Category: Identity
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What You Obsess About
Well, if you’ve been reading this blog for a bit – you know what I’m going to say (Right Kahu Dan!). What you obsess about tells me so much about your identity. If you think about something so much to the point that you obsess about it – that’s your…
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Do You Want to Express Your Identity
Corporations will sell you the things that you can use to express your identity. All you have to do is buy their stuff. The thing is, they are the same ones that make you feel yucky about your current identity. They spend the money to make you feel fat and…
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Identity and Emotions
The work of identity formation – creating and shaping identity can be so emotional. When you are working on who you are – it’s hard emotional work. We tend to wrap our identities around something – our work, our kids, our looks, our car – something. Whenever you put your…
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Projecting on an Identity
An identity projection – good thing. A projection on an identity – not a good thing.
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The Best Place to Watch Identity
Maybe it’s because I’ve been traveling so much lately. Maybe it’s because I tend to see identity everywhere. Maybe it’s because I have been to a few places where people from all over the place come to visit. I was in Vegas 2 weeks ago, and I was in Waikiki…
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Power Your Identity
So we’re at the airport – delayed for 6 hours. It’s fine though. If you ever want to see someone’s real identity, watch them after they are told that their flight has been delayed 6 hours. But as we sit here, it’s been so interesting to watch people and their…
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Being Known
I am working through a book on neuroscience and relationships. Read about this concept of how we tend to think of our relationships in terms of how well we know people. That’s pretty much how I think about my relationships. I can tell you who I know well, and those…
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Knowing Your Story
For those of you that are trying to figure out your identity, one of the best ways to do so is by knowing your story. You would be surprised by how many people have forgotten their story. I have assigned a Life Map project for some of my classes that…
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Chunkin’ Rocks at a Sign
I don’t know if you watch Duck Dynasty, but we were fans from the first episode. It’s such a great show. There’s a line that one of the guys says – ….”that’s funner than sitting down chunkin’ rocks on a sign” or something like that. It’s such a great line,…
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Rejuvenate Your Identity
This only works if you know where you’re from. Well, this idea that I’m about to write anyway. If you want to rejuvenate your identity – find yourself back at home. There’s just something about it. I’m not talking about the house your grew up in – although that can…
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What Do People Ask You to Do
I was thinking about this earlier today. I don’t remember what the context was or what I was even thinking before this thought, but I was thinking about identity and this was the idea that came to mind. Now, before I start talking about my concept about this is that…
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Derive Meaning From All the Tracks of Life
I heard this line today. They were talking about social media and all of the check-ins and status updates that we post. They were talking about being able to go back in time and check out tweets and check-ins from all of these different tracks and trying to derive meaning…
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