Ho‘ohana: Our Value for April is ‘Imi ola

You may have noticed that I am returning to the MWA-order and progression with our values of each month;

Our value for February was Aloha, (Chapter 1 in Managing with Aloha)

Our value for March was Ho‘ohana, (Chapter 2)

And now, in April we devote our attentions to ‘Imi ola (Chapter 3), even though it was our value pretty recently: Back in August last year we explored the ‘Imi ola theme of Form and Function.

What’s the thought process here?

With complete honesty and transparency I admit that I bring you, my thoughtful readers and Managing with Aloha practitioners, along with me on whatever journey I may be on at any given moment.

Like all the others within MWA, ‘Imi ola IS one of my personally held values: My online presence is a big part of the ‘form’ for the way I ‘function’ as I live, work, manage, and lead with aloha (my ho‘ohana).

‘Imi ola, you may recall, is to seek (‘imi) one’s best possible life (ola). As chapters, the values of MWA do follow a very specific sequence and progression. For instance, it is far easier to work on the best form for your life (‘Imi ola) once you already have some clarity about what your own passion, purpose, and intention with work is (Ho‘ohana), or at least, what you suspect it may be.

Even before Ho‘ohana, we start with Aloha because it is the root-stock of all the other values. It is a value in and of itself, but it is also the spirit which lives inside you just waiting to break free in its infinite and very abundant possibilities. Aloha is unconditional love for others, and at its purest and most basic level, aloha is the all-accepting love you have for your sense of self.

This is the MWA value progression we’ve spoken of here before. It is the value step-by-step used in all my coaching programs because it syncs so perfectly with the ‘mountain climbing’ we do up the 4 Peaks (Live, work, manage, lead.) It aligns with our MWA business model, where we coach businesses to be

1. Values Centered,
2. Mission Driven,
3. Customer Focused, and
4. Ho‘ohana Inspired.

‘Imi ola is the value of mission and vision. Within ‘Imi ola we make the next connection from Ho‘ohana to the best possible life we craft for ourselves AS we Ho‘ohana toward an inspiring vision.

And that is what I am doing right now. Function (my work, my Ho‘ohana) blends and syncs with Form (in part, the MWA value of the month program).

Managing with Aloha, published as a book to help me share my mission more globally, was my vision back in 2003. Quite candidly, since then I’ve been working on the outcomes of that vision being achieved (in part), and it’s time for me to re-work my vision a bit – something very normal and natural; vision is a moving target. Once you almost achieve something, Kūlia i ka nu’u; you reach higher!

Once you tweak vision, you tweak the mission to achieve it because you now have more clarity about the steps you need to take to reach that newly created, newly inspiring, newly energizing vision.

Good stuff.

The Great stuff?

‘Imi ola is the value which also coaches you to be very cognizant of lifestyle, that is, the life that you simultaneously create for yourself as, good business-person that you are, you tackle that vision.

In yesterday’s post I also mentioned that Dean and Company is taking me through the paces at Teaching with Aloha too; April is for ‘Imi ola there as well. Alignment. All of us Kākou, together. More Great Form. I love it.

In Managing with Aloha;

• ‘Imi ola celebrates individuality and worth (pg 42)
• ‘Imi ola invites you to craft a mission statement that is personal (pg 43)
• ‘Imi ola helps you, as a manager, coach others in their personal mission (pg 44). Do you  really want to do that? Oh yes, and we shall see why.
• ‘Imi ola equips us to set goals which are realistic, achievable, meaningful, exiting and fun, satisfying and rewarding (pg 46) Really - at work!
• ‘Imi ola reinvents the annual performance appraisal in a refreshing way (pg 48)
• ‘Imi ola reveals the abundance of seeking new life (pg 50)
• ‘Imi ola helps us understand the motivation with which we become firmly committed to our personal missions (pg 51)
• And ‘Imi ola places the ability to achieve your purpose in your own hands, giving you the clear understanding that you have the power to create your own destiny.

Crafting your own life as the artful masterpiece it is intended to be. Imagine it!

This is going to be a wonderful month.

Comments

[Gabriella O'Rourke]

Rosa, you have a wonderful space here! I am very inspired to find such a sharing of my ideals for an impassioned workforce through your descriptions of Ho'Ohana, and way beyond. I shall return often. Thanks so much for connecting, and for your kind words about my emerging site! I am working on Imi ola right now!

[Rosa Say]

Aloha Gabriella, welcome to the Ho‘ohana Community! We all seek ‘Imi ola for ourselves every day, but what joy when we can work it together, Kākou. We look forward to learning from you!