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Motivational speakers aren't very popular; many offices make attendance of such sessions either mandatory or at least "expected," meaning that many people see them as a waste of time at worst or a break from real work at best, but certainly not something to be taken seriously. Usually both a part of HaplessSelfHelp and a way of demonstrating just ''how'' useless it is.
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Motivational speakers aren't very popular; many offices make attendance of such sessions either mandatory or at least "expected," meaning that many people see them as a waste of time at worst or a break from real work at best, but certainly not something to be taken seriously. On top of that, their material is often little more than a cavalcade of [[{{Glurge}} vapid feel-good platitudes]] which do little or nothing to address any actual problems anyone in the audience might be facing. Usually both a part of HaplessSelfHelp and a way of demonstrating just ''how'' useless it is.
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Motivational speakers aren't very popular; many offices make attendance of such sessions either mandatory or at least "expected," meaning that many people see them as a waste of time at worst or a break from real work at best, but certainly not something to be taken seriously.
seriously. Usually both a part of HaplessSelfHelp and a way of demonstrating just ''how'' useless it is.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', Mr. Simmons's debut involves him taking over Ms. Slovak. Though he very clearly means well to motivate his students, everyone (and [[OutOfCharacterMoment Arnold]]) decide to drive him nuts because they preferred Ms. Slovak over him. Only when they drive him insane and get a DrillSergeantNasty for a teacher do they realize they screwed up and help Mr. Simmons come back to being their first new teacher.
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* Happened in ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' where dealing with [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Brittas]] led a man who gave talks about overcoming his addictions to start swallowing every pill and bottle he could get his hands on.
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* Happened in ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' where dealing with [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Gordon Brittas]] led a man who gave talks about overcoming his addictions to start swallowing every pill and bottle he could get his hands on.on and then try to strangle Brittas in a rage.
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* Happened in ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' where dealing with Brittas led a man who gave talks about overcoming his addictions to start swallowing every pill and bottle he could get his hands on.
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* Happened in ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' where dealing with Brittas [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Brittas]] led a man who gave talks about overcoming his addictions to start swallowing every pill and bottle he could get his hands on.
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* Literally, on ''{{WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse}}''. PreAssKickingOneLiner: Is everybody ready to die?
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* Literally, on ''{{WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse}}''. PreAssKickingOneLiner: Is everybody ready to die?die? Oddly, the people he's there to motivate actually seem ''excited'' to see him, and the reason he dies is because that just tends to happen to people involved with Dethklok.
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A form of AcceptableProfessionalTargets; many offices make attendance of such sessions either mandatory or at least "expected," meaning that many people see them as a waste of time at worst or a break from real work at best, but certainly not something to be taken seriously.
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* In many [[TruthInTelevision Real-Life]] places, the Motivational Speaker is viewed rather poorly (ranging from naive idiots in ivory towers to pompous windbags with only financial gains in mind), so you will see people try to break these types.
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* In many [[TruthInTelevision Real-Life]] places, the Motivational Speaker is viewed rather poorly (ranging from naive idiots in ivory towers to pompous windbags with only financial gains in mind), so you will see people try to break these types.
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* Turned UpToEleven in Creator/ChristopherBrookmyre's ''Literature/ABigBoyDidItAndRanAway''.
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* In the backstory for ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', Felix's marriage counselor threw him out of the office and wrote on his chart "Lunatic!".
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* In the backstory for ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', ''Film/{{The Odd Couple|1968}}'', Felix's marriage counselor threw him out of the office and wrote on his chart "Lunatic!".
