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 […]
Sunday Mālama: Darting Fish
“We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are.” —Tobias Wolff Wonderful quote for our value of Ho‘omau, isn’t it? Sunday Mālama: Darting Fish We humans run so many thoughts through our brain… it’s astounding when we’re actually able to focus on them. I used to be one of those people […]
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 […]
To Manage with Aloha is to Hack Behavior
We talked about productivity hacking last time. What managers who adopt Managing with Aloha basically do, is behavior hacking: We hack to gain Aloha-informed behaviors. For programmers who hack, the target is computer code, and unfortunately, some nefarious types within their ranks have brought sinister and illegal intentions to the practice. However, hacking is simply […]
New to Management: A Learn-the-Ropes Checklist
As the author of Managing with Aloha, I get thoughtful questions from people via email. This one came a few days ago: Dear Rosa, I just got a job as an intern. I’m pretty excited about it, for this company is growing like crazy, and they are known to give their graduating interns terrific opportunities […]
Bone Structure and Muscle Mass
I am rereading Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones for maybe the 7th or 9th time; I lose count. It’s always good, whether you read it from start to finish as written, or just dip in for a chapter a day, skimming those titles to see what calls to you. One morning this past week, […]
Lost in Internal Monologues
After publishing this: Nothing’s Final in the Managed with Aloha Workplace, I happened upon an essay on Medium with this coaching: Don’t Get Lost in Being Right. – 5 Steps to Reducing Rage and Having Better Conversations, by Rajen Sanghvi. How to have better conversations will always catch my attention! What Sanghvi brings to light […]