I’ve had several reminders lately, of how good it can be to return to one’s basic essentials, and the clear intention of sharing the spirit of Aloha is unquestionably one of mine; it feels good and right to bring 2019 to it’s conclusion with ALOHA as our Ho‘ohana Community value immersion for the months of […]
Great Managers Remove the Pain Points
Sunny solutions Anyone who lives in Hawai‘i knows that getting your electricity from one of the established electric companies here is outrageously expensive. After years of paying too much and weighing our options, my husband and I recently became Sunrun BrightBox customers; Sunrun markets a solar energy storage solution for homes that includes a photovoltaic […]
Ho‘okipa, Time, and Attention.
I pulled up to one of our Hawai‘i Island resort hotels the other day, to valet park my car. The parking valets were out parking the cars of those who had arrived before me, leaving only the doorman to welcome me. That ‘welcome’ however, never happened. Oh, he did approach my car. He opened the […]
A Stranger Only For A Day
Preface: Our value immersion study for the months of May & June, 2017 is HO‘OKIPA, the Hawaiian value of service and hospitality. A Stranger, Only For A Day This proverb, speaks volumes of the Hawai‘i I grew up in, and taught my children to engage in as well: Ho‘okāhi no lā o ka malihini. A […]
Our Value Immersion for May & June, 2017: Ho‘okipa
Ho‘okipa The hospitality of complete giving Welcome guests and strangers with Aloha Do you ever get the feeling the world is conspiring somehow, to reinforce circumstances or issues you’ve had on your mind? It’s not uncommon, especially in a world so crazily over-connected, as ours seems to be these days. You get some kind of […]
Huddles, Values and the Work Ethic we Value
Huddle up, and Talk Story. I encourage Alaka‘i Managers to talk story often — to huddle with their team (and do call it a ‘huddle’ instead of a ‘meeting’) and simply talk about something and just about anything, where the manager has no issue or resolution in mind, and no agenda of any kind other […]
Life’s 3 Stops in Motivation: Happiness, Meaning, Service
Preface: This posting is follow-up to a conversation started here: They seem happy enough. — Goal! (published January 2, 2013) … and then commented on here — (same page; scroll to the comments) triggered by an article written for The Atlantic by Emily Esfahani Smith: There’s More to Life Than Being Happy The links above […]