Tag: lem usita
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Age and Identity
Today is my birthday – for another 31 minutes anyway. I have tweeted and updated about bacon all day. I don’t know why. I was craving it last night, and I had some today. I could have some right now. Don’t really know why I did that, but bacon it…
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Categories
If you spend any time with you, you will inevitably hear me talk about “categories,” and how we process through our categories. We all have categories in our minds where we store information. They are file folders in our minds. You learn new things by creating new or rearranging existing…
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The Thing that I Love About My Blog
…..is what I learn about you who read it. Whenever I check the sites stats, it shows the search terms that people used to find my blog, and it also shows the sites that they might have come from. Here are some of my observations. 1. People are struggling with…
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My Unco Wem Identity
I was reminiscing with a great friend – Scott Reitz – about when we lived in Minnesota together. That was over 5 years ago. We were talking about shoveling snow and the wonderful memories cues of Minnesota. One of my favorite memories is that of his son Isaac riding whatever…
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LL44: Because Rocks Don’t Talk Back
I had an interesting interchange with a prospective student yesterday. We ran an event on campus for our Leadership Program – which I currently direct. As part of the visit day, our prospective students had to complete certain initiatives, and my leadership students would make observations about each student. The…
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The Not-to-Do List
Have you ever thought about it? Just last night I was updating my “Tasks” list on Google. It quickly filled up. But there should be a “Not to Do” list as well. It’s just as important to identify the things that you should not do. Whether it’s watching tv or…
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On Fitting In
Society isn’t kind to those who don’t fit in. We ostracize, we call names, we harass. – Seth Godin in Poke the Box. As soon as I read that, I immediately thought about some of my posts – Be Unique, but Belong. Seth is talking about leading and poking the…
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LL42: Reframe the Problem
I haven’t written a leadership lesson in awhile. I guess I haven’t been learning any leadership lessons that I’ve wanted to post. Leaders though need the ability to reframe the problem (I got the idea watching a documentary). First of all, there will be problems. But getting stuck in the…
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Do You Need Help Figuring Out Your Identity?
I’d love to help you if I can. How can I claim to be an Identity Specialist if I cannot at help you figure out your identity? I can at least help with basic questions. I can at least give you some of the theory. I realize that I share…
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Spammers are Smart
Whenever I log on to the dashboard of my blog, I many times will have a spam comment. I’ll check it to make sure there are no false positives, and I am always amazed when I check to see how the spam comments really stroke my ego. They write general…
