Sense of Place: It’s January, the month of resolutions, goal-setting, and life’s way finding. In a recent newsletter, I shared this with the Ho‘ohana Community; Two Choices: The Change I Choose. If there’s anything I’ve learned from my own experiences with making New Year’s resolutions, it’s this: a) Make as few of them as possible, […]
On Intention: Don’t “shut up”—Sound off
Unchecked boxes Derek Sivers, a thought leader I admire, is often quoted with this advice to “Zip it!”: “Shut up! Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them,” …which goes contrary to what we hear about transparency, having accountability partners, invoking the Law of Attraction and such. As Sivers explains it: “Tests done […]
Being Home is being welcomed back by your Sense of Place
I will have to share a few of my vacation pics with you once I’ve sorted them out (there are a few on Instagram if you’d like a preview). Meanwhile, my VacationSTRETCH is now in its 7th day back home — crazy how fast it goes! On one of those 7 mornings, I had my […]
When it’s good, S-T-R-E-T-C-H it out!
I’m so excited. This is the day I program my contact places with my “on vacation!” message, and switch gears for two weeks. The hubby and I will be jetting off to a family vacation, and I can barely contain my joy in imagining all it will be for us — we have planned for […]
Sunday Mālama: On Mothers and Mothering, Fathers and Fathering
Happy Mothers Day! Commonality One of the things I love most about Mothers Day, and about Fathers Day as well, is their universal community — we all have them in common. The simple fact that we spend any amount of time on this earth as human beings means we each have a mother, we each […]
Video Review: Tina Roth Eisenberg “Trust Breeds Magic”
I promised myself I would watch more videos that are of the TED Talks variety — storytelling ones which are more biographical in nature, and about small ideas which became big deals for people. One thing I’ve come to know is this: Seemingly small ideas are usually personal values looking for some way to help […]
Better Person, Better Manager, Better Leader. Alaka‘i Batch 24.
Actually, there are two batches, 12 each, and self-coaching has never been easier. Taken separately, we’ve called them The 12 Rules of Self-Management, and The 12 Rules of Self-Leadership, and they came back to mind for me after this: Good person first, good manager as a consequence. We self-manage our own behavior first, and manage […]