 Před 2 měsíci +804

    Hearing rich men talk for hours on end sounds like a terrible day ngl

  • @JanusKastin
    @JanusKastin Před 2 měsíci +520

    This is smells like a prosperity gospel tent revival with all of the Jesus spraypainted over.

    • @FigmentForever
      @FigmentForever Před 2 měsíci +25

      100% - That Tim guy was loud & obnoxious

  • @GalacticPossum
    @GalacticPossum Před 2 měsíci +1116

    Just listening to him talking about paystubs and "We're different" made me ill. So condescending. So much snake oil in his veins. I'm talking physically uneasy.

    • @cw7414
      @cw7414 Před 2 měsíci +223

      Especially considering he’s speaking to a banker, who deals with people applying for loans/mortgages and she’s never dealt with an entrepreneur or business owner before 🙄

    • @katherinehaidara2967
      @katherinehaidara2967 Před 2 měsíci +134

      He’s really got the patronising vaguely sexist vibe going on

    • @Dr.Quarex
      @Dr.Quarex Před 2 měsíci +108

      "Honey, you don't get it, I am a man, I do real business stuff"

    • @owenlambert3498
      @owenlambert3498 Před 2 měsíci +54

      It made my skin crawl. insufferable

    • @hazelnuiit
      @hazelnuiit Před 2 měsíci +86

      She was just doing her job too 😮‍💨
      She probably asks for financial information to everyone regardless of background. Homegirl just wanted to process his shit and have him leave already...

  • @notstlouise
    @notstlouise Před 2 měsíci +1310

    i cant believe people find the "look at me" "clap" guy a personable speaker, just from those little clips amanda shared i am already tired and wrung out

    • @gladiatorinsweats
      @gladiatorinsweats Před 2 měsíci +146

      Yeah, the bar must be in hell because those clips made me audibly groan

    • @naurrr
      @naurrr Před 2 měsíci +54

      he sounds like someone on ❄️

    • @FigmentForever
      @FigmentForever Před 2 měsíci +144

      Gives me “overbearingly loud cult leader” vibes. Ick.

    • @dismurrart6648
      @dismurrart6648 Před 2 měsíci +15

      Some aspect of that isn't a bad idea especially if you do it occasionally, but yeah he overuses it

    • @TejuAbiola
      @TejuAbiola Před 2 měsíci +100

      Very much giving intense pastor, especially the language. That cadence is familiar and triggering lol

  • @gladiatorinsweats
    @gladiatorinsweats Před 2 měsíci +870

    I’m convinced people with money just don’t have high levels of discernment. Ain’t no way we are calling these people charismatic charmers based on these clips

    • @Sara-ri7qi
      @Sara-ri7qi Před 2 měsíci +70

      that clip came on of the guy talking to “linda” and i cannot imagine being impressed by that…

    • @Dr.Quarex
      @Dr.Quarex Před 2 měsíci +48

      Your wealth goals should be to have enough to pay your bills and cover emergencies and take a few vacations every year. The people at this conference think you are poor if you do not own a car more expensive than most houses

    • @amberisrad
      @amberisrad Před 2 měsíci +72

      amanda went way too easy on these guys LMFAO

    • @skunkjo3195
      @skunkjo3195 Před 2 měsíci +22

      ​​@@Dr.Quarexliterally. I work 4 days a week bc my job is insanely stressful. I could work more and ppl cannot understand why I don't - it's bc I can cover rent, going out with friends, and a vacation (albeit every two years lol). There is no material possession I want that is worth more than my extra day off 😂

    • @iandakariann
      @iandakariann Před 2 měsíci +23

      The secret is that money isn't a filter for skill. There are many ways of earning money, especially if morals aren't an issue, yet we assume the way they present themselves is the way they earned it.
      Just because a successful person is running a bakery doesn't mean they became successful because of the bakery.
      This is why you see a lot of 'charismatic'people with no charisma. They didn't get the money appealing to people. They got the money and then got on the stage.

