Tag: Identity

  • Becoming What You Hate

    Becoming What You Hate

    Before you start shooting down this idea with specific details, hear me out. I heard someone say this – that we all become what we hate. I am sure there are detailed things that you just cannot become. If you hate veggies, you’re not going to become that. I heard…

  • The Olympics is an Identity Event

    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…

  • Recognize an Identity

    Recognize an Identity

    Only those that have the identity, or used to have the identity, or maybe have been around the identity enough – can recognize an identity.  If you haven’t been around an identity or you haven’t taken it on at one point in your life, you can’t really recognize it. You…

  • Energy to Maintain a Projected Identity

    Energy to Maintain a Projected Identity

    I had a conversation with a friend yesterday.  He was talking about the difference between a true identity and a lived out identity.  He mentioned that we live out a sense of who we are (projected self), and that might sometimes be different than the true self (real self).  I’ve…

  • identitySHOW

    identitySHOW

    a post about a podcast called the identitySHOW – a space to talk about identity and what you think you know about it.

  • Perennial Teenager

    Perennial Teenager

    I heard this description of someone today.  The perennial teenager, sometimes called the man-child.  It’s a definite identity that someone can take on these days.  I have my guess as to how this particular identity came to be, but I don’t have to understand how it came to be in…

  • Permission to Take on an Identity

    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…

  • The Group Identity vs. Your Identity

    The Group Identity vs. Your Identity

    A quick post about Jim Carrey and the lessons that we can glean about our individual identity.

  • Who You Root For

    Who You Root For

    I am sure I have written about something like this before. I don’t remember if it was a blog post or a course that I taught, but Who Your Root For tells us lots about your identity. The obvious one is your team. We all have a favorite team. Whether…

  • I Am Definitely Not a PC

    I Am Definitely Not a PC

    I got a new laptop last week from work.  I am so very thankful for a laptop that I can use to do my work.  It allows me to get my work done and gives me the flexibility to do my work in more places.  I’m currently at camp, and…

  • The Currency of the Boring

    The Currency of the Boring

    a post about how you have to endure boring stuff in order to get to the good stuff. movies, edward norton jr, and the hulk.

  • Identity Leakage

    Identity Leakage

    I’ve read about personality leakage before.  All that means is that you are able to see someone’s  personality as you watch their behavior and their actions. I’ve never read about Identity Leakage, but I figure we can make it up right.  Just use the same principles.  All it is is…