Category: Identity
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Experience Junkie
I heard this phrase this morning. It is a description or an identity projection that gives insight into self – well, for the experience junkie anyway. I think that it helps to have those descriptors that give us meaning, direction, or even sense of identity. An experience junkie knows exactly…
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We Long to Belong
The signature to most of my emails is Be Unique, but Belong. Here are some posts about the idea Be Unique, but Belong. This morning, I read some news about the Pacquaio fight last night. I watched the fight. I read about the broken orbital lobe, and how Margarito’s corner…
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How to be Amazing
A few days ago, I wrote a post about how we can be Obsessed with Resumes. The take away line was to just be amazing. It seems obvious to me, but I know that people like the “how to” of things. It’s the automatic response – how? I was curious…
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Identity Trash
We went to a rummage sale today. Check out some of the priceless identity artifacts up for sale today. I saw a vest that I so wanted but since I didn’t see a price, I didn’t buy it. When I first saw it, I thought – “Who would get rid…
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If You Tell Yourself That You’re Beautiful
….then you will become beautiful. Beauty has a little to do with how you look. It has more to do with what you believe about yourself. I’ve known tons of beautiful people who didn’t believe that they were – so no matter how much you tell them, they won’t…
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The World You Create
Have you ever wondered how CS Lewis came up with the Lnad of Narnia or how Tolkien came up with Mordor? How did they come up with these worlds? I was talking to some students today about something similar. You see, we all create worlds in our minds. Okay, so…
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The Dating Site for the Ugly
I couldn’t believe it. There is a dating site for those that don’t think that they’re pretty enough for the normal dating websites such as Match.com or OkCupid.com. The site is The Ugly Bug Ball – a dating website fo the aesthetically challenged. Check out The Ugly Bug Ball. If…
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Tweets = Your State of Being
I just listened to a talk by @jayadelson – Sirchio Lecture – and he made a comment about how a tweet represents your state of being. You can tweet 24 hours a day. As I listened to his talk, I kept thinking about how cathartic it is to broadcast our…
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Identity and Halloween
Identity and Halloween just goes together. It’s the one time in the year when we let our inner identities come out – and it’s in disguise. I am about to drive around San Diego just to see identity spillage all over the place. For most of the the ones dressing…
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Identity Optimization
I was flipping through the channels this morning – I watched this show that had to do with pimping your online profile – to get more dates. Anything online and identity related, I’m interested in. There is a service that will pimp your profile or optimize your online profile so…
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Cyber Bullying and Projected Identities
There has been quite a bit of media directed toward the recent cyber bullying incidences. People have committed suicide because of it. It’s definitely a problem. I was watching a segment on the news – and their suggestion was to teach our children to not cyber bully. An insight from…
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