February 20, 2022
<aside> ⏪ For some of you, it’s been a while! If you want to read more on how I got here, here’s a summary last year’s Annual Review.
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2021 was the most spiritually awakening year of my life yet as I fulfilled my year’s theme of “Heal Thyself, Heal the World”.
It was my desire to seek truth, heal, and transform last year. I was confident that I could fulfill my desire, but I had no idea just HOW MUCH it would happen and in such mystical ways. In 2021:
My goal was to be able to identify myself as a “healer”, which I am proud to say... here and now: I am a healer.
Happy places in nature: Honolulu (Magic Island), Mount Shasta, Yellowstone Grand Canyon
Transformation wasn’t and still isn’t easy, but it’s so worth it. I’m especially grateful for the countless individuals and diverse communities who cared and challenged me all along the way, most of all my life partner and wife, Katie, and my coach Chloe Good.
I devised and developed a “Life Systems Map” to organize my systems-first goals. Upon review, I can say with confidence that in every life domain—personal growth, career, and relationships—I stepped into new levels of abundance through 4-6x jumps in productivity and thanks to blessings beyond my control.
After eleven years of taking Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha (HOPA) on as my sole career/work straight out of college, I transitioned from managing the current brick-and-mortar business to strategically growing the “HOPA Flywheel”. I experienced an epiphany to “transform” instead of “build” Houses. In a rebound year from 2020, in 2021 HOPA ‘Aina Haina hit near record sales and was stewarded by the next generation team. With my new bandwidth I explored and developed new ways to bring about Pure Aloha transformation, including an upcoming virtual global community and a new product: “The HOPA Journal”.
I also grew my tech career and discovered my sweet spot of being a “conscious technologist”: ****one who seeks to bridge humanity with technology, infusing it with the wisdom of Pure Aloha. For the past 18 months, I’ve been learning through doing through contributions at a tech startup where