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Palena ‘ole Positivity is Hō‘imi— look for it
Mark wrote, “Keep these coming Rosa. I need all the help I can get with being more positive. Wish I knew how you do this.” Here’s my little secret, the one I don’t talk about much: I have a skeptical...
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The ‘But’s Which Work to Favor
When someone says, “yeah, but” we steel ourselves for their objections and excuses, no matter how tactful they are with the words which follow. We know they’re about to rationalize whatever we just...
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Ha‘aha‘a means Humility Laughing
Actually it doesn’t. Not exactly. HA‘AHA‘A is indeed the Hawaiian value of humility, however the word does not literally mean ‘humility laughing,’ that’s my kaona about it in our Managing with Aloha...
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‘IMI OLA: To seek life and strengthen your faith
One of my goals in writing Managing with Aloha, was to help people think of value choices and value definitions in a fresher way, beyond being satisfied by statements like, “My values are about family,...
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Curate, and Be Curated
Have you cracked open that gorgeous new journal you got for Christmas? The clean slate we get each January, is an opportunity for managers to employ start-fresh record-keeping. In this era where a...
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Honor Your Survivors, Part II
The Results of our Lesson Plan When I suggest journaling or self-coaching exercises to you, you can bet that I’m doing them too. So I tackled the one presented in Honor Your Survivors as my weekend...
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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...
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On November 4th, your Civic Duty calls. Answer, and answer well.
There is a rather popular saying in Hawai‘i right now, and it goes like this: “No vote, no grumble.” What mostly happens however, sad to say, is that people don’t vote, yet keep grumbling. Hawai‘i has...
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Looking back to Hō‘imi Forward
A year-end Exercise in Positive Expectancy Hō‘imi is another Hawaiian value, one that blends parts of Managing with Aloha’s ‘Imi ola (create your best possible life) and Ka lā hiki ola (hope, promise,...
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Begin, or Regroup with Ka lā hiki ola
December 1st, Dawning Remember this goodness all month long: Keep your firsts going with Ka lā hiki ola, the value of hope and promise. Ka lā hiki ola translates to “the dawning of a new day.” That...
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Desk time, Face time, Ho‘o time
What else might be involved in your Winter Readiness as a manager (or as someone learning to ‘live, work, manage and lead with Aloha’)? In looking back to Hō‘imi forward, it might be a useful exercise...
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Are you approachable?
Ready for a follow-up to this? Desk time, Face time, Ho‘o time. When I say ‘face time’ what do you instantly think about? One of my own instant word associations, is approachability, especially now,...
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Goals Change. Values are Forever.
Preface: I must start by giving credit where credit is due ~ I copied my title from Matt Cheuvront because I loved it so much, to the point of jumping out of my chair when I first read it, yelling...
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On Batching: The Fewer the Better
19 Values of Aloha, just made 20, is too much. For this week’s Saturday Archive Aloha, I had queued up Managerial Batching: 1, 2, 5 and 7 as our article for reviewing/ remembering/ repeating. Batching...
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Each New Year a Gift
As I write this, we’re about to turn another yearly page in our lives, this time from 2015 to 2016, the true goodness of Ka lā hiki ola in all its glory: Hope and promise in the “dawning of a new day.”...
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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...
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Sunday Mālama: Living Mahalo with my Dailies
Tomorrow will be Stephen’s Day There is an annual ritual I observe each November 28th, the birthday of someone now in heaven who was exceptionally special to me. In his honor, I call it Stephen’s Day....
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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...
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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...
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Looking back to Hō‘imi Forward
A year-end Exercise in Positive Expectancy Hō‘imi is another Hawaiian value, one that blends parts of Managing with Aloha’s ‘Imi ola (create your best possible life) and Ka lā hiki ola (hope, promise,...
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