Category: Identity
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The Art of the Pickpocket
I have never pickpocket-ed at all. I really don’t know how to, but I was reading a book about it – well, the book was about power, but there was this little section about observation. Pickpocketers love crowds where there are signs that say “Beware of Pickpocketers.” As soon as…
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A Big Ten Identity
If you live in one of those states that has a school in the Big Ten, you have this – a Big Ten Identity. I’m currently in one of those states, and I don’t currently live in one of those states. I know that people pretty much grow up into…
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City Slicker
I was hanging out with some friends last night. I didn’t realize how much of a city person I was. As I was listening to stories about coon hunting, shot guns, fly fishing, and the prairie, I started to realize that I am definitely a city person. In fact, I…
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Back to Minnesota
It’s always great to come back to a place that you have lived before. It’s greets to see things that are so familiar, but once again new. It’s great to see the changes from when you were here last. There are so many memories for DC and I from when…
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What You Own
I watched a speech that Jimmy Carter gave. One line stood out to me, and keep in mind that he was describing life when he was president. He said that we define human identity, not by what we do, but what we own. That was decades ago, but is it…
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Your Online Identity
I saw the following tweet by Sally Hogshead, and it has implications for your online identity. SallyHogshead “If you *suck* in real life, you will *suck* online.” ~ @rory_vaden Your true self in the real world, will be the basis of all of your projected selves – whether online or…
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Be Unique, But Belong 3
I was listening to the song Creep by Radiohead this morning. I was listening to the Scala and Kolacny Choir version – the one on the Social Network movie trailer. I know it’s not a new song – and there are some choice expletives in it. It’s a song that…
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Sometimes, You Can’t Help It
I was reading this morning about synaptic neurotransmitters and the connections that your brain makes on the cellular level. I’m no neuro scientist and honestly, they couldn’t even tell you exactly what happens, but evidently – repeated behavior and experience can possibly change the connections in your brain. Check out…
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Jeep and Identity
A friend of mine told me about this Jeep commercial where the tagline is – The things we make, make us. During the commercial, Jeep appeals to our sense of identity as Americans because of the things that we as a country have built and created. It is a matter…
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Pathologically Helpful
I am reading Malcolm Gladwell‘s The Tipping Point. I read that line when Malcolm was talking about Mark Alpert. He described him on pg. 66. The line after says – He can’t help himself. “A Maven is someone who solves his own problems – his own emotional needs – by…
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Identity Consistency
I just read an article on Mashable about how you can maintain some consistency on your online identities. Here‘s the article. As the article says, sometimes you end up with multiple online identities which need a sense of consistency across the different platforms. I would agree with the article in…
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