  • @PurpleMonkeySox
    @PurpleMonkeySox Před 2 měsíci +347

    Amanda these scammers never give any real advice 😢

    • @dismurrart6648
      @dismurrart6648 Před 2 měsíci +137

      Thats not true. One time a guy told me that when my alarm goes off, i should just wake up. It solved my narcolepsy and now im a bossbabe

    • @JoTheCreativeOne
      @JoTheCreativeOne Před měsícem +55

      For real like it's weird watching her try to convince us she didnt get 100% scammed lmao

    • @dismurrart6648
      @dismurrart6648 Před měsícem +24

      @@JoTheCreativeOne it kinda feels like a mask slipping moment tbh. Not saying it is, just that that's what it feels like

    • @deathsheadcashew
      @deathsheadcashew Před měsícem

      ​@@dismurrart6648Her trying to gauge interest in a potential Trovatrip was a mask slip. Meant she either didn't do research on it or didn't care about what's being said about it.

  • @timothyrothrock7087
    @timothyrothrock7087 Před 2 měsíci +134

    Was this video an April fools troll? Motivational speakers are grifters.

  • @JoTheCreativeOne
    @JoTheCreativeOne Před 2 měsíci +102

    You have painted this a lot more positively than I think anyone should, everyone speaking seems insufferable. lol

  • @handuo6301
    @handuo6301 Před 2 měsíci +305

    I think it’s funny that the one talk you described as awkward and out of place sounds like the only talk I would have gotten anything “motivational” out of. Rich guys yelling at me to cut everyone with lower energy vibrations or whatever out of my life does nothing for me, a genuine sit-down conversation about finding your passion in life sounds kinda inspiring.

    • @maiarustad5062
      @maiarustad5062 Před 2 měsíci +78

      Right? I feel like Amanda drank the Kool aid a lil bit

    • @louschwick7301
      @louschwick7301 Před 2 měsíci +44

      I get what she meant, that it's like a bit of a wet blanket over the rest of the talks, but I had the opposite perspective
      That guy was the only one I found tolerable, and he rly emphasized how phony everyone else seemed

    • @PinkCatsy
      @PinkCatsy Před měsícem +1

      @@maiarustad5062 I think that this was part of her point to be honest

  • @derrickhegeman3205
    @derrickhegeman3205 Před 2 měsíci +250

    Maybe it's because I'm Autistic, but like, do people actually get stuff out of this? It always seems like they're repeating basic crap that you'd read in an article called "How To Run Your Buisnesss Like a Boss" but surrounded by a lot of hot air.

    • @RaroHi
      @RaroHi Před 2 měsíci +21

      This is how I feel.

    • @feralperil
      @feralperil Před 2 měsíci +15

      i feel the same honestly

    • @SilverDragonJay
      @SilverDragonJay Před 2 měsíci +34

      A big part of it is just the atmosphere, it tricks attendees into thinking that they're getting more out of it then they really are. You might be sitting there excitedly hanging on their every word but then once you leave and actually start thinking about what they told you, you realize that its incredibly vacuous. They're hoping that by that point in time you've invested so much time, energy, and money into it that you will resist that realization and insist that you did get something out of it.
      Its all a grift. And its one that they back up with psychology and the same tricks that cults and churches have been refining for hundreds, even thousands, of years.

    • @skylersloves
      @skylersloves Před měsícem +2

      I have autism too. It makes no sense to me. I feel the same way about stand up comedians. I just don’t get the appeal.

    • @drumblebee
      @drumblebee Před měsícem +4

      honestly, a lot of people are tricked into enjoying events like this because the speakers heighten the audiences emotions, they may say things that are broadly applicable to Living As A Human Person, but they say it in a way that people experience as a revelation because events like this try to bombard the senses to overwhelm ones ability to think clearly and rationally. its the same with how many cult leaders are or were considered charismatic, they say something that cant really be considered false but they also say it with conviction and play on the emotions of the people around them

  • @VoydSyren
    @VoydSyren Před 2 měsíci +195

    Tbh it just looks like you paid to go to church

    • @tatiana4050
      @tatiana4050 Před měsícem +1

      Isn't that how most of those big churches work anyway?
      You just pay after not before.

  • @dismurrart6648
    @dismurrart6648 Před 2 měsíci +202

    Tbh every single person you mentioned both positively and negatively seems insufferable

  • @naurrr
    @naurrr Před 2 měsíci +393

    this conference feels like a scam that they're desperately trying to convince all the attendees is worth the fee despite not offering a lot of practical advice. the language they use at these is culty and weirds me out too.
    I just think the majority of these are a huge waste of time and a grift on entrepreneurs. Really insidious.

