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  • Your Public Self

    Your Public Self

    You have a public self – a version of you that’s out there that you might not even be aware of.  We are slowly moving toward being more public in so many areas of our lives.  Whether you are intentional about it or not – that stuff is out there.…

  • Identity Optimization

    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…

  • Your Sayings

    I was listening to a podcast, and the guy I was listening to has phrases that he would say repeatedly.  It caught my attention because one of those phrases is “Here’s the thing.”  It also happens to be one of my filler phrases.  I say “Here’s the thing,” all the…

  • The Sound of Your Voice

    Have you ever heard it?  Have you ever paid attention to it?  Do you like the sound of your voice? I’m sure we can all point out people that really love the sound of their voice.  They talk all the time.  It’s all about them.  That’s not necessarily what I’m…

  • Are You Photo-Realistic?

    Are You Photo-Realistic?

    I couldn’t tell you what the impetus for this post was.  I must have heard it or read it somewhere, and I instantly titled this post and saved it as a draft.  Now coming back to write the actual post, I can’t remember what brought about this thought. It is…

  • Identity Projection

    I have written about identity projections.  You can do a search on my blog for it and a few posts show up.  I’ve talked about it in posts, but I’ve never written a post about it. I have used this idea of identity projection to represent the Jamesian me.  A…

  • The Stuff You Make Up

    Even the stuff that you make up says something about you.  It could be total fiction, but the ideas come from your mind and your heart.  Even the stuff that you make up finds it’s reality in who you are.  It comes from very real things – things that you…

  • LinkedIn Works

    Do you have a LinkedIn.com profile.  You can check mine out here.  A good friend of mine told – who wasn’t all that into social networks or social media – decided to actually check out his linkedin profile to find a job.  He was telling me that he was amazed…

  • Method of Meeting People

    meth·od (mthd) n. 1. A means or manner of procedure, especially a regular and systematic way of accomplishing something: a simple method for making a pie crust; mediation as a method of solving disputes. See Usage Note at methodology. 2. Orderly arrangement of parts or steps to accomplish an end:…

  • What “I Am” Means

    The word “am” according to Merriam-Webster.com: Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eom; akin to Old Norse em am, Latin sum, Greek eimi present 1st singular of be “I Am” statements are identity projections.  Okay, maybe not all “I Am” statements, but many of them are.  Whether you make a…

  • The Semiotics of Clothes 2

    A little over a month ago, I wrote a post on the semiotics of clothes. You can click to see the post – but the main idea of the last post was that the responsibility rested on the wearer of the clothes; that the wearer is responsible for what is…

  • Family Portraits and Identity

    What does your family portrait say about you and your identity?  What does the spacing and order of each family member mean? In some cases – it means absolutely nothing.  Maybe the particular picture wasn’t posed.  Maybe the configuration was necessary because of the size of the room, but maybe…