I wonder if part of the point here is that some of the stuff he talks about that aren't naturally connected to his upbringing will never come that naturally to him. He's not a big salesman, even manipulative as he is.
So he's got the books that people read about business and tries to follow them, but it's not a natural fit.
Likewise, even five or so years in, he's still incapable of speaking naturally about emotions as if he's a human who's learned things. He still always has to reference these "meetings he sometimes goes to" and then tell the person (usually Paige) what THEY say.
And then, to make it even more ironic, he responds to Paige's actual question about his experience by saying he has no idea how he got through it. He just sucked it up, buttercup.
Re: Philip's motivational speaking
So he's got the books that people read about business and tries to follow them, but it's not a natural fit.
Likewise, even five or so years in, he's still incapable of speaking naturally about emotions as if he's a human who's learned things. He still always has to reference these "meetings he sometimes goes to" and then tell the person (usually Paige) what THEY say.
And then, to make it even more ironic, he responds to Paige's actual question about his experience by saying he has no idea how he got through it. He just sucked it up, buttercup.