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Inspirational speakers by Fullofkittens 01/05/2008, 3:51pm PST
The company I work for has a pet inspirational speaker.

I won't put his name here because I think one of the ways that he raises the bar is almost definitely through google vanity searches.

Every month we have an "SOS" (Super Outstanding Service!) meeting at which we see a five-minute talk he gives about how to raise the bar, followed by some kind of excruciating team-building exercise like a relay race or guessing game. The videos are about as lame as you'd imagine; on the last one he stood in front of a vending machine and talked about how you can relate a candy bar to teamwork. (e.g. the chocolate is on the same team as the peanuts.)

As if all that weren't enough, he came up with "101 ways to raise the bar", and they're putting a new one on our intranet frontpage every week. At first I was against it but now I'm loving it because, given free reign, this guy is really providing us with a glimpse into what it's like to be inside an inspirational speaker's head:


Tip 40: Put the janitor in your attic to work

In the mornings before you get out of bed, close your eyes and visualize a janitor roaming through the hallways of your brain, oiling all the moving parts, unlocking the memory file drawers, kick-starting the initiative wheel, locking up all the nightmare gremlins who may have escaped during the night, dusting off the screen so you can objectively perceive reality, calibrating the internal values compass to guide your behaviors during the day, and putting your positive affirmations on auto-repeat.


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Inspirational speakers by Fullofkittens 01/05/2008, 3:51pm PST NEW
    That's disgusting. by Fussbett 01/05/2008, 5:04pm PST NEW
        I'm definitely going to use that by Lizard_King 01/05/2008, 6:15pm PST NEW
    "kick-starting the initiative wheel" NT by NEW CALTROPS HEADLINE 01/07/2008, 11:18am PST NEW
    Are his initials JT? NT by I need clarification 01/07/2008, 12:51pm PST NEW
        Yes! And his hair looks like a freaky toupee. NT by Fullofkittens 01/08/2008, 12:02am PST NEW
    Tip 52: Take The Pickle Pledge by Fullofkittens 01/31/2008, 5:11pm PST NEW
        Re: Tip 52: Take The Pickle Pledge by Zsenithryn 01/31/2008, 5:41pm PST NEW
            The ironic thing about the pickle. by Fullofkittens 01/31/2008, 6:15pm PST NEW
 
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