Tag: shape
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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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What You Think
I heard a speaker this week say that there is a difference between “how we speak and how we think we speak.” It’s such a novel insight, but how we are and how we think we are can be different, and I think it’s a function of a projected identity.…
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Words Shape Identity
In the identity cycle, individuals have the ability and opportunity to create whatever identity they want, but as they interact with individuals the words of other people can shape identity. Here’s another one of my past posts about how Words Shape Identity. Words shape identity. If you say a mean…
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Our Tools Shape Us
Think about the tools that you use in everyday life. It doesn’t matter what they are. It can be hand tools. It can be a computer. It can be a semi-truck. Here’s the deal – the tools that you use shape you. We start integrating the tools into our lives.…
