March 2012
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The Five Universal Themes of Business « Todd... →
I tend to agree with his findings as evidenced by my own business book reading, yet must say: Oh how we wish it were true! They may be the universal themes in business literature, but not necessarily in business as we cause it to actually happen…
Here is the way I would align his list of 5 themes (bolded, and listed first below) with the 9 key concepts in learning Managing with Aloha, at...
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Findings: How We Will Read: Craig Mod →
I continue to love this series…
fndgs:
Welcome to the third installment of “How We Will Read,” a series exploring the future of reading from the perspectives of publishers, writers, and intellectuals. This week we spoke to Craig Mod, writer, publisher, and former designer at Flipboard.
Craig has written and spoken on the…
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“I have often tried to describe what I like to call “a good class.” It happens...”
– The American Scholar: Dr. Johnson’s Profession - Paula Marantz Cohen
February 2012
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Unfolding Leadership Newsletter March 2012:... →
Big Mahalo to leadership coach Dan Oestreich, for sharing our MWA verbing of ‘managemeant’ in his March Newsletter.
Much more there to read and learn from ~ check it out and pick up your own subscription. This month, Dan features an interview with Ed Batista, an executive coach, change management consultant, and Leadership Coach at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Bonus Link: Also, do...
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DailyGood: Profit vs. Principle: The Neurobiology... →
Scientific research corroborates what we’ve learned about our values in Managing with Aloha:
Let your better self rest assured: Dearly held values truly are sacred, and not merely cost-benefit analyses masquerading as nobel intent, concludes a new study on the neurobiology of moral decision-making… The Neurobiology of Integrity
If you are interested in reading more about the...
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How Amazon ate Sears' lunch - Fortune Management →
Sears will close in Ala Moana Center too: Quite sad, for it’s been an anchor there since Statehood.
This is a lesson in Kūlia i ka nu‘u (the value of achievement in Managing with Aloha): You can choose not to compete (e.g. when Sears dropped its catalog business) but you can’t choose not to excel.
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Creative Something: Here's something to try:... →
I wholeheartedly concur with this: Great coaching in centering our attention, and honoring our own capacity for self-abundance.
creativesomething:
When you see something that inspires you – a new movie, a phrase in a book, or a beautifully designed poster, for example – how do you react?
A typical first response to great inspiration is to state how wonderful it is, bookmark it, post it on...
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DailyGood: How to Support Teens in Listening, by... →
Ricky has brought D5M (the Daily 5 Minutes) to her high school classroom in a wonderful way!
Most importantly, the listener is directed to practice listening with an empty mind.
My commentary is on Talking Story today: Comfort in Listening, achieved when “We press on.”
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Monday #27: Listen Up! | Dar Hosta's 52 Mondays... →
I know we’ve all done lots of people watching (one of my favorite things to do, actually) but have you ever done people listening? … But, of course, being an avid eavesdropper doesn’t always mean we are good listeners.
As an aside to this particular posting, I love Dar’s Monday intention. Click through more pages on her blog to read a few more topics; she is “an award winning...
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The American Scholar: Armchair Adventures -... →
Why is it that I so seldom want to read what everyone else wants to read?…
My first thought: Another reason reading remains more private for me than social (compared to what Steven Johnson describes). My interests seem to run a different track.
My second thought: Bookmarking this for the reading lists he included, for this sounds so compelling:
I find that nowadays I gravitate...
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: How We Will Read: an interview with... →
fndgs:
Reading. It’s a simple act. You’re doing it right now. You probably read something off of billboards, screens, and packages hundreds of times throughout the course of a single day. Can something so fundamental really be changing?
Here at Findings, we believe it is. We engage in conversations with our users every day about what they need to fill in the gap between their reading...
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Lessons I Learned Reading Over 200 Books →
Love what Julien Smith has done here, for it serves as a personal, jacket-illustrated catalog of his reading and learning.
I recently realized that I’d been reading a book every week now for about 5 years straight.
It kind of made me wonder: what did I really learn? Am I smarter than I used to be?