  • @nova9973
    @nova9973 Před 2 měsíci +103

    An anti-scam/anti-MLM youtuber has talked about having attended and worked backstage at events like this. She explained the reason they make them so long and only put their most popular speakers on at the very beginning and at the very end of the event is so that the middle can be filled with a bunch of snake oil salespeople, 'course' peddlers and all round scammers that paid the organisers to be featured (that's how the organisers make money from this event). You need to sit through their 'inspirational' talks if you want to get to your favourite act and the organisers often don't allow you to leave and come back to avoid you only showing up in the morning and in the evening. And at the end of the day when you're tired out of your mind or maybe even a bit pumped from some of these people telling you to "JUST DO IT!", you are more susceptible to sales pitches, so they swoop in and get you to sign up for some bullshit course. BOOM PROFIT!

    • @louschwick7301
      @louschwick7301 Před 2 měsíci

      could u just dip and come in at the end of the day

    • @PinkCatsy
      @PinkCatsy Před měsícem +3

      ​@@louschwick7301 I think the thing is like, if you wanted to see particular speakers, you have no idea when their talk starts. So it'll be hard to know when to come back. I'm sure if I left one of these, I wouldn't come back tbh

    • @beekay7761
      @beekay7761 Před měsícem +6

      could you tell me who this is? would love to watch that video! sounds very interesting

  • @JessJeans
    @JessJeans Před 2 měsíci +143

    This all feels like Evangelical Christian / MLM hun conference

    • @drumblebee
      @drumblebee Před měsícem +1

      i was half expecting to see a lularoa banner in the background tbh

  • @KrisC849
    @KrisC849 Před 2 měsíci +377

    The people at this convention seem insufferable

  • @FinneasJedidiah
    @FinneasJedidiah Před 2 měsíci +347

    Man that guy talking about the bank was aggressively unfunny

    • @jaybee2337
      @jaybee2337 Před 2 měsíci +15

      The second hand embarrassment I felt.

    • @infamousNfamous
      @infamousNfamous Před měsícem +9

      Right? Imagine telling someone whose profession it is to look at someone's financial situation that they don't understand your financial situation. For all he knows, she has clients that make millions more than him. He was unnecessarily condescending.

  • @Harold_That_Guy
    @Harold_That_Guy Před 2 měsíci +303

    When motivational speakers border on proselytizing preacher energy I'm immediately checked out.

  • @danceraged8026
    @danceraged8026 Před 2 měsíci +92

    You can't seriously think that this people are charismatic, funny or were saying anything smart. Is this a late April fools joke?

  • @JediMasterRen
    @JediMasterRen Před 2 měsíci +162

    That one guy freaking out over giving the loan officer his tax returns because “it doesn’t look like he has money” is so 😭 I can assure you that she knows the difference between gross profit and taxable income my dude.

  • @caseyrichardson6941
    @caseyrichardson6941 Před 2 měsíci +737

    7am to 7pm is criminal

    • @m0ssle
      @m0ssle Před 2 měsíci +55

      gotta get all 3 meals into that schedule

    • @missaniebananie6473
      @missaniebananie6473 Před 2 měsíci +80

      They want you exhausted so that you are more suggestible and willing to sign up for whatever “pay to play” event they are advertising. These conferences are almost always a large event trying to sell you a smaller more expensive event.

    • @maritzarodriguez5106
      @maritzarodriguez5106 Před 2 měsíci +25

      7-7 with one break is MLM conference schedule

    • @haleymist09
      @haleymist09 Před 2 měsíci +20

      ​@missaniebananie6473 this right here. Exhaust them and sell to them. There's always another event, more and more expensive

    • @infamousNfamous
      @infamousNfamous Před měsícem +5

      Common MLM tactic. Exhaust people then hype them up with the talk so they'll spend more money, do whatever you suggest, etc. No meals breaks usually or just some "coffee and snacks" b.s.
      Edit: I commented before I read the thread and realized someone said this before me lol

  • @JeskidoYT
    @JeskidoYT Před 2 měsíci +102

    Hey amanda this conference ain't it. The speakers didn't expel any sympathy or empathy towards their audiences

  • @Tina-fj4xo
    @Tina-fj4xo Před 2 měsíci +110

    Cringe at that man telling his banker "you don't understand, im not like you, I don't do the pay cheque thing" is soo patronizing and rude. I've had clients try to pass of the whole "I have money bro, trust me" and my colleagues and I always have a good laugh. Some of the hardest clients to deal with lmao

  • @tangerinefairy0
    @tangerinefairy0 Před 2 měsíci +67

    I completely zoned out during this video. These types of people remind me of cult leaders and they love the sound of their own voice more than actually saying meaningful things.

