Author: Lem Usita
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My Monk Identity
monk/məNGk/ Noun: A member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. I think I could be a monk – except for the fact that I have a wife. Okay, so maybe I can’t be a full blown monk that lives in a…
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Wisdom and Identity
If you want help figuring out your identity – you simply need to ask someone who has wisdom. Typically, those that care about you jut a little further down the road have it. Not all do, but you know who they are. They have insight into life and pain that…
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RIP Whitney
Rest In Peace Whitney Houston. I’m sure you are all watching it on the news right now. I’m sure it’ll be on the news for the next few days. As I listen to the news – they all connect with Whitney because she left their mark on their lives. Piers…
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My Two Ways of Driving
I have two ways of driving. The first way is my normal way of driving. Typically, it’s with the “flow of traffic.” Most times in the number one lane, and I sometimes look at my phone. The second way is when law enforcement is in the vicinity. I know you know…
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Subvertising
Ever heard of it. I heard about it for the first time today. Here’s Teresa Valdez Klein talking about. She does a much better job than I would in a post so here it is. I love her line (about identity) – “I am more than what is marketed to…
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The Song We Sing Shape Us
My friend Justin had posted on Facebook this YouTube video of a song that I sang growing up. Here’s the video that he posted: He states on his stutus update that we tend to pass on our prejudices through the songs that we teach our children. We sang this song…
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Your TV Show
I was talking with a friend tonight, and he is the creator/producer of a show. This show is about to get picked up. How cool would it be to get creator/producer credits for a tv show? I would like that. Now, I am always thinking about the identity angle for…
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Hofstede Framework
Geert Hofstede analyzed culture and came up with this framework to help describe basic cultural dimensions. We are currently talking about this in a course that I am teaching – Intercultural Communication. Whenever you read about this framework, you will come across a few warnings when you use it. The…
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Herod: A Bigger Picture
Here is another reflection from the recent Israel trip. You might not care about Herod the Great, but I do have an identity feature that I want to share in light of these ideas – one of my identity features anyway. Hopefully, you connect with it as well. Whenever I…
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There Isn’t a Book for What You Want to Do
I think it’s one of my false fixed ideas – that there is a book out there for what it is that you want to do. When I first became a professor, I wanted to find a book to teach me how to do that. I bought a few books,…
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Your Audience
Evidently, this is my 2nd post entitled Your Audience. The first one is here, but this one is a little different. I was wondering how much you would pay to get an audience. What would you do to get an audience? Would you give your stuff away to get an…
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