Tag: lem usita
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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…
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A Perspective on Ignorance
As a teacher and an educator, I want to educate against ignorance. I get a picture of this super hero teacher that is fighting the crime of ignorance. I tend to think that a good teacher is one that can fight ignorance. I tend to think that a good teacher…
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Your Uniqueness
I came up with the line – be unique, but belong – after reading some Erik Erikson for my research. There’s a balance that needs to be maintained between being yourself, but not being yourself too much. Or being a part of the group, but not being so weird that…
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Professional Questions
I was working through my Google Reader today and came across a post from Seth Godin entitled Running away vs. running toward. Here’s the post. I love the question – Are you chasing or being chased? Are you leading or following? Are you fleeing or climbing? Such great questions. I…
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The White House and Verified Identity
Evidently, the White House is going to be involved in creating an Identity Ecosystem that will verify your identity – for online transactions and just for trust. There’s even talk of an ID card that will be used to verify your identity. Here is an article if you want to…
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Google Me
Not Google Lem Usita, but “Google Me.” This is Google’s next social network. They’ve tried a few, but this is going to be the Facebook-killer. It could happen. Honestly, they know more about you than you might even know yourself. Orkut didn’t quite work. They are saying that it’s going…
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Scriptura Continua
yearsagowhenbookswerewrittenbyscribes andnotbytheprintingpressallofthewordswere joinedtogetherwithnospacesinbetweenthe wordspunctuationandspaceswerecreatedlater thiswascalledinthelatinscripturacontinua wehavetrainedourbraintoreadwiththespaces technicallyihavearrestedyourintellectual capabilitiesbywritingthepostinthiswayand believemeihavearrestedmyownintellectua lcapacitybytypinginthiswayaswellthebrain isamazingandresilientandwecantrainour braintodosomeamazingthingsthankstothe personthatdevelopedspacesbetweenwords
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Design = Results
I got to hear Andy Stanley tonight. He was pretty good. It was a pretty good talk. He had a great quote tonight. Actually, he had a few great quotes tonight, but I loved this one quote. He was talking to a bunch of Southern Baptist pastors, and he said…
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LL34: Breaking My Own Rules
Do you have leadership rules? Rules that you follow in leadership? I broke one of my big rules this past week. The rule is – things should be handled in the appropriate level. If you want an explanation – email me. I failed last week (actually, it happens more often…
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LL33: A Picture of Your Words
Once again, these are leadership lessons that I’m learning – my leadership lessons. At every organization, there is a stated mission statement, and then the mission statement that is carried out. There is the vision that is carefully crafted and branded on all of your print material – then there’s…