    • @SaltedRain
      @SaltedRain Před 2 měsíci +1

      do you mean the woman who made the video seemed like that?

    • @tangerinefairy0
      @tangerinefairy0 Před 2 měsíci +8

      @@SaltedRain no, I mean the speakers at the event.

    • @SaltedRain
      @SaltedRain Před 2 měsíci

      @@tangerinefairy0 oh ok

  • @meow.4972
    @meow.4972 Před 2 měsíci +607

    Bringing "and everyone clapped" to a whole other meaning.

    • @piscesonpluto
      @piscesonpluto Před 2 měsíci +10

      and everyone clapped (as directed)

  • @ZeroExperiment
    @ZeroExperiment Před 2 měsíci +311

    the “funny man” wasn’t funny to me. In the immortal words of Tekken Marshall Law: I *HATE* rich people

  • @Marillawen
    @Marillawen Před 2 měsíci +165

    Listening to the clips that dude is completely the opposite of what I would find charismatic, saying a whole lotta words to say very little, speak/screaming, asking for clapping, I would've just left. But hey that's just me. Great video nonetheless!

    • @louschwick7301
      @louschwick7301 Před 2 měsíci

      He was very charismatic I think. What he wasn't was likable

    • @Tessa_Gr
      @Tessa_Gr Před 2 měsíci +10

      @@louschwick7301 Maybe to someone who is used to US-christian pastors? Only those talk like that, in my experience. Or maybe cult leaders.
      But to me charisma is someone you want to follow or be like or someone who could get you motivated to do something, you want to listen to. He was not any of that.
      Even this small clip was just exhausting. Trying to filter his speech for anything substantial is annyoing because he is way too loud. In the end I just thought there is nothing I can learn from him, because it all seems empty.

    • @louschwick7301
      @louschwick7301 Před 5 dny

      @@Tessa_Gr oh i agree, i thoroughly hated the guy, its just charisma as per my definition isnt necessarily likability, its mostly energy and crowd control. i think hes likable for a certain type of person, ie, the kind that would WANT to go to these business bs share sessions that exist for some reason

  • @redred7702
    @redred7702 Před 2 měsíci +93

    This entire thing feels sleezy and so, so off. From the clips it’s not charisma. It’s straight up harassment at this point.

  • @cocoachuu
    @cocoachuu Před 2 měsíci +201

    the audience literally laughs at any and everything. you just watched rich people , some with scam like personalities make poor/struggling/trying to survive people (which are most of us) the butt of the joke, as per usual. there’s no way that crowd is full of millionaires and billionaires, so the audience is self inflating their ego…by laughing at themselves and people just like them… crazy.

    • @Maluuh
      @Maluuh Před 2 měsíci +7

      As a brazilian you see that every day, if someone works their way up and ends up having an overseas job they are likely to randomly come back DESPISING every brazilian and saying that our culture is trash, its insane

    • @cocoachuu
      @cocoachuu Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@Maluuhself hate and lack of humbleness… it’s a shame

  • @blueamoguis1174
    @blueamoguis1174 Před 2 měsíci +96

    The whole event feels like a Megachurch sermon. The Pastor at my parents' old church did the same thing: told people when to clap, constantly told them to look at him, ect. The name Aspire also made me think this was going to be a video where Amanda went to a religious event lol.

  • @dubshelb
    @dubshelb Před 2 měsíci +60

    Ew, the ego-filled conservative red-pill masculing energy oozing from that event is a major ick. I wish all these "inspirational" speakers held the same amount of energy for community-building, empathy, charity, and philanthropy as they do for the "money game," hustle culture, material items, and tax write offs.

  • @SentinelRez
    @SentinelRez Před 2 měsíci +429

    Sometimes when I’m done training new employees I want to tell them to please clap after I’m done.

    • @ASHUHL3A
      @ASHUHL3A Před 2 měsíci +17

      I’ve clapped a couple of times once someone said ‘I think you’ve got it from here…’

    • @ciaociara
      @ciaociara Před 2 měsíci +1

      I need to do this. Thank you. 👏🏻

    • @OllieAnxious
      @OllieAnxious Před 2 měsíci +1

      Don't do this.. The guy at my orientation did this and it was incredibly awkward and stressful. Spare people the stress.

