My Photo

Let’s Talk Story

  • >>About the Site
    Talking Story is published by Ho‘ohana Publishing, champion of the Managing with Aloha workplace reinvention movement. This site is the one-stop-shop of the current writing of author Rosa Say (me:) Browsing welcomed too: Talk Story with us!
  • >>Buy the book
    Get your own copy of Managing with Aloha, Bringing Hawaii’s Universal Values to the Art of Business
  • >>ManagingWithAloha.com
    Links to Excerpts, Book Buzz, and additional articles.
  • >>Say Leadership Coaching
    There is nothing as much fun as Talking Story about the MWA reinvention of work in person! Get your boss to hire me :) Direct link to my presentation topics.

Because Life is so Rich

  • Say “Alaka‘i”
    I am now writing on management and leadership [Alaka‘i] for the online edition of “Hawai‘i’s Newspaper” The Honolulu Advertiser. Updates are posted each Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.
  • My Flickr Page
    Red Bottle Brush Gave myself a new camera for my birthday (LOVE this little gem) and wow! It is as if that little Fuji lens has finally put a pair of glasses on a part of my brain I was not using.
  • Follow me on Twitter
    Twitter_bird
  • Mana‘o on a Virtual Bookshelf
    And of course, what I will buy even before food: Books. My virtual bookshelf will point you to all my mini book studies and reviews.
  • Ho‘ohana Publishing
    Still looking for more?
    Love it! The link above will take you to my Coaching Article Index on SLC, my business site. If you are a productivity and lifehack person, you will love this one: MWA3P: Productivity and Working with Aloha.
  • Our sister site: Joyful Jubilant Learning
    Founded on ‘Ike loa the Hawaiian value of learning, JJL is home to our Ho‘ohana Community.


    Did you know you can get published at JJL too? Click over to learn how, and to read about the current learning focus there.

  • Support Talking Story as you Learn: Visit our SLC Store at Amazon.com

« Learning from Papa: Being the Boss, Shave Ice and Rainbow Colors | Main | From Bothersome Noise to Soothing Sound »

Kēia Manawa: This is it. Right Here, Right Now.

Kēia Manawa (Kay-ee-ah Ma-na-va) is one of my favorite Hawaiian phrases: I mutter it to myself all the time as a kind of self-coaching to get moving, particularly in those instances there is another reticent voice telling me to just curl up and withdraw, for that one is a voice I want to shut up: Life is just too short for bench-warming.

This is what my Ka lā hiki ola (dawning of a new day) looked like this morning, and I am not going to waste it!

2008_0609mon10a0009_2
Photo Library: Ho‘ohana Publishing ©.
See my Flickr page for other CC-licensed photos.

At MWAC today we get some help from my friend Amy Palko and from Robin Williams on what Kēia Manawa means.

I have already presented Amy’s lesson to you here at TS (did you do her exercise?) and so here is a teaser on Robin William’s coaching via The Dead Poets Society. Even if you’ve seen this before, this is a clip to get you moving today too. It will also shorten your reading time once you click over to MWAC, for I know you’re going there today too, right?

“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.”
[direct link: YouTube video clip of Dead Poets Society if it does not show up in your browser or feed reader.]

So what will TODAY, Right Here, Right Now be about for you? What is your Keia Manawa TODAY? Mine will be dedicated to the exercise I suggest over at MWAC, for I do what I ask you to do ~ it is my Keia Manawa.

So join us at Managing with Aloha Coaching today:

MWAC Tuesday Essay #2:
Ka lā hiki ola and Kēia Manawa

Managing with Aloha Coaching
Subscribe to Managing with Aloha Coaching by Email

Posted by Rosa Say on June 10, 2008 in About MWA: Managing with Aloha |

Digg This | Save to del.icio.us

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341bfac553ef00e55346b9088833

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Kēia Manawa: This is it. Right Here, Right Now.:

» Learn about Luana this Weekend: I know you have it in you! from Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching
Luana (loo ah na) is a short, easy to pronounce Hawaiian word good to know for any day of the week, and in particular, it can be a fantastic weekend mantra: luana. vi. To be at leisure, enjoy pleasant surroundings [Read More]

Tracked on July 04, 2008 at 12:15 AM

» July Tuesdays: Learning in the MWA way from Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching
I am feeling great about the way that our Tuesday Coaching essays have come together this month on Managing with Aloha Coaching, and I hope you will check them out. Our value for the month is ‘Ike loa, the Hawaiian [Read More]

Tracked on July 08, 2008 at 11:35 AM

» Weekend Coaching from Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching
It may surprise you where you might get some. Observe everything. Making the most of my day on Flickr. When I see a hibiscus like this I wish they lived longer than a single day. With that thought in mind [Read More]

Tracked on August 16, 2008 at 08:25 AM

Comments

Feed You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.

Rosa, as always, your coaching to us is so accurate, so timely, so just right. Carpe Diem... just what I needed to hear and read this morning.

I'm off to gather rosebuds...

Thank you. Karen x

Posted by: Karen Wallace | June 10, 2008 at 11:18 AM

Thank you for joining me Karen! I have been gathering them too :)

Posted by: Rosa Say | June 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM

Rosa,
"Life ist just too short for bench-warming" - what a great sentence! I am having my 1 and 1/2 hours at twitter, blog-reading and commenting (I've got a day off today) and then I will be busy doing the things I've got on my to-do-lists. Thanks for your encouraging post!

Posted by: Ulla | June 10, 2008 at 11:03 PM

Good strategy Ulla, setting your timer for your time online with social media! I need that same discipline. Mahalo for visiting: It is a brand new day for me as I write this, and I will follow your lead ~ a holiday here in Hawaii, June 11th is King Kamehameha Day.

Posted by: Rosa Say | June 11, 2008 at 06:32 AM

The comments to this entry are closed.

Get Talking Story Delivered to You!

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Best of Talking Story and Other Useful Links

Talking Story Basics at Work

Tech Tools

Blog powered by TypePad
Member since 08/2004