Attention and Intention: Right back atcha Rosa!

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[Paul]

Hi Rosa,

I'm a little humbled that you would pick out my comment. You are incredibly gracious as always but my feeling is that this was a change that you and the community - we - were already well underway towards making.

Ho'ohana was what attracted me to your writing and to the community in the first place. For me, ho'ohana not only works best in groups, it is also made more meaningful by groups too. Like you, I believe it also has a special significance in the new market employers and employees are attempting to make sense of right now.

Work with meaning, self leadership - and your most special of ingredients Aloha - will definitely help to keep us all on track!

Best Regards

Paul

[Rosa Say]

Thanks so much Paul, I love this; “Ho‘ohana not only works best in groups, it is also made more meaningful by groups too.”

And Paul, your language of ‘we’ truly speaks to how quickly and completely you have become part of our community, kākou. I’m honored to know we are in this together.

[Joanna Young]

Rosa, what an amazing woman you are.

Dr Mani shared a quote with me on Twitter at the weekend, from Steve Jobs

"I want to put a ding in the Universe!"

Me too.

And learning how to do it with love, fun and grace... well that's what I learn to do with you.

Joanna
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[Rosa Say]

What a lovely thing to say Joanna, mahalo nui loa. Thank you for sharing that quote too, it is a keeper!

[Steve Sherlock]

Rosa, I found a great quote today:

"Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions." - William Allin

Real learning, as you know, does not occur within the circle, it occurs when you go to the edge and take a step beyond!

As a fellow life long learner, I encourage you on your journey by being by your virtual side, or one step behind; being there, in any case, for support and to learn.

[Rosa Say]

Sounds like me Steve, Ms. Play On The Edges :) Thanks for always being one who helps keep me from slipping off! ‘Education’ is not a word we use much anymore, preferring the learning of ‘Ike loa, however I do greatly appreciate the intention of Mr. Allin’s quote, mahalo for sharing it with us.

[Jamie Grove]

Awesome!!!

My mantra for today comes from one of my favorite characters...

"That which does not kill us is going to live to regret it when we get our strength back." ~ Dick Poppy

Poppy is the kind of guy who takes charge of a situation and does the radically unexpected. I say charge forward into this crazy storm, lightning rod held high!

[Rosa Say]

Thank you Jamie! Now that is a quote that gets my day started in a great way... gathering my strengths together at this very moment. Tuesday, here we come :)

[Karen Swim]

Rosa, this is by far one of the most courageous, inspiring call to action posts I have read...ever. I found myself stirred deep within reading your words. I felt your passion and your desire to take your growth, your mission and your business to the next level. As I wrestle with my own reinvention so much of this truly hit me on a deeply personal level. You were bold enough to invite others to share your mission. A simple, heartfelt sharing. No trick, gimmicks or red letters but a call for others to not follow but join you as you lead. There is so much more within my heart but at the risk of rambling allow me to simply say, thank you Rosa, thank you.

[Rosa Say]

Karen, when I see you comment anywhere I read every single word you have written, for you have a gift with saying just the right thing. If you call that rambling, then I want to be a rambler too!

Mahalo ke aloha pumehana Karen, I thank you too, and I am thrilled you'll be in the canoe with me, for you are not someone who follows, you co-lead. You are our Ho‘ohana Community personified.

[dave]

Okay Sister, allow me to be a little playful before I get emotional.

I hereby choose my next tribe, and they will be the movers, shakers and vital movement creators.

I now have time to invent, innovate, and not just duplicate. :-)

This is the continuation of a Ripple (remember that's how I found you), that you created by dropping MWA into a still pond in 2003, the year before we met.

Words cannot express how much enjoyment I have experienced watching your wave evolve. We both knew that the still waters that lay ahead would embrace and thrive as you, our Mea Ho'okipa passed by. We knew the wave would grow with community fueled by Ho'ohana, fueled by intent and purpose.

I do believe that deep within your 'Uhane, your spirit, you knew the wave's direction. But I'm not sure it was clear. Life had to be journeyed upon for clarity, for Malamalama.

JJL became a beacon, shedding light on the horizon. It has enhanced our Lokahi, our ability to collaborate. I knew that you knew this was to be essential if we were to Imua, to go forward.

It truly is Ka la hiki ola, the dawning of a new day, but it is not monumental. Because tomorrow will also be Ka la hiki ola. It's just that with more Malamalama, comes more intent and purpose.

I love Steve's definition of real learning!! Because beyond is where we must go. And we will...for all to see.

Thanks for all you do Rosa!

[Rosa Say]

Wow Dave, you blow me away... either you have been Hawaiian in some earlier life, or I have done a better job explaining these concepts than I even realized I had! Yet no... that would be giving myself way too much credit. I think instead to that saying, that “when the student is ready the teacher appears” for you have been one of the most thoughtful and open-minded students this hopeful aloha coach has ever had. When I say something, or write something, you have the ability to feel it versus just hearing or reading it.

And perhaps that is what this next ripple is reaching for: That I go from “hopeful” to a much bigger positive expectancy of our community, and one which triggers me to stretch in my leading as well. I ask us all to step it up because I know we have it in us, and I know this much more deeply than I ever have before.

How do I know? ‘Ike loa Kākou:
I have always sensed that ‘knowing more’ comes from listening better, from hearing and understanding others more intimately, believing that we learn best from other people (sound familiar? :) and that is why I speak of my frustration with the silent lurking and tentative only-private conversations that really should be shared with the entire community, and not just me if only for a bit of a stretch in courage and transparency. A public comment on the blog might be all it takes to start! ...and I obviously am not speaking to those of you who have already commented here, either in this posting or another of recent memory.

When they are ready to lead, I need the MWA managers and emerging leaders of our community to speak up louder, making sure I listen, but also making sure WE listen, for I cannot do this alone. Thus my shout-out for more transparency, more experimentation, more public movement. Frankly, more guts. We are there at the edges, and we will begin taking those confident steps forward. Now, not later, not in the future, but today, and FOR the future.

Are we learning our lessons in this recession, and taking better actions, or are we still passively waiting? And if so, what are we waiting for? I am listening... speak up.