Author: Lem Usita
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Dream Killers
You all know these people. They are the voices in your life that ask you “why?” Why would you try that? Why would you even think this way? Why? I am not sure if you have many people like this in your life. Don’t get me wrong – we need…
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Identity is Organic
I don’t know how else to say it. I tend to write about how you can create or shape identity. It’s definitely my default perspective, but there is the dimension of identity that just happens to you. It’s the life stuff or your relationships that shape us sometimes. No matter…
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Identity as Narrative
So awhile back, I posted about wanting to start a podcast. The main reason for doing so was to learn how to do it. I’m realizing that it takes quite a bit of work if you’re doing all of the interviewing and the production. It would be nice to just…
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Identity Specialist
So it’s the name that I chose for the blog. I would never call myself an Identity Expert because that assumes that I am the expert on identity. I studied it for my doctoral dissertation. I have done a bunch of reading about it. I understand a few developmental theories…
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Trapped in a Mindset
I was talking to a friend today about what motivates identities. Do we take on an identity to try it on? Do we take on an identity for the image – like the look and feel of an identity? Or do we really put on an identity to take on…
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Becoming What You Hate
Before you start shooting down this idea with specific details, hear me out. I heard someone say this – that we all become what we hate. I am sure there are detailed things that you just cannot become. If you hate veggies, you’re not going to become that. I heard…
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The Olympics is an Identity Event
It’s a huge one, and it displays identity on several different levels. On the one level, we’re watching athletes. They have taken on an identity. They are a swimmer. They are a gymnast. They are a bowler. They are a Pole Vaulter. They have all taken on these identities. These…
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Your Identity Story
Stories help us to interpret meaning in whatever it is that we’re doing. We are all writing a story. We are all living out our identity story. This identity story of yours provides the pieces to better understand yourself. When I first started thinking about an identity story, I had…
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In Order to be Humble
……..you kinda have to be great first – or at least think that you’re great. Humility means that you are amazing. If you aren’t that amazing, there wouldn’t be a need for humility would there. What do you think?
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Recognize an Identity
Only those that have the identity, or used to have the identity, or maybe have been around the identity enough – can recognize an identity. If you haven’t been around an identity or you haven’t taken it on at one point in your life, you can’t really recognize it. You…
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Energy to Maintain a Projected Identity
I had a conversation with a friend yesterday. He was talking about the difference between a true identity and a lived out identity. He mentioned that we live out a sense of who we are (projected self), and that might sometimes be different than the true self (real self). I’ve…
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