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  • Take Them at Interface Value

    I got this line from Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together. Whenever you first meet someone – anyone – you are probably interacting with one of their projected identities.  It is… Read more

  • Factory Made Identity

    Before there was such a thing as “the factory,” everything was handmade.  Before a mechanized process of making stuff, everything was unique.  No one had the same coat of many… Read more

  • A Tighter Identity

    I am working out some concepts about identity, and what better place to do that than on my blog. We all have our true identity – the truest version of… Read more

  • Validate My Feelings

    I am currently reading Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together.  Here ideas have been swirling in my head – especially since I based alot of my thinking off of her last book.… Read more

  • Restorative Solitude

    I’ve written about Loneliness and Solitude before.  Lately, I’ve been reading about the restorative power of solitude.  Intentional alone time can refresh the body and renew the mind, but we… Read more

  • Your Cyborg Identity

    We are all cyborgs now – Sherry Turkle in Alone Together. “A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality as well… Read more

  • Identity Performance

    It’s an interesting concept.  I think in past posts, I would have referred to it as Identity Projection, but I really like the nuance of the word performance.  A performance… Read more

  • LL44: Because Rocks Don’t Talk Back

    I had an interesting interchange with a prospective student yesterday. We ran an event on campus for our Leadership Program – which I currently direct. As part of the visit… Read more

  • Creating Culture

    ……..is never about one person. Don’t get me wrong, I think one person can start it.  One person can be the impetus for creating culture, but it takes more than… Read more

  • Learning About People

    You can always continue to learn about people.  You will never get to the point where you just know so much about people that you will know all.  You can… Read more

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I’m Lem Usita, Ed.D.

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