Sense of Place and Time: It’s the last Sunday of April 2019, the 2nd month of a value immersion we devoted to Nānā i ke kumu. This is a Sunday Mālama edit of the wrap-up I offered in our Ho‘ohana Community newsletter; Nānā i ke kumu Layers Let’s start by revisiting our basic refresher on […]
Alonui
“Wherever you are, make sure you’re there.” — Dan Sullivan What are the good habits which empower you, and make you feel stronger? One of my Hō‘imi reflections was this: After a ten-year investment ‘dabbling’ in social media, I realized it didn’t qualify for me as a ‘good habit.’ Not Flickr or Instagram, not Twitter […]
The Values that Matter: Yours & Ours
One of the things I love most about values, and by extension, my Ho‘ohana working with values-centered management practices via Managing with Aloha, is that they never get old. In that way, the “out with the old, and in with the new” mantra that is often heralded each January doesn’t seem to apply to our […]
Ho‘omaha Makahiki Kākou
At Christmastime we say, “Mele Kalikimaka” in Hawai‘i— Merry Christmas! For the new year to come we say, “Hau‘oli Makahiki hou”— Happy New Year! It’s that wonderful time; time to REST. You’re probably thinking, “Are you kidding me? This time of the year is CRAZY.” Precisely. That’s why it’s best we rest. It can be […]
6 Month Review: Give yourself Space for Better and an Energy Audit
July 1st is this coming Friday. It’s time for a 6-month review. Here’s what I suggest: Make space for better in the 6 months of 2016 to come, and Give yourself an energy audit. Over the weekend I checked in with photographer and creative Chase Jarvis, and he got me thinking about energy. Ours. Human-powered […]
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 […]
Got Passion?
passion |ˈpa sh ən| noun ~ strong and barely controllable emotion : a man of impetuous passion. We often think of passion as an indicator of emotional attachment. It’s a noun we tend to think of as an adjective, believing that people are either passionate about something, or they’re not, and that’s that. It is […]