Category: Ideas
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Enter a Worldview
Is it possible to enter someone else’s worldview? Does that even make any sense to you? And if it was possible for you to do that, would you even know how to do it? If it were possible, you would have to be pretty secure in your own worldview to…
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Live More Than One Life
I heard this concept yesterday. It had nothing to do with identity, but they were using it in the context of work and just trying to get so much done that it seemed like you were trying to live more than one life. But as they talked about this concept,…
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I Don’t Try to Read People’s Souls
….mainly because I am not able to. Do you know someone that claims to be able to? They must have a gift, but I can’t. I am not sure I would even want to if it was possible. It just seems like way too much responsibility. Of course, I did…
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Ask For Directions
Seriously, how did we ever did it before our smart phones? Remember that one time when we were lost and we had to stop somewhere to ask someone for directions? Yeah, I am not sure when I did that last. I used to have this huge honkin’ atlas in the…
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The Quality of the Question
You can tell alot about a person by the Quality of the Questions they ask. We ask questions of people and try to figure out who they are by their answers. That’s how most people do it. Judge by the answers. Here’s the thing with answers. They can be tailor…
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Vanity Metrics and Identity
Sometimes we can build our identity on metrics that really don’t matter. Well, maybe they matter, but they’re only good for your vanity. I was listening to a podcast on marketing and they were talking about the vanity metrics that people follow when they check out the stats on their…
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The Hard Things
….. are hard to do. If it was easy, then we’d do it. There’s something about it though. The hard things bring about a few interesting things. It brings about excuses, a challenge, and a new sense of self. First, it brings about excuses. Give me a hard thing to…
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Talk to Strangers
I know most of you that see this will think – I’m not suppose to talk to strangers. Yes, we teach that to little kids. It’s a great rule – for little kids. Some of you are adults – I don’t think little kids read this blog – but you’re…
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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 have to agree with them. In fact, if you are able to listen to them and accept that they are…
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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 stop because we’re too busy. I know that we hardly ever think about our identity formation at every moment of…
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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 challenge of these talks. It has pushed me to consider what the medium is for my artistic expression. I write.…
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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 the end. On the other end is your friends that do nothing but take from you for themselves. I guess,…
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