there was a modern philosopher who already tackled these issues and put what this woman is saying in a simple and easy way to remember on a daily basis.

Uhh I couldn`t stand her the second she walked on stage

Not the best TED.

Mentally I equate the words "life coach" with "tarot card reader", "medium", "time share salesman", "politician" and various other useless parasitic forms of life.

TED is supposed to be about sharing grand ideas, not this self-help bullshit.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Not the best TED.

Guess what, there is also a book where you can find out what a trillion looks like...

I got about 1 minute in... she's your standard bullshit soothsayer who says they know the answers to everything and how to become a 'better you', much like Tony Robbins.

And yet I bet she's got plenty that's wrong in her life and her family.

I just can't get past her persona. Sorry.

Um, I think you guys just need to open your minds and your hearts, spiritually, emotionally, financially...

I liked the 'I don't feel like it' line and gave it a vote. Then she asked for a standing ovation. Damn.

Ahhh...come on guys. Her heart's in the right place.

The one in four trillion shit is so awful I can't believe her friends haven't had an intervention, but some of this is good sound advice. And she does seem to genuinely care...

There are a lot of problems discussed at TED but life dissatisfaction rarely seems to come up.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Not the best TED.


That's because it's not really a TED talk. TEDx is an independently run event. She wouldn't get away with this at a real TED conference, because you aren't allowed to sell anything tangible in your talk, like a book.

People like Mel Robbins, Dr. Phil and their ilk mean well. The problem is that people rarely walk away from these self-help seminars, with anything they will able to use. You leave the talk with this fortune cookie wisdom, elevated adrenaline and a endorphin rush. However this wears off. You are then back to square one with the same problems and a wallet that is $200 lighter.

It's naive and simplistic to think that you can rid yourself of problems, with a slogan. Slogans that are ever so popular in western culture, that it's no wonder that these people have a cache of them, ready to disseminate at a seminar.

I have the impulse to down vote this video in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 .. damn I missed the 5 second rule. Sometimes practicing restraint and not acting on impulse, can be good.

Final thought: How she tried to distance herself from the other self-help charlatans (in the opening 3 minutes), was a touch of brilliance.

Wow, the comments are not a lie.

I used to work for a contractor that used a life coach. At one point we got lunch together, and she was telling me all this libertarian 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps, personal responsibility political crap. She said that those who settled the Western States were the shining examples we should be trying to emulate." I've never suffered libertarians gladly, as those on this site can attest, so I asked her how a life coach fit into her rugged individualist pioneer spirit. She never hired me again. Oops. That's why I no longer talk politics with bosses or co-workers. >> ^ChaosEngine:

Mentally I equate the words "life coach" with "tarot card reader", "medium", "time share salesman", "politician" and various other useless parasitic forms of life.
TED is supposed to be about sharing grand ideas, not this self-help bullshit.
>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
Not the best TED.

The value of a life coach is determined by the one with the checkbook. There may be people who have to hire one to realize in a concrete way they don't need one. Others are smart enough to know they don't know everything or have weaknesses they can't overcome on their own.

There's one more wonderful attribute of life coaches. Unlike government nannies, life coaches can be FIRED when they fail to deliver.

Personal responsibility is unsexy, there's no doubt about it. But surrendering half your income to a government whose main goal is to grow larger isn't going to be doing much for you either. Re: the European Onion.

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/006/d/f/European_Onion_by_fokker23.jpg
>> ^quantumushroom:

The European Onion.

Like others, I found her to be obnoxious and her advice to be superficial and overly simplistic ("life satisfaction" equals getting what you want, you're not getting what you want because you're not acting impulsively enough, etc.)... had to really resist the urge to downvote.

>> ^luxury_pie:

Well I followed her advice and killed three people on the way to work, I feel different now.


Oh dear... Please PLEASE, don't stand in a bank line.

Thanks, QM, for reminding us that this is really about big government and, um, socialism.

Hippies.

Annoying, cliched speech but still hit on some good points.

You forgot to first thank dystopianfuturetoday for associating personal responsibility with libertarianism.

As for my reminder, enjoy the gift. Next week's discussion is Puppies: Cute Distraction or Karl Marx's Foot Soldiers?

>> ^kymbos:

Thanks, QM, for reminding us that this is really about big government and, um, socialism.
Hippies.

>> ^quantumushroom:

You forgot to first thank dystopianfuturetoday for associating personal responsibility with libertarianism.
As for my reminder, enjoy the gift. Next week's discussion is Puppies: Cute Distraction or Karl Marx's Foot Soldiers?
>> ^kymbos:
Thanks, QM, for reminding us that this is really about big government and, um, socialism.
Hippies.



Whenever you demonstrate that you're able to not take yourself seriously, it's like... A breath of fresh air. Inbetween choking sessions. Fap fap.