Author: Lem Usita
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What You Obsess About
Well, if you’ve been reading this blog for a bit – you know what I’m going to say (Right Kahu Dan!). What you obsess about tells me so much about your identity. If you think about something so much to the point that you obsess about it – that’s your…
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Do You Want to Express Your Identity
Corporations will sell you the things that you can use to express your identity. All you have to do is buy their stuff. The thing is, they are the same ones that make you feel yucky about your current identity. They spend the money to make you feel fat and…
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The Culture of Want
We have only been living in a Culture of Want for about a hundred years. Only until we mechanized the production of thing did we start to market to people’s wants. Before that time, it was a Culture of Need. We only bought what we needed. We only built what…
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Identity and Emotions
The work of identity formation – creating and shaping identity can be so emotional. When you are working on who you are – it’s hard emotional work. We tend to wrap our identities around something – our work, our kids, our looks, our car – something. Whenever you put your…
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Projecting on an Identity
An identity projection – good thing. A projection on an identity – not a good thing.
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What Calms You?
What Calms You? Do you even need to be calm? Some of us live such fast-paced lives that we don’t even know that we need to be calm. That place where you are calm is a great place for shaping identity. When you are calm, you can freely think and…
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Twitter Validation
Evidently, there is this Twitter service that you can use that will validate whether a person is following you or some bot is following you. The bot can’t navigate the validation service I guess. So this service is suppose to validate the people that I follow or are following me.…
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Second is the Best
First is the worst. You know how it goes right? It’s one of those things that I think can shape how we feel about ourselves. Do you remember saying that in line when you were a little kid? Everything forms. Everything shapes. You hear that enough and you start thinking…
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The Best Place to Watch Identity
Maybe it’s because I’ve been traveling so much lately. Maybe it’s because I tend to see identity everywhere. Maybe it’s because I have been to a few places where people from all over the place come to visit. I was in Vegas 2 weeks ago, and I was in Waikiki…
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Power Your Identity
So we’re at the airport – delayed for 6 hours. It’s fine though. If you ever want to see someone’s real identity, watch them after they are told that their flight has been delayed 6 hours. But as we sit here, it’s been so interesting to watch people and their…

