Comments on: My Get Motivated Seminar Notes & Review of Sorts

By: Bob Betterton

Bob Betterton — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:02:43 +0000

Just got back from first 1/2 of this “GetMotivated” seminar. Don’t waste your time. It was very dumbed-down. Rudy Giuliani had charisma but only added that we should “read” and learn technologies like “computers” and “smart phones”. Dr. Schuller, the religious leader that has the Crystal Catheral in California, he kept saying something about not be believe in “impossibility”.

Bland messages for a bland public. It’s easy for millionaires to be up on stage professing their advice but (1) the message was very watered down (2) they don’t have the guts to offer a complex message.

Example- Ok, Rudy G., we’ll learn how to use computers and a smart phone….then we’ll realize that ALL MEDIA is a conduit for useless news. That’s right, we live in a country where we are made to believe that reading the news about a bombing in Afghanistan, or earthquakes, or political scandals, is RELEVANT to us. It is not.

Example- Ok, Dr. Schuller we’ll believe in “possibility” not “impossibility”, until you tell someone you’re idea and they shoot you down.

Cynical on my part? Yes, and very realistic.

American people now worship money and millionaires. How about an employed person up in front of 12,000 people with a message of hope? A lot harder to find than these smug millionaires.

The only thing I can say is that I called it before it started, it was a waste of time. GetMotivated, yes, realize that you have to dumb-down everything to be at the level of most of the American public.

Go ahead and post your comments ’cause I won’t be back on this site anyway.

By: Dave MC

Dave MC — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:39:54 +0000

I attended the seminar in El Paso yesterday, and I would agree with Brad that the first half of the seminar was the best part, and well worth either the 5 dlls I would have paid, or the 20-someting dollars a company would pay to take a whole office. The second half did seem indeed like an infomercial, but out of about 10 speakers, only two tried to sign you up for a seminar. Some make it seem like every single speaker tried to get you sign up for something and that was not the case. Those offended by the references to God and Jesus… if these people truly believe they owe their success to God, and want to share that “secret” with you, all you have to do is either take it or leave it. It’s just amazing how so many people get offended at the mere mention of “Jesus.” I have read a lot of reviews about the seminar, and most seem to be negative… most reviews that is. Tens of thousands of people attend the seminar, and I found only 20 negative reviews in one website, that doesn’t mean everyone else enjoyed it, but that doesn’t mean the majority didn’t get anything out of it either.

By: tia

tia — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:19:38 +0000

We got tickets and beacuse of road bloacks and traffic we did not get in and it was so over crowed cars got towed. We sat in traffic 3hours trying to get to the event here in houston texas

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:54:59 +0000

I attended the meeting in Houston yesterday. Palin did open the speaking, following a strong singer, a brief video and the openint words of our emcee.

Lou, Rudy, Colin and even Zig were there; Zig was my Sunday School teacher in the early 90′s. I was uncomfortable watching him on stage, fearing he was going to fall at any moment.

The buck hustlers probably stole the show (and eventually some people’s money, from what I’m reading here) with their style of presentation. However, I felt that Krish Dhanam seemed to reach the audience more effectively than anyone else, even if that offended folks who are whacked out by the mere mention of the name “Jesus.”

Rick Belluza was interesting, as well.

Did it change my life? No, but I’m not sure they really think it’s supposed to. It did open my eyes to the reality that I’m not getting any younger, and that I had best take better care of my family while I still have it.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:57:23 +0000

I went to one of these not knowing that it was a sales pitch for the software (duh!). Anyway, they touted that all these great speakers were going to be there and the only one that showed up was Colin Powell. I had not heard of any of the others. I think Donald Trump was on the bill, but he was not there and I don’t remember the rest because they weren’t there. When my husband went today, I told him that he would be lucky if ONE of the named people on the bill was actually there. Apparently Sarah Palin opened. However, I doubt he will see Lou Holtz, Zig Ziglar, Rudy Guiliani AND Colin Powell this afternoon since only Palin had spoken up through lunch time. Here’s what you need to ask yourself: if I had REALLY had a sure fire way to make money on the stock market or real estate, etc., WHY would I tell YOU the tricks of the trade? WAKE UP PEOPLE, IT’S A SCAM!! It’s the same with all of these “motivational” seminars whether it be real estate or stock market. The way these people actually make their money is by selling your their books, CDs, DVDs, courses, seminars, etc. Sure they may have made some money in the stock market and/or real estate, but the REAL money is what they are selling YOU! If they were really all that successful at investing in stock sitting in their living room, then they would have no need to travel around the country hocking their scams and putting on these big productions. Think about it! I’m a Personal Trainer, and when people ask me about this pill or that product that burns or melts or blocks fat, I say, “if you could REALLY lose weight by taking a pill, do you think anyone would be fat?”

By: Nikki

Nikki — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:38:41 +0000

Amen Rick. It was as if each speaker picked a demographic to target and sure enough those people marched down stairs to sign up. One of the speakers focused on single mothers and almost made it sound like “if these women can figure out how to trade, ANYONE can” and 3 single women from my office jumped up and ran down to plop a hundred bucks on the table. You can not get rich quick unless you have money to spare… its just like a diet… no pill will automatically get your thin without effort. Everything takes effort and I can learn what I need to through books that I chose on my own, not because Jesus tells me to. Overall some of the speakers were great, but come on, its primerica on a more religious platter.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:56:51 +0000

Not disclosing the fact they are a Christian revival meeting disguised as a business seminar is like buying a chocalate and biting it and discovering it was filled with anchovies.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:42:40 +0000

They do not advertise the fact that they are a Christian organization and sell thier goods while preaching about Jesus.
As far as I am concerned it is nothing more than a scam and the owners understand two things.
1) The majority of Americans identify as Christian so they know they can get away with it.
2) They know when you mention Jesus people open their wallets.

These people are nothing more than evangelists for your money…selling snake oil.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:38:33 +0000

I agree with you Rick.

By: Scott Hedrick

Scott Hedrick — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:53:45 +0000

I have attended several Get Motivated seminars over 12 years. The reason I went to my second one was precisely because I didn’t get what I expected- a big sales pitch. I found that the speakers who were offering something for sale spent about 80% of their time on saying something useful and only about 20% of the time, usually at the end, pitching a product. I’ve never felt any pressure to buy anything. You don’t need to spend any money at the seminar to enjoy it or get something useful from it. You do need to have an open mind and pay attention (take lots of notes) and then apply what you’ve learned. You don’t need to buy anything to do that. Years ago, after my first seminar, I did buy the Success Talk tapes; several years later, listening to Joan Lunden speak, I was finally motivated to get my real estate license. I didn’t have to buy the tapes and I didn’t rush to apply the lessons learned, but eventually they proved worth the purchase price. I would still buy them if they hadn’t been canceled.

As it happens, I am attending another Get Motivated seminar in Tallahassee. Get there early in order to find parking, and bring change for vending machines, parking meters and/or the bus. Plus, in Tallahassee, you have to deal with the stench of the Florida Legislature and Florida State University. Go Gators!