Category: Identity
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A Tribesman will Never Struggle with Identity
You’ll have to watch Steven Pressfield’s video where he describes the difference between a tribesman and a citizen. And although he describes the tribesman and a citizen for a totally different context, the idea still holds – A tribesman will never struggle with identity. He knows who he is. The…
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The Second Self
I was reading in Steven Pressfield’s book Do the Work. He has a quick line that caught my attention. The line is: The last thing we want is to remain as we are. If you’re reading this book, it’s because you sense inside you a second self, an unlived you……..an…
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Self-Portraits and Identity
Self-portraits reveal so much about who a person thinks that they are. There was a time when it took a tremendous amount of skill to take a self-portrait; where it was art and it was from the soul. Da Vinci is the first that comes to mind. It took skill…
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Have You Ever Watched Passion?
Have you ever seen someone with passion? Have you ever watched them? They are the biggest fanatics of – whatever it is they are passionate about. They will wear the apparel of whatever it is they are passionate about. They will not care what they look like – cheering like…
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Incompatible Identities
I have a few friends that will make requests for certain blog post. It’s always quite helpful, and challenges me to formulate a perspective on whatever it is they might want my perspective one. The latest one comes from one of my buddies – Scott – check out his blog InterculturalistIQ.com.…
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P. Diddy and an Identity Insight
P. Diddy has changed his name – for the week anyway. He is now Swag. When first heard this, I thought – what a weak identity structure that he has that he has to keep changing his name. The insight though is that it is his identity to keep changing…
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You are Culturally Bound
We are all culturally bound. When thinking about identity – you cannot be something that you are not. That’s not to say that eventually you can’t become that, but I guess that’s what I’m saying – it’s a process. You are a genius up until about 7 years old. Your…
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My Laptop is Dying
Do you know that feeling, or have you ever experienced that feeling? It’s the feeling of your laptop dying. It’s become so much a part of me and my writing. I’ve enjoyed this macbook. I am an Apple. It has given me identity. The more that I think about it,…
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What You Think
I heard a speaker this week say that there is a difference between “how we speak and how we think we speak.” It’s such a novel insight, but how we are and how we think we are can be different, and I think it’s a function of a projected identity.…
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Lady Gaga and an Identity Insight
Lady Gaga said that “I still sometimes feel like a loser kid in high school,” a tearful Gaga says in behind-the-scenes footage filmed for her upcoming HBO special. Here’s the NY Post article. She was definitely overwhelmed and it was right before she was going to play one of the…
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Age and Identity
Today is my birthday – for another 31 minutes anyway. I have tweeted and updated about bacon all day. I don’t know why. I was craving it last night, and I had some today. I could have some right now. Don’t really know why I did that, but bacon it…
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Identity and Quotes
If you are on Twitter, you are bound to see a quote or two sent out as a tweet. You might have RT’d some on your stream. Ever wonder why people tweet quotes? The quotes that we tweet represent a few things. 1. It identifies us with someone else feeling…
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