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  • Critique Your Own Work

    I heard this concept today. I quite liked the idea. It was said of a popular artist today who had written a book and took the time to critique his… Read more

  • The Gravitas of Affirmation

    ….is immeasurable. grav·i·tas (grv-täs) n. 1. Substance; weightiness: a frivolous biography that lacks the gravitas of its subject. 2. A serious or dignified demeanor: “Our national father figure needs gravitas,… Read more

  • A Lonely Place

    I heard today that a lonely place is anywhere that a person that can’t appreciate anyone goes. Do you know anyone like that? They might be pretty good with people,… Read more

  • Disagreeing with Someone

    ……and being able to do so without getting emotional over it takes a tremendous amount of skill. When I meet someone or hear someone that can intelligently disagree with someone… Read more

  • Identity and Courage

    It takes courage to really, really face and develop your identity.  It takes courage to design an identity.  It takes courage really do the work and figure out who you… Read more

  • You’ll Get It Right the Second Time Around

    It’s quite a simple idea and self explanatory.  But if you don’t get it right the first time, you’ll get it right the second time around. I guess it communicates… Read more

  • Anytime You Create

    …..there needs to be intention, thought, and design. Ask anyone that creates, and you’ll find out that creating is not that easy.  Sometimes it’s born out of pain and suffering.… Read more

  • Expert Intuition

    I did a quick Google search for whether we can trust our intuition or not, and it was quite interesting to see the topics that came up in light of… Read more

  • Left Can’t Go Right

    You’ve heard about the very simplistic idea of how people can be either left brained or right brained.  The lateralization of brain function is an interesting study.  I don’t claim… Read more

  • To Not Care What People Think

    ……is not an easy thing to do. But just like anything else, the more you do, the better you become at it.  It’s a pretty natural thing to have opinions… Read more

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I’m Lem Usita, Ed.D.

This site was my blog for many years that is now the site for the work that I do. Thanks for visiting.

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