    • @cailinanne
      @cailinanne Před 2 měsíci +1

      Honestly, as someone who’s been in like 3 week long trainings, I think this is a valid request 😂

    • @cailinanne
      @cailinanne Před 2 měsíci +5

      @@OllieAnxiousoh yeah no never do it for something like an orientation!
      1+ week trainings only. And make sure you say “clap for yourselves” while you bow 😂

  • @deborahkerrs
    @deborahkerrs Před 2 měsíci +28

    i have no idea how you can enjoy going to events like this. just rich people yelling for no reason. "motivational speaking" will do nothing for your actual bank account

  • @Flowertot
    @Flowertot Před 2 měsíci +157

    It’s giving MLM energy

  • @magicmike191v2
    @magicmike191v2 Před 2 měsíci +55

    I hope Bank employee Linda is having a good day

  • @bernjobi
    @bernjobi Před 2 měsíci +83

    only two minutes in, and are these the type of conferences MLM huns will go to? so just the most basic and milquetoast motivational speeches, with some class hatred and romanticization of hella rich people?

  • @venom66656
    @venom66656 Před 2 měsíci +44

    Sorry but I can't see any value in any of these things. Especially that clip with Andrew talking about the bank stuff, dude's just talking about insulting and belittling a laborer for his own benefit.

  • @timothyfricke7821
    @timothyfricke7821 Před 2 měsíci +115

    Looking at something like this from outside of the world of business, 12 hours of inspirational speeches sounds like absolute hell. Honestly the thought of 2 hours of it makes my skin crawl

    • @the_crypter
      @the_crypter Před 2 měsíci +1

      Hell, as someone from Inside the world of business, it still seems like Hell. Absolute gibberish bullshit with no actual value. These aren't Businessmen or Entrepreneurs, they are snake oil merchants

  • @kimdalton5067
    @kimdalton5067 Před 2 měsíci +97

    I think my personal hell looks like this kind of conference

  • @whimsical_bitches_club
    @whimsical_bitches_club Před 2 měsíci +176

    honestly shocked you didn’t call this out for the scammy bullshit it is

    • @infamousNfamous
      @infamousNfamous Před měsícem +32

      Honestly yeah. This was way too positive of a video for an event that sounds super scammy. Not scam in the literal sense of "we took your money" but like, what is there even to get from this event? What was said that is actual business advice and motivational? Just sounds like a combo church revival/MLM hype event to me *shrug*

    • @davidfc7136
      @davidfc7136 Před měsícem +8

      @@infamousNfamous That was strange to me too. This just seems like another MLM scheme.

  • @evknightful
    @evknightful Před 2 měsíci +103

    All these people just give grifter energy to me.

  • @Orangecatinahoodie
    @Orangecatinahoodie Před 2 měsíci +228

    C’mon everybody little clap

    • @mothsprojects
      @mothsprojects Před 2 měsíci +75

      I hope this event can really teach me how to take $100,000 and turn it into 16 THOUSAND dollars

    • @frogdoin
      @frogdoin Před 2 měsíci +18

      Thats the first thing I thought about when I heard about clapping

    • @kb90654
      @kb90654 Před 2 měsíci +28

      I wonder what the venn diagram between swell and dropout is😊

    • @kibstar1
      @kibstar1 Před 2 měsíci +7

      excellent reference

    • @Playfulpat
      @Playfulpat Před 2 měsíci +10

      everybody do a little clap!!

  • @Pinay.Colada
    @Pinay.Colada Před 2 měsíci +57

    I had this playing in the background and for a second thought the algorithm brought me to the fundamentalist side of CZcams accidentally. He speaks like a televangelist.

  • @FigmentForever
    @FigmentForever Před 2 měsíci +107

    I was instantly put off by the fact that the Tim Story guy seemed exactly like the cult indoctrination men I was forced into watching/listening to as a child. Instant swerve, as I got enough of that PTSD-inducing insanity growing up.

  • @niknaksim
    @niknaksim Před 2 měsíci +54

    9:35 ok but its not an entrepreneur conference... its a hustler/scam conference? It's weird that you've not focused on that....

