Tag: Identity insight
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The Semiotics of Cute Shoes
I once wrote a post about the Semiotics of Clothes. As with most of my posts, I never remember the genesis of the thought, and the thought might not even be novel, but they are mine so I write about them. I realize that I don’t really understand this particular…
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Be an Identity Specialist
or at least write like one. At the very least, write on this site. I have always wanted to share it and build a community of people writing about identity. I need identity specialist or at least people interested in sharing their insights about identity. You don’t have to have…
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A Subjective Job
I heard someone talk about this today. I don’t know that they would call it this, but I thought it was a great identity insight in light of the job that you do. The way that they described a Subjective Job is that it is a job where you people…
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To Stop Identity Formation
I heard someone speak of how sometimes we can be so involved with things that we don’t have time to work on identity formation. It is as if it can stop because we’re too busy. I know that we hardly ever think about our identity formation at every moment of…
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Fear and Identity
I had a conversation yesterday about this idea. We were talking about just the news of the week, and the comment that ended the conversation was Fear Sells. I read this morning in Seth Godin’s blog, and he has written about Fear, scarcity and value. He says that we avoid…
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Over Identify
It is possible to over identify with an identity. It is not a good or bad thing, but it happens. You can over identify with your favorite sports team. You know who they are. You might be one of them. It’s not a good or bad thing, but it can…