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  • Be Unique, but Belong

    A few months ago, I was doing some reading for research, and as I was reading Erikson’s ideas on identity I came up with this line – Be Unique, but… Read more

  • 10 Session Seminar on Identity Formation

    I am getting ready for a 10 week seminar on Identity Formation in Online Spaces at a church in the area for parents of teens.  It’s focused on my research… Read more

  • Identity Science and Art

    As I continue to process through Identity, I face the challenge of many of the social science research that I read.  In my opinion, Social Science research is interested in… Read more

  • Leaders are the Brand

    Tom Peters Essentials: Leadership.  Point 46 in The Leadership 50 is Leaders are the Brand.  I love that the “uber guru” suggests that “brand is a character issue.”  Programs support… Read more

  • 4.0

    I watched a video of a presentation that Tom Peters gave – educate for a creative society.  It had to do with some creative thinking and how leaders think out… Read more

  • Sculpting analogy – break down

    As I continue to think through the metaphor of sculpting identity, the main break down of the metaphor is that a sculpture cannot be involved in the sculpting, but in… Read more

  • Michelangelo Quotes

    Some identity sculpting metaphors – a-la-Michelangelo. Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop. Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is… Read more

  • Identity Sculpture

    I have been thinking about the last post since I posted it yesterday.  I thought about it all day yesterday.  I am learning and researching in the field of identity… Read more

  • Identity Sculpting

    Identity sculpting – is helping people to see their identity or form their true identity.  Michaelangelo defined sculpting as the art of “taking away,” and not so much the “adding… Read more

  • The tribes we lead

    This was a great video.  Take a look and tell me what you think. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/lang/eng/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead.html Read more

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I’m Lem Usita, Ed.D.

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