Beach Walk 272 – I’d Rather Be Surfing
You’ll have to watch the entire show to understand the title. Thanks for all the great comments on yesterday’s show. BTW, with Secret Cameraman’s help, we got the poll working. He’s moved from the “I’d...
View ArticleBeach Walk 273 – Slow Learner
OK. So I am a slow learner. Seems a lot of others who watch BW know how to put themselves first. (See the poll results.) It really helps me hear from you all how you are managing your lives. Here’s my...
View ArticleBeach Walk 326 – Minding My Kuleana
Hawaiian word for the day: kuleana. I try to focus on mine, instead of everyone else’s. Our nice HD camera is still in the shop so we are using the old standby. It really doesn’t like it when we shoot...
View ArticleBeach Walk 389 OTR – Santa Cruzin’
The siren call of the sea was irresistible for me today; off to Santa Cruz for a late afternoon walk. My bizzy schedule had me a bit tired and confused this morning. It occurs to me that “business” is...
View ArticleBeach Walk 441 – Screwups, Cleanups
I had a real screw-up with a client today. All was not lost though. These things happen, so I simply cleaned it up so the client would actually be glad about goof! Pixelodeon Flickr Hawaiian Word:...
View ArticleBeach Walk 442 – Judgment vs Preference
We came across a traffic situation today that ticked me off. I could make up all sorts of reasons to justify my position. But at the end of the day, I didn’t have enough information to really know what...
View ArticleBeach Walk 443 – New Media At Pixelodeon
Strangely enough, I was feeling a bit speechless today and by “coincidence” our battery died before I could finish up this episode! I suspect the dead battery was merely a reflection of my mental...
View ArticleBeach Walk 543 – The Universe is Working for us
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View ArticleBeach Walk 552 – Bitterness or Bliss?
If ignorance is bliss, then what does that make intelligence??? It’s a challenge when you’re smart – you see nonsense all around you! But staying too attached to that can just create bitterness, and...
View ArticleBeach Walk 560 – Negotiating with Friends
I think it is easy to confuse the meaning of “putting business first” or “putting friends first.” It’s more subtle than that if you want the business and the friendship to grow as a result of the...
View ArticleBeach Walk 581 – Contain the Energy
At the beginning of a project, the world seems so full of potential. Being able to sustain that potential is another job altogether. One of the biggest lessons I have learned from doing Beach Walks is...
View ArticleBeach Walk 613 – Edgy is the New Normal
My thoughts continued on from yesterday’s episode, thinking about how this plain vs pretty applies to business. I find it curious that companies want to advertise on those mainstream TV reality shows...
View ArticleBeach Walk 616 – Be Here Now for Business
I find it just as easy and tempting to stay stuck in the past with business relationships as I do in personal ones. But I was feeling satisfied with an email I wrote to a client this morning, and...
View ArticleBeach Walk 621 – Lucid Oddballs
I watched a biography of Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol – The Complete Picture), and one of the show guests described him as having a “lucid recognition of his own limitations.” That phrasing really stuck...
View ArticleBeach Walk 637 – How to Complain
Complaining is very popular these days. Surprisingly, I am not altogether against it. It has a role to play in giving each other feedback on what’s not working. I think we are more effective though...
View ArticleBeach Walk 644 – CEO Pay Revisited
I like this concept of “marking the territory” – not like a dog, but as students of consciousness. It is so easy to get caught up in the robotic rush of repetition, day in and day out. I read in...
View ArticleBeach Walk 648 – Personality Preferred
I am reading a friend’s new book, Personality Not Included by Rohit Bhagarva. He works for Ogilvy, a large advertising and PR company, and when it comes to new media, he gets it. I met him at the...
View ArticleBeach Walk 663 – Kuleana Counts
One of my favorite Hawaiian words is kuleana. I love the sound of it and I love the meaning of it. It basically means to take care of your “business.” It seems so instinctual to blame others for our...
View ArticleBeach Walk 731 – Juggle!
One of the things that is becoming well understood these days is how no one knows everything and how we can really benefit from providing energetic support to each other. One way this plays out, is in...
View ArticleLet’s Do a Meeting!
I rarely go to the beach in the middle of the day. However I had a meeting with my friend Melanie Boudar, who owns Sweet Paradise Chocolate here in Wailea on Maui. She brilliantly suggested we do via...
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