Tag: lem usita
-
Two Ways of Being Happy
I just listened to the Daniel Kahneman TED talk. He talked about how our “experiencing” self and our “remembering” self might perceive happiness. He’s quite brilliant, and I definitely need to hear his talk a few more times and read more about his work. I’m purchasing one of his books…
-
Framework for Reflection
I shared this with one of my classes this morning. We spent some time reflecting on Kony2012. We had a wonderful and emotionally engaging conversation about it. But in order to set up the reflection, we used some curriculum theory to frame our reflection. There are many ways to frame…
-
Time to Start Writing Again
I haven’t written a blog post since 10.17 – according to what the dashboard says. It’s been kind of nice to still get hits on the blog even when I wasn’t writing. I needed a break, but I didn’t know I needed a break. I didn’t know that I needed…
-
No Matter How Much of the Story You Have….
……you don’t have the whole story. Inherent in “story” is the idea that you only have a piece of it. Really, you only have one’s perspective of it. They couldn’t have told you all of the details. When someone tells you a story, you get in a few minutes what…
-
Teaching Without Talking
I am a teacher. Well, I am a teacher by trade, but it is also what I am – even if I didn’t do it as a profession. I was thinking about this today – but as I teacher, I do most of my teaching by talking. I teach. I…
-
My Strengths Finders 2.0 Top 5
I recently took the Strengths Finder assessment from strengths.gallup.com. Since this blog has to do with identity, I figured I’d share a glimpse into my identity. I am using it for a class that I’m teaching. I was told that I needed to take the assessment years ago, but didn’t…
-
I Never Used to Like Dogs
Well, I had a little dog growing up. I loved that dog. It was my dog. I took care of that dog. Then we had to move, and we couldn’t have pets in our Condo. My dad gave away the dog without letting anyone know. We didn’t even get to…
-
Improve Your Mindsight
As an educator, I am interesting in learning and experiences. I am interested in behavior and identity. I like to read about why and how we do things. One of the latest areas of reading has to do with the neuroscience of these things that I’m interested in. I have…
-
Measuring Happy
You can measure work. It’s measured by hours. Some measure it by the amount of money that they make. Whether you work hard or not, you can measure that amount much easier than you can Measure Pleasure or Happiness. I was listening to a talk this week, and I’ve been…
-
My Klout Influential Topics
I never check my Klout scores. It only means something to Klout people. I recently checked and happened to see my most influential topics. Since I only connect with Twitter and not Facebook, these are topics from just tweets. I’ll list them with a comment or two, and I don’t…
-
A Tribesman will Never Struggle with Identity
You’ll have to watch Steven Pressfield’s video where he describes the difference between a tribesman and a citizen. And although he describes the tribesman and a citizen for a totally different context, the idea still holds – A tribesman will never struggle with identity. He knows who he is. The…
-
Random Opponent
I have recently started playing Words with Friends. It’s great for unproductivity. I have too many games going. Well, I had the app open, and I somehow “created” a game with a Random Opponent. I didn’t necessarily want to resign the game. It started so then I played the game.…