  • @farrah2558
    @farrah2558 Před 2 měsíci +53

    that “im not like you “speech taxes thing seemed like he was speaking down upon w2 people ? like that seemed so condescending

  • @Tayturs
    @Tayturs Před 2 měsíci +42

    The icky grifter vibes are off the charts. These dudes talk like televangelists. Do not like.

  • @guy_fierihanna1034
    @guy_fierihanna1034 Před 2 měsíci +56

    how tf do whole rooms of people fall for these hucksters

  • @justoverit
    @justoverit Před 2 měsíci +56

    I genuinely dont feel like events like this actually benefit people. Everyone just spends an ungodly amoutn of money to go to motivational event after event and dont get any personalized advice. Its always just felt kinda scammy.

  • @JohnH1
    @JohnH1 Před 2 měsíci +61

    So Aspire is a troop of travelling snake oil hawkers.

  • @Lackaday.
    @Lackaday. Před 2 měsíci +38

    "Look at me" what am I, a dog?

  • @LayP
    @LayP Před 2 měsíci +41

    What that guy did asking people to look at him and clap is a church thing.. some churches here have entire courses to train on how to speak and engage the audience in order to receive the most amount of donations..

  • @LC-le9ew
    @LC-le9ew Před 2 měsíci +25

    I cannot clap for tax evaders.

  • @dean.nyc.
    @dean.nyc. Před 2 měsíci +75

    ‘Why am I talking with a grown adult about cutting in line at 7am’ 😭😭😭

  • @177Peaches
    @177Peaches Před 2 měsíci +25

    This sounds like a scam in my opinion.

  • @alienjesus796
    @alienjesus796 Před 2 měsíci +45

    crazy how much america loves these motivational talks. They made us watch them in my UK school and it was always a loud American. It's interesting because most of these talks aren't even about anything specifically American... except the way most of them focus on the american dream "work your way up" sort of lifestyle I guess? Hearing there is an entire event just for these speeches in the US is so funny to me.

    • @louschwick7301
      @louschwick7301 Před 2 měsíci +3

      they have them here too, and i find them insufferable whenever i get dragged to them

  • @alexisk8888
    @alexisk8888 Před 2 měsíci +19

    This is screaming scam to me.

  • @JabberWicki
    @JabberWicki Před měsícem +11

    Sooo I'm getting a PhD in business and my research area is corruption and corporate malfeasance... these conferences are 100% scams. Grifters always seem charismatic and appealing (especially to a tired audience -- 7am start time is a clue), it's how they're able to complete the grift. I wouldn't put another on your schedule unless you really enjoy parting with your money.

  • @DogMechanic
    @DogMechanic Před 2 měsíci +30

    I've literally never understood these seminar things. The only feeling I get when I think about them is "Oh, boy. I can't wait to spend 500$ on this rich guys 'workshop' when I could do any other more useful thing with it, like put it in a savings account, or pay a guy to come amputate my arms and legs with an olive fork, which would take just as long, but be less painful."

  • @veronicamaine3813
    @veronicamaine3813 Před měsícem +15

    Amanda, I say this with love but if you are ever in a room like this again - locate the exits and run. This is cult programming tactics. The fact you weren’t ranting against this makes me think you’ve been in LA too long.

  • @ophylias2107
    @ophylias2107 Před 2 měsíci +31

    The guy who told the crowd to clap... It honestly sounds like a very common thing I've heard preachers do. A lot of "put your hands together," "Clap one more time," let's make some noise" etc is not unheard of in a pulpit. Granted, this was not a pulpit, but I have definitely heard special motivational speaker guests say the same things in pulpits.

    • @infamousNfamous
      @infamousNfamous Před měsícem +1

      Literally he was doing the business version of "can I get an AMEN" "let me hear you make some noise for the lord" etc.

  • @Brams2777
    @Brams2777 Před 2 měsíci +113

    C'mon everybody give me a little clap

  • @ilikebread757
    @ilikebread757 Před 2 měsíci +23

    ngl the whole “look at me/eyes on me” gave me youth group ptsd flashbacks /lh /nsrs

  • @WolfoftheDM
    @WolfoftheDM Před 2 měsíci +23

    If someone asked me to clap more than once, I’d pointedly stand with my hands at my sides out of spite LOL

    • @issecret1
      @issecret1 Před 4 dny

      Or to watch them. Oh, guess it's time to get the phone out

  • @eastdakota6954
    @eastdakota6954 Před 2 měsíci +61

    all of the clips just cemented how insufferable these types of people are. the whole event has mega-church vibes

  • @lisahoshowsky4251
    @lisahoshowsky4251 Před 2 měsíci +41

    I’m sorry but having people show up shortly after 6am to an event that’s scheduled to go until 7pm and is meant to be energizing and motivational is wild. No one can be “on” for over 12 hours

  • @gunkyzip
    @gunkyzip Před 2 měsíci +29

    Tim: They can't stab you in the back if you don't let them on the inside.
    What?
    Literally anyone outside of a circle can stab you in the back, your argument is terrible and so are you.

