Author: Lem Usita
-
I Learn Best
……when I teach. You teachers know what I am talking about. If you have never taught before, you will realize that the best way to learn is to teach. I’m not saying anything new. There have been many people out there that have written about this, and I absolutely love…
-
Love Deeply
I was listening to a podcast recently and was struck by this one comment (well, I was struck by the whole thing, but this one comment really stood out to me). If you have never experienced pain, you have not experienced or learned to love deeply. The idea is that…
-
The High Five
I was watching a show – Dhani Tackles the Globe. Have you ever seen it? He travels the world and he thinks that in order to really get to know the culture, you have to learn about the games that they play. There are other shows that focus on the food…
-
Insecure Friends
If you have them, still be a friend. Just know that if you intimidate them too much, they’ll stab you in the back. We all have them. Help them to be more secure. Encourage them if you need to. They’ll need it. They’ll need more attention than you can give.…
-
The Psychology of Angry Birds
I know you are curious about it. You might even be addicted to Angry Birds. You’re reading this because you really want to know what the Psychology of Angry Birds is. Well, here it is. Psychology n., pl., -gies. The science that deals with mental processes and behavior. The emotional…
-
Social Flying
Have you ever heard about this? Typically when you fly, you don’t talk to the person you’re sitting with. I mean, you might, but for the most part, you just stay to yourself. When I flew to Turkey a few months back, it was a 14 hour flight. I got…
-
Education and Fear
I have been reading Seth Godin’s Stop Stealing Dreams. Click here to get it for yourself. I think it’ll be inspiration for a few more blog posts. He highlights how our educational system is built to prey upon our fears. What we have fundamentally done is created students that are afraid…
-
The Definition of Hope
……according to Dallas Willard is the “anticipation of good.” Not a wish. Not something that might happen, but a certainty. Hope is knowing that something good is going to happen. Hope is being sure that something good is going to happen. Our world desperately needs more hope. But we need…
-
The Value of Books
I read a kindle single by Jeff Jarvis entitled Gutenberg the Geek. I’ll write a blog post with a review of the book some other time, but I wanted to focus on one idea in this post. Before Gutenberg created his printing press, there were books. They were quite expensive. You…
-
The Digital Divide
Don’t we live in such interesting times? Never before in history has anyone had the world at their fingertips. My iphone can record my voice in a video that can go into all of the world. My blog posts have the opportunity to reach the whole world. Well, that’s what…
-
Your Critic Identity
Do you have one? Come on! I know you do. There are a few instances when we put on this identity, and we become the critic. Have you ever been in a room full of girls watching a beauty pageant? Have you seen a bunch of girls watch the Bachelor…
-
New Apple Thing
I just read this tonight. I’ve been hearing about it for weeks. We don’t even know what it’s going to be but it doesn’t matter. Tomorrow Apple will announce The New Apple Thing. Everyone knows how it’s going to go. They will sit in the dark and watch someone one…
identitySPECIALIST 