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  • When Your Hear a Great Argument

    …….. you should totally listen to them.  And I’m not talking about 2 people arguing necessarily, although great arguments can lead to arguing.  You know what I mean. You don’t… Read more

  • Isolating Practices

    We Are All Becoming Introverts.  That’s what I wanted to call this post, but as you cant tell, I changed my mind. Think about this though – we are all… Read more

  • The Inability to Delay Gratification

    What comes to mind when you hear this phrase?  Do you feel guilty for that last purchase?  Are you thinking about your wallet?  Does your mind go to a pretty… Read more

  • To Stop Identity Formation

    I heard someone speak of how sometimes we can be so involved with things that we don’t have time to work on identity formation.  It is as if it can… Read more

  • You Can’t Choose

    Whenever you put yourself out there – either in a blog post, a picture, a lecture, or a youtube video – you open yourself up to 2 things.  You either… Read more

  • The Medium for Your Art

    I was listening to a talk about creativity and art.  If you check out the past few posts, there are some about the creativity and art.  I’ve quite enjoyed the… Read more

  • Mutuality of Friendship

    Just recently, I wrote about Insecure Friends.  Check it out here. Tonight, I was reading about the mutuality of friendship.  On the friendship spectrum, the Insecure Friends post is on… Read more

  • Make Space to Create

    I heard today that “inspiration is for amateurs.”  Have you ever heard someone say that they were waiting for inspiration before they started creating something?  Yeah, Amateurs.  Inspiration can help… Read more

  • A Good Class

    I just finished a class tonight.  It was an amazing group of students.  We had a great time. We really wrestled with the issues and the theories in education.  Tonight… Read more

  • Compliments as Identity Affirmation

    Have you ever thought about what a compliment is? Compliments are typically nice things that people say to us that we don’t know how to take.  It’s something that we… Read more

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I’m Lem Usita, Ed.D.

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