    • @DooDlingDulces
      @DooDlingDulces Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yeah even as a metaphor that just straight up bad
      He could just say something about poisoning but I guess that type of personality doesn't understand anything but direct aggression

    • @Tessa_Gr
      @Tessa_Gr Před 2 měsíci +3

      It would have made sense if he said "they can't stab you in the back if you never turn it to them" or something like that. Like saying don't just trust anyone. But that is total bs.
      I think he didn't understand what that actually means.
      He's just saying words without any thinking involved, I fear.

    • @rachelv673
      @rachelv673 Před 4 dny +1

      ​@@Tessa_GrHe's awkwardly mixing a bunch of 'motivational' buzzphrases, so with the persuasive, rapid-fire pitch he's doing, the audience is going to understand what he means and react to it even though it doesn't actually make sense.
      He's mixing up the concept that being close with people means vulnerability, and it's vulnerable to not have someone in your line of sight. So it's the idea of being selective with who you're close enough to that no one who would abuse it is able to hurt you where you're vulnerable.
      On its own, that ends up being solid advice, but motivation-bros turn it into justifying an echo chamber. If people aren't supporting your dreams (aka if they question whether what you're doing is healthy/fiscally-wise/legal), they're in your way and you don't need that in your life. It's a very cult-y thing MLMs and some businesses do to get people to double down instead of questioning things

  • @winterburden
    @winterburden Před 2 měsíci +253

    Thanks for this swell video Swell, everyone please clap!

    • @lukewarmsoda1147
      @lukewarmsoda1147 Před 2 měsíci +8

      👏👏👏

    • @Idk39432
      @Idk39432 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Why is your comment from 5 hours ago 😭

    • @DieAlteistwiederda
      @DieAlteistwiederda Před 2 měsíci +11

      ​@@Idk39432Patreon supporter & she shared a link before making it public for everyone? Usually what is going on.

    • @Idk39432
      @Idk39432 Před 2 měsíci

      @@DieAlteistwiederda ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

  • @AnimalLover101195
    @AnimalLover101195 Před 2 měsíci +16

    this sounds like a flat out scam ngl

  • @AaronJL
    @AaronJL Před 2 měsíci +79

    It's giving Jeb Bush "please clap." 🤣

  • @KateTries
    @KateTries Před 2 měsíci +24

    The "eyes on me." "Look at me." and "here's where you clap" thing just tells me this guy thinks his audience is full of idiots.

  • @aksez2u
    @aksez2u Před 2 měsíci +14

    Having been to several business conferences with my husband featuring key note speaker, motivational speakers, etc. I would NEVER voluntarily attend something like this, let alone PAY to attend.

  • @the_agate_gate3782
    @the_agate_gate3782 Před 2 měsíci +20

    Maybe I’m just a spiteful person, but if someone kept telling me to look at them and clap I’d find it extremely irritating and refuse to do either.
    It also seems very desperate. Reminds me of Tywin’s line, “A king that needs to say “I am the king” is no true king”.

  • @montananerd8244
    @montananerd8244 Před 2 měsíci +25

    It’s very easy to create “motivational” content that can feel very powerful in the moment, but is actually just fluff and nonsense. Evidence based personal development is awesome but requires research, testing things out, complex matrices etc. The more expensive, the less valuable in many cases

    • @3ikilee
      @3ikilee Před 2 měsíci +5

      Yeah, to me “motivational” speakers have always just come off as sales people so I’ve never really been a fan

  • @marekdg
    @marekdg Před 2 měsíci +39

    It’s giving MLM😂

  • @rainbowfranklin
    @rainbowfranklin Před 2 měsíci +35

    Reminds me of Jeb Bush when he was speaking to a whole room and everyone was booing him and even his mom wasn't clapping and he sounds like his soul is dead and he meekly squeaks out "Please clap...".

    • @F13Helm
      @F13Helm Před 2 měsíci +2

      It was an attempt at a joke, not a great one, but he tried to be funny.

  • @meaniepanini3198
    @meaniepanini3198 Před 2 měsíci +16

    That guy talking was sooooo preacher talk coded I got flashbacks lmaoooo hate it 🫶🏽

  • @Man-ej6uv
    @Man-ej6uv Před 2 měsíci +128

    and then they all clapped

  • @xDyxe
    @xDyxe Před 2 měsíci +27

    I was duped into a ugly cheap shirt that just says "human" by a very good speaker at a key club convention when I was in highschool and I could not remember the contents nor why I spent $30 on that once I returned home...this sounds like that but on crack.

  • @lorrygoth
    @lorrygoth Před 2 měsíci +48

    Even just the clips are torture to listen to. No wonder you left early.

  • @sonnybear5029
    @sonnybear5029 Před 2 měsíci +49

    Don't worry swell i clapped for the whole length of this video

  • @crazycatlady2744
    @crazycatlady2744 Před 2 měsíci +20

    These speakers are cringe. I'm convinced everyone speaking at these events is on coke.

  • @deepseasquid7961
    @deepseasquid7961 Před 2 měsíci +17

    All those clips are an absolutely pain to listen to, I cant imagine sitting through an entire day of that..

  • @QueenKunta
    @QueenKunta Před 2 měsíci +13

    FYI If you want more this: 11:47-12:12, you can get it at your average Black Pentecostal church. Source: I got my fair share of this at least 3x a week growing up. “Can I get a clap” = “Can I get an amen/Yall don’t hear me now”
    If I had any advice for that guy it would be to as for “a little clap” ala Very Important People from Dropout.

  • @Jmonkeh
    @Jmonkeh Před 2 měsíci +13

    Sooooooo....
    That all sounded culty. Or yeah like an MLM. Lol

  • @SamChrisKombo
    @SamChrisKombo Před měsícem +6

    It's giving... Megachurch

  • @catsock
    @catsock Před měsícem +3

    “look at me” “eyes on me” my brother in christ, i am actively looking at my phone if you command me like a dog

  • @aurumarma5711
    @aurumarma5711 Před 2 měsíci +28

    I hate that so much. Went to the doctor the other day and he did some tests. When he came back in the room he just said "clap". Like, you're doing your job I'm not going to applaud you.

    • @digitaljay95
      @digitaljay95 Před 2 měsíci +10

      yeah im gonna go ahead and assume he didn't actually want you to clap

    • @SterlingMorgenstern
      @SterlingMorgenstern Před 2 měsíci +5

      Doc probably should have thrown a "the" in front of that statement if you been doing a different kind of clapping 😹😹

  • @TheEighthAct
    @TheEighthAct Před měsícem +10

    Amanda, have you… ever been to a church?

  • @disaidra
    @disaidra Před 2 měsíci +53

    7am...7...am.....I get that this is aimed at go getter grifter side hustle types but that's ridonculous

  • @pokeppokep
    @pokeppokep Před 2 měsíci +9

    How are these people any different from MLM boss babes? Educating people by making motivational speeches, who then learn to give motivational speeches to other gullible people? No value added to the world whatsoever.

  • @m0L3ify
    @m0L3ify Před 2 měsíci +11

    The one thing I've definitely learned from going down the proverbial rabbit hole of motivational classes/events is that if there's a permanent discount, it's not a discount. That's just the price, and they're trying to manipulate people's psychology into thinking they have to act fast to get the 'deal,' or that they actually saved money by spending money. That somehow they got in while the getting was good and are special or savvy somehow. It's a con. The last one I encountered wasn't even discounted. They just hid their regular prices from public view and then claimed it was a 60% discount when it wasn't discounted at all. They literally pitched it as "our New Year's gift to you" when all they did was hand people an empty box and charge them for the wrapping paper. Another one I've seen is the "introductory" half-off flash sale for a new course that makes it seem like it's way more expensive than it actually is when the 'sale' price is already way overpriced compared to the value you get from it, and the sale never actually ends. So this event's "sale" on ticket prices is a big ol' red flag to me.

  • @starryskies9655
    @starryskies9655 Před 2 měsíci +15

    “Thought Leader” oh, I thought I hated the term influencer but I hate thought leader 10x more