We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. You make the choices which affect you most, and I would argue, are much more important in the grand scheme of things. The Serenity Prayer advises us well; “Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The […]
Rapid Fire Learning
The month draws to a close today, and it is therefore time for Rapid Fire Learning. Got your journal open? Rapid Fire Learning One of the ‘elders’ in our Ho‘ohana Community is an ‘Ike loa learning habit, a month-end practice we named Rapid Fire Learning (RFL). RFL was created on TalkingStory.org in September of 2006, a […]
Good
January’s Beginnings are in Our Good When January 1st arrived, I just had two sentences in my journal as my 2018 candidate of intention—and in pencil no less! Look for good. Whether people, places, or things, turn them into your good experiences. On January 2nd, I wrote over the pencil with a black Sharpie, deciding […]
In Managing, Do You Balance ON and IN?
I truly hope you’ve been having the same experience I’ve been having with our current value immersion, wherein we’ve tackled a review of the business model we currently work within: “[what] I am encouraging you to target these two months to come, is your business model. By extension, you will be working on your financial […]
Each New Year a Gift
“Let us welcome the new year full of things that have never been.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke, via “thin places” At this time last year, I wrote: As I write this, we’re about to turn another yearly page in our lives, the true goodness of Ka lā hiki ola in all its glory: Hope and […]
Reprise: This January, Slow Down ~ Be a Champion
When I started to queue up this week’s Saturday Archive Aloha, this instantly popped up in my memory though it was written two years ago: This January, Slow Down. I have been trying to do just that. Maybe you have too? January has this tendency to zoom ahead with a lot of impatience, not all […]
Speaking with Aloha: Affirmations for Alaka‘i Managers, Round 4 with Markers
Our Managing with Aloha Markers: Looking back: If we put all the holiday stuff aside, as joyful as it has been, we primarily had 3 things going, and still do. 1st our values constant: we have shifted to The Value Immersion of Ha‘aha‘a (humility) and Ho‘ohanohano (dignity) as our value pairing for January and February […]