Tag: Relationships
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The Thing that I Love About My Blog
…..is what I learn about you who read it. Whenever I check the sites stats, it shows the search terms that people used to find my blog, and it also shows the sites that they might have come from. Here are some of my observations. 1. People are struggling with…
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Validate My Feelings
I am currently reading Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together. Here ideas have been swirling in my head – especially since I based alot of my thinking off of her last book. One of the concepts that she explores is the idea that our feelings aren’t validated until it is acknowledge either…
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A Better Life
Do you remember what you think during sleep? Technically, you’re not suppose to. Hopefully you’re in such a deep state of sleep that you aren’t conscious of your thoughts. Last night, I must have been awake just enough to remember an idea, and I remember thinking that I have to…
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Automated Relationships
Friendships have become a numbers game. We have automated our friendships so that the app is now managing our relationships. The app will send you a thank you e mail and even tweet our ideas for us. We are gaming the numbers so that we can have more friends and…
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Simulated Connection
That’s the kind of connection that happens online. It’s a reaching out to someone that we all need – but for whatever reason – we get online. It’s not like you come over to my house – although you’re definitely welcomed to. We are connected through the screen – through…
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Content and Connections and Community
I’m sure I can add more C’s to this title, but I didn’t want to make it too long. These C’s are some of the things that helps us to build relationships online. If you have content, connections, and community that people want – people will be in relationship with…
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A Text Relationship
Yesterday, everything that I watched, read, or listened to had to do with relationships (Valentines Day). I saved this post for today – but it comes from some of the Valentines Day chatter from yesterday. I listened to an interview yesterday, and they gave the 10 ten tips for relationships.…
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Identity and the Depths
We all have projected identities that allow us to function in life. We play multiple roles. It’s the ones that people interact with. No matter what the role, each projected identity is connected to the depths of our being. And for most of us, the depths of who we are…
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Intrapersonal Relationship
I was watching the news this morning. There was a segment on “settling” in relationships – and the context was romantic and dating relationships. The “experts” gave 5 insights into how you can know if you “settled” in your relationships. I found it rather interesting that of the 5 insights…
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Relationships Like a Geek
I teach a course on Interpersonal relationships. I wanted to make the point that relationships are fundamentally changing right before our eyes. I brought up Farmville and how people will spend time feeding their virtual cows, and then one of the students brought up the fact that you can download…
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Home and Identity
I have written similar ideas before, but I am always amazed at how much I learn about myself when I go home. Home – my parent’s home. It doesn’t hurt that home is Hawaii. It’s beautiful here. Normally, the surroundings and the scenery – and the food – is what…
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Insider Language Competence
No matter what you do there is insider language. It doesn’t matter what industry or field, the individuals involved in it has competency in it. Most of it is just knowing the language. Most of it is just knowing the words. Think about it – knowing how to have conversations…