He’s captured the thesis of each book in 140 characters (so I assume as he tweeted them),...
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Lists of Note: The Seven Blunders →
From Shaun Usher:
In October of 1947, Mohandas Gandhi gave a piece of paper to his visiting grandson, Arun Gandhi, upon which was written the following list — a list he said contained “the seven blunders that human society commits, and that cause all the violence.” The next day, Arun returned home to South Africa, never to see his grandfather again. Gandhi...
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The American Scholar: Tracking - Paula Marantz... →
I’m going to add “tracking” to our Managing with Aloha vocabulary; I think it’s essential that managers understand how this works in the workplace too, and how it will affect their culture-building.
The article at The American Scholar talks about it in our schools:
Several years ago, I taught a freshman honors English course in which I asked students how they thought...
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The Art of Distraction - Hanif Kureishi for the... →
This is a beautifully written essay: Please read it slowly within the next moment of quiet reflection time you gift yourself, and then Nānā i ke kumu, look to your source too.
And it usually isn’t long, with experts, before they begin to talk, fashionably, about brains and chemicals. Biological determinism is one of psychology’s ugliest evasions, removing the poetic human from any issue. ...
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Can I Be Happy as an Investment Banker? The... →
File this one in your Ho‘ohana index (the value of worthwhile work) ~
Cal Newport:
It might seem like “pursuing your definition of a remarkable life” is quite similar to “following your passion,” but for most people, it’s not.
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Don’t Talk Yourself Out of It →
Corbett Barr:
Admit it. There’s something you’ve been thinking about doing.
At first you were 110% committed. Nothing was going to stop you.
You had some doubts, but you decided it was worth doing.
You made plans, got excited about the potential and started taking action.
But then something happened…
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If Your Company's Culture Needs A Shot In The Arm,... →
In a company managed with Aloha, the Huddle is a no-brainer basic in our Language of We communicating (Keys 5 and 6), tool #2 to the Daily 5 Minutes.
Here’s another story which is testament to how it works (and why).
The first one was a bit awkward, feeling more like a forced staff meeting. It slowly transitioned into something more akin to a weekly sales status. That wasn’t much...
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Eric D. Brown - Links for February 19 2012 →
My Sunday morning ritual includes leisurely reading time to scour the blogs I subscribe to. If you share this habit with me, and are interested in Alaka‘i, the value of leadership, do add Eric’s blog to your reader, for he consistently finds great gems to share with us, like these two:
Ignoring the Impossible by Jamie Notter
Quote: I feel like we should come clean and admit that none of us...
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Minimal Mac: Microsoft's Biggest Miss →
minimalmac:
One of the benefits of a long car trip with my wife is the opportunity to have really great and insightful conversations with the smartest person I know. Yesterday, on the first leg of our trip, we spent some time discussing Microsoft’s many missed opportunities. The failure to take the iPhone…
Not sure what I like best about this posting from Patrick Rhone, the insight he...
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This Will Make You Smarter: 151 Big Thinkers Each... →
stoweboyd:
Popova reviews ‘This Will Make You Smarter’, where various smart people pick a single idea to help you understand the world a bit better…
This sounds like a great pick for my Book List, and a good follow-up to Brain Rules (reading now)
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The Aloha “of great value” which is February 14th →
I originally posted this on February 14, 2005, my first Valentines Day blogging, and I now reread it each year, for I need reminders as much as anyone else; I too need those gentle helps which keep me growing into a better person. The trace on my digital calendar is linked to this page, and says, “Be good to your family, and read this again – read it EARLY!” for my favorite on the list is the...
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“If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to...”
– Reading Brain Rules, by John Medina, and quickly learning why it’s been so highly recommended. The classroom and the workplace are just two of the places in which his rules can be applied, but boy oh boy, those two are an optimal start!
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The Disadvantages of an Elite Education →
austinkleon:
One of the great errors of an elite education, then, is that it teaches you to think that measures of intelligence and academic achievement are measures of value in some moral or metaphysical sense. But they’re not. Graduates of elite schools are not more valuable than stupid people, or talentless people, or even lazy people. Their pain does not hurt more. Their souls do not weigh...
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What I've Learned About Smart People. →
zenhabits:
Ask questions.
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I have noticed one overarching theme among smart people: they ask questions.
… it’s clear that this trend is no accident. Not only do smart people ask questions when they don’t understand something, but they also ask questions when the world thinks it understands something. Smart people challenge the very limit of human understanding, and push ...
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Read to Lead: How to Digest Books Above Your... →
Ryan Holiday:
I shouldn’t be able to read most of the books on my shelf. I never took a single classical history class and I cheated through most of Economics 001. Still, the loci of my library are Greek History and Applied Economics. And though they often are beyond me educationally, I’m able to comprehend them because of some equalizing tricks. Reading to lead or learn requires that you ...
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Research chat: Dan Ariely and Malcolm Gladwell on... →
Duke University behavioral economist Dan Ariely and New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell have both made significant contributions to the public’s understanding of social science research.
So great to eavesdrop on this conversation between them.
Gladwell:
To be a writer I think you’re kind of constitutionally disposed toward optimism.
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Bill Flanagan: Let Whitney Houston rest in peace |... →
Wholeheartedly agree with this:
And when she got her chops around a GOOD song? The heavens opened.
Whitney Houston was a public figure her whole adult life. She battled her demons in the public eye. Today, everyone will praise her. Tonight at the Grammys, she will be paid tribute. In the next few days she will be eulogized. That’s as it should be, she deserves it.
But wouldn’t...
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Leading Blog Book Review~ Grow: Taking Your... →
Sounds like a book for my reading list. 3 things jump out at me:
We largely associate brand with a product or a service, yet what Alaka‘i Managers must do, is associate company brand with the growth and development of people.
I love how Stengel articulates his “five fields of fundamental human values.” Check them out, and ask yourself if you, as a manager, could be graded on your own...
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Three Keys to Lasting Change | Sources of Insight →
Get leverage
Interrupt any limits
Recondition
Makes total sense.
Somewhat related, from Lisa Haneberg: Disenthrall Ourselves of the Past
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Blog Love: Lists of Note →
Loving this blog curation by Shaun Usher; would reblog it constantly if it were a Tumblr!
Recent faves:
How to Write: Advice from advertising legend David Ogilvy
Wartime Golf Rules: As the Battle of Britain began to take hold in 1940, a bomb fell on an outbuilding belonging to Richmond Golf Club in Surrey, England. As a result, the club — rather than halt future rounds of golf — issued an...
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The Millions' Guide to Litifying Your Tumblr... →
Follow recommendations if your loves = Tumblr + Reading literature. Nick Moran feels “The [Tumblr] platform is perfectly suited for dynamic storytelling, and as a direct result, it is home to some of the friendliest book lovers around.” so…
By creating this list of my favorite “literary Tumblrs,” I hope to turn you on to some of the sites that make The Millions’ dashboard that...
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45 Cents of Delight | PoMo Golightly →
Because
“No one clutches an email to their hearts”
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If you worked for me →
I’m not alone as an employer with a newly improved business model for 2012… are you on board?
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“There is a lovely idea attributed to Aboriginal society that says, “The...”
– Op-Ed by James Victore: Accepting Less to Have More :: The 99 Percent
The coaching in this article isn’t new, but have you taken action with the self-discipline required? It’s self-care, really.
The quote above really appealed to me, because it implies that you haven’t blinders...
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Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time →
emergentfutures:
Including:
6. Consciousness depends on manipulating time. Many cognitive abilities are important for consciousness, and we don’t yet have a complete picture. But it’s clear that the ability to manipulate time and possibility is a crucial feature. In contrast to aquatic life, land-based animals, whose vision-based sensory field extends for hundreds of meters, have time to...
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The Business Cards of Alt Summit 2012 →
Are business cards coming back into vogue?
If you need a reprint, a design summit is a good place to get some inspiration:
More photos at the Creature Comforts blog.
