Category: Influence
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Resting Heart Rate
Lately, I’ve been thinking about all the different ways that we categorize ourselves. I had written about how we can sometimes find out identity in the BMI. I still think I’m overweight – although I’ve lost some lbs., and I’m trying to lose more. Here’s another measure that you can…
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Sometimes You Need Help
I wrote a post that I called Becoming What You Hate. I have been thinking about it quite a bit. I know what I hate, and it’s just natural to become it. I wonder if it’s because I think about it so much. As I’ve thought about it more, I…
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Reclaim the Mystery
I heard someone say this. The context of the conversation was how we live such public lives. We do live our lives on Facebook and Twitter. We spend times posting everything. We share what sandwich we eat. We share how we are feeling when we are standing in line when…
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Vulnerable in Creativity and Explore your Insecurities
I was at TEDxAFC with my good friends Daniel Araujo and Brent Oglesby. It was my frist time going to one of these events with friends. I normally go by myself so it was nice to proces with people that I knew. Of all the things that I heard today…
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Confluence of Events
con·flu·ence (knfl–ns) n. 1. a. A flowing together of two or more streams. b. The point of juncture of such streams. c. The combined stream formed by this juncture. 2. A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point e·vent (-vnt) n. 1. a. Something that takes place; an occurrence. b. A significant occurrence or happening.…
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Dream Killers
You all know these people. They are the voices in your life that ask you “why?” Why would you try that? Why would you even think this way? Why? I am not sure if you have many people like this in your life. Don’t get me wrong – we need…
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The Olympics is an Identity Event
It’s a huge one, and it displays identity on several different levels. On the one level, we’re watching athletes. They have taken on an identity. They are a swimmer. They are a gymnast. They are a bowler. They are a Pole Vaulter. They have all taken on these identities. These…
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Permission to Take on an Identity
Who gives you permission to take on an identity? You do. Just take it. Just create it. You don’t have to wait. You don’t have to ask permission. Now you can only claim an identity that you can validate. You can try and take on that identity, but if someone…
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The Thin Line Between Hostility and Peace
I heard a talk tonight by my intern, and he shared a definition of some word that he was talking about. This is my first thought that I thought of after he had said it. There is a Thin Line Between Hostility and Peace. You never know what’s going to…
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What Calms You?
What Calms You? Do you even need to be calm? Some of us live such fast-paced lives that we don’t even know that we need to be calm. That place where you are calm is a great place for shaping identity. When you are calm, you can freely think and…
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Second is the Best
First is the worst. You know how it goes right? It’s one of those things that I think can shape how we feel about ourselves. Do you remember saying that in line when you were a little kid? Everything forms. Everything shapes. You hear that enough and you start thinking…
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A Podcast and a Relaunch
Do you podcast? If you do, I want to talk to you. I want to learn how and start one. I already have this conversation that my friend Jasen Ashdown and I have started. We record a video of us talking about things that we are processing through and learning.…
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