Ho'okipa Vox 2007-09-11T19:29:46Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398a4600b0004/ The art of gracious hospitality and service Lightbulbs and moths tag:vox.com,2007-09-11:asset-6a00e398a4600b000400e398a75e910004 2007-09-11T19:29:46Z 2007-09-11T19:29:46Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Lightbulbs

Imagine if every business were a lightbulb and that for each lightbulb the primary goal was to attract the most moths possible. Now what if you learned that 49 percent of th reason moths were attracted to a bulb was for the quality of its light (...

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]]> Rivers tag:vox.com,2007-09-06:asset-6a00e398a4600b000400e398a5704a0001 2007-09-06T13:12:31Z 2007-09-06T13:12:31Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

River

Rivers of blessing flow through our lives from our never ending Source! We are not be act as the source, for we are not. We are not to impede the flow for a river is to be a river not a lake. Oswald Chambers says, A river touches places of whic...

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]]> Decision + discipline = results! tag:vox.com,2007-09-06:asset-6a00e398a4600b000400e398a5561f0001 2007-09-06T05:10:15Z 2007-09-06T05:10:15Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset

John Maxwell, in his book The Difference Maker, has written that decision making is overrated while decision management is underrated. His point is that making a decision is just a start. The real work is how one manages the decision. Another w...

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]]> Choosing joy tag:vox.com,2007-09-03:asset-6a00e398a4600b000400e398a48df20002 2007-09-03T22:21:58Z 2007-09-03T23:01:02Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Celebrate

Philippians 4 is probably my favorite chapter in the Bible. To read it in The Message enriches its truths in profound ways to me. Enjoy these excepts: Stay on track, steady in God. Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him! Don'...

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Chain

The Bible is so practical! Today, I read Romans 12 (The Message). Toward the end of the chapter are these words: Don't burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don't quit in hard times; ...

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]]> Aloha authenticity tag:vox.com,2007-09-03:asset-6a00e398a4600b000400e398a4a1e90005 2007-09-03T22:11:56Z 2007-09-03T23:05:18Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Aloha

Remember that Aloha is about your individual uniqueness and your authenticity because it is about the spirit of your ha, the breath of your life which captures your essence. Alo is your demeanor, and thus sharing Aloha is living from the inside ...

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]]> An aloha primer tag:vox.com,2007-09-03:asset-6a00e398a4600b000400e398a49afe0004 2007-09-03T22:08:13Z 2007-09-03T23:06:49Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Keiki

To the value of Aloha (unconditional love) add the value of Ho'ohana. The following is an excerpt from an article by Rosa Say: Everything you need, you have within you. I happen to call it your aloha. Everything you need to do, you either choos...

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]]> The Journey of Hospitality tag:vox.com,2007-09-03:asset-6a00e398a4600b000400e398a4a1760005 2007-09-03T22:03:40Z 2007-09-03T23:08:21Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

HanaRoadN

Creating a culture of true generosity and hospitality does not happen easily, naturally, automatically or quickly. It's a journey we must walk - no short cuts. Ho'okipa is the sixth of nineteen values. To focus on one value without all that pre...

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]]> Great service and great hospitality tag:vox.com,2007-09-03:asset-6a00e398a4600b000400e398a49b470003 2007-09-03T22:01:40Z 2007-09-03T23:09:04Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Hospitality is to be a team sport - where we all get to play the entire game! Service is the technical delivery of a product. Hospitality is how the delivery of a product makes its recipient feel. Service is monologue - we decide how we want to...

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]]> A giving heart tag:vox.com,2007-09-03:asset-6a00e398a4600b000400e398a49b320003 2007-09-03T22:00:16Z 2007-09-03T23:10:04Z Dean Boyer http://hookipa.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Ho'okipa initiates when it is absent or withheld; and it reciprocates when received. What a blessing for a person who desperately needs gracious hospitality and generosity to find it in us. True Ho'okipa does not wait for it to be given, thus mak...

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