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Beach Walk 717 - Are Your Responsible for Your Subconscious?

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:12:04 GMT

I did a show on the latent racist tendencies many of us have a few weeks ago, Beach Walk 707, talking about how deeply racism (and other "-isms") reside. Exploring a little further, if we resist the notion and feel guilty or go into denial, then it lingers. Maybe not feeling so burdened or responsible for things before our time can free us to notice when we are acting under the influence, and choose to act differently now.

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Tags : awareness, beach, beachwalks, change, denial, guil, hawaii, ocean, racism, rox, roxanne-darling, subconscious, unconscious

Beach Walk 716 - Volunteering to Vacation

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:48:14 GMT

More and more brave souls are leaving their "known worlds" for life as an adventure, the kind without a job for a safety net. Decades ago the book appeared, "Do What You Love and The Money Will Follow" that really knocked loose some hard -formed notions. Still, barely one generation has grown up with that message, so it has barely made a dent in our global consciousness. Here are some examples of people who are using volunteering as a step in that direction.

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Tags : BJ-Wishinsky, Judi-Clark, beach, beachwalks, career, change, hawaii, income, love, money, rox, roxanne-darling, trust, volunteer, walk

Beach Walk 715 - Life is not so linear pt 2

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:21:17 GMT

A good example of the non-linear-ness of the process of change is Dr. James Prochaska's, Stages of Change Theory. He describes 5 stages of "change readiness" - each of which is responsive to certain processes or approaches. People who successfully change a behavior, will not usually progress through the stages in a straight line, but more in a spiral, relapsing some and then moving forward again.

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Tags : beach, beachwalks, behavior, change, hawaii, process, prochaska, rox, roxanne-darling, walk

Beach Walk 713 - Thinking Makes Us Hungry

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:13:05 GMT

Are you like me? Staying up late working tends to make me hungry. It seems like I am burning calories, and that warrants having a snack. Well, apparently the brain is tricking us a bit by creating a hunger connection without the usual caloric expenditure. So over time, the less you sleep and the more you are thinking the more likely you are to gaining weight! Guess it is time to use my brain to ignore what my brain is telling my tummy. This research was done at Laval University in Quebec.

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Tags : beach, beachwalks, brain, calories, fat, hawaii, health, hunger, ocean, roxanne-darling, thinking, thoughts, walk, weight

Beach Walk 708 - Losing is for Losers

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:06 GMT

So I am catching up on Survivor again. It is quite dramatic how losing a challenge becomes so self-defeating, and in itself seems to trigger a cascade of downward performance. I have been wondering what comes first in this chicken or egg scenario - losing or the loser's mentality? If you really want to play the game, then recognize that _it is a game_ and winning or losing don't matter. If you think of yourself as a competent gamer though, you build your psyche and that builds your body and your creativity and your connectivity. When we adopt the loser state of mind, the ability to compete collapses. Today's title is a little strident - but it just seemed to fit.

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Tags : beach, beachwalks, games, hawaii, lose, mentality, play, roxanne-darling, survivor, walk, win

Beach Walk 707 - The Race Against Racism

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:02:06 GMT

Do you think of yourself as a racist? Chances are no, That doesn't mean you don't have latent racism. Nicholas Kristof wrote a piece in the NY Times that really helps to explain it. The cure? Out yourself when you have a racist thought, even if it's embarassing. It helps I think to flush up those legacy thoughts that have been passed down from generation to generation, just like, "put a coat on or you'll catch a cold!" Paying attention and breaking the habit - that does work.

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Tags : beach, beachwalks, consciousness, contest, hawaii, obama, president, race, racism, rox, roxanne-darling, walk

Beach Walk 704 - Skin Diving with Hiko

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:17:04 GMT

My friend Hiko shared this footage of free diving in the clear waters off Hilo. Check out their monofins and breath-holding abilities - it's the latest cool thing to do underwater. Song by Subtronix "Swim for It" on music.podshow.com

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Tags : beach, beachwalks, breath-holding, diving, hawaii, hilo, monofin, roxanne-darling, underwater, walk

Beach Walk 702 - Brain Economics

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:48:04 GMT

I discovered the McKinsey, the consulting firm, now releases some of their white papers as podcasts. I like the somewhat formal, research-driven, unemotional yet yet not cold-hearted or partisan perspectives. The one on "Hidden Flaws in Strategy" I found insightful, as it included several practical examples of how we become vulnerable to the emotional filters that can be applied to decision making. How true that what we own, often appears to be more valuable to us, than it is to others. "Like new" does not equal "used." Things like this are not a problem once we realize the underlying and built-in biases we have.

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Tags : Hawaii, beach, beachwalks, behavioral, economics, mckinsey, money, perception, rox, roxanne-darling, strategy, value, walk

Beach Walk 698 - Circle of Pressure, Opportunity

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:21:02 GMT

I was thinking about the old Sufi tale about the man and his son, and their changing fortunes/misfortunes, as seen across the span of time. Right now with Podcamp, we have a sponsor Road Runner, who offered us 300 30-second TV spots. Wow, that is an incredible opportunity. Of course, it is also pressure. We've never made a TV commercial before, and had to do this in the span of about 2 weeks. We assembled the "actors" via a Twitter call instead of a casting call, (as described by my friend and participant Neenz)and filmed on location in the Hawaii Convention Center. Shane did his magic on the graphics, and though homemade to be sure, we love it and hope it helps us spread the word about this free event to learn about new media and the social web. All this led up to my next level of understanding about "flow." It is not so much about smooth, which is my first thought, but about movement. Staying in motion without getting stuck on any particular detail or challenge. Water, the original flow, is regularly both calm and turbulent now isn't it?

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Tags : beach, center, commercial, convention, flow, hawaii, meditation, neenz, ocean, pch08, podcamp, podcamphawaii2008, roadrunner, rox, roxanne-darling, tv, walk

Beach Walk 697 - Negotiation Secrets

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:18:03 GMT

I've been putting on this large Free event, Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii and we have had many sponsors. It's been a great learning opportunity for me in noticing why some deals work better than others.

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Tags : beach, beachwalks, deals, hawaii, negotiation, pch08, podcamphawaii2008, rox, roxanne-darling, sponsors, unconference, walk

Beach Walk 696 - For the love of paddling

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:48:09 GMT

Join me as I chat with a friend of mine and Lanikai Canoe Club keiki coach Ricky Bermudez. The kids are 8 to 10 years old, and though the official season is over, Ricky still meets with them once a week on Sundays so they can continue paddling. That is truly the Aloha spirit in action. Hawaiian Word: Hoe: paddle Keiki: child, children

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Tags : beach, beachwalks, canoe, club, hawaii, kids, ocean, outrigger, paddle, rox, roxanne-darling, sports, walk

Podcamp Hawaii 2008-07-09

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:59:05 GMT

We are planning a Podcamp Hawaii event October 24 & 25. Meet some of the volunteers and mark your calendars!

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Tags : aloha, angele-keen, hawaii, honolulu, kyle-nishioka, podcamp, roxanne-darling, shane-robinson, shawn, tower, unconference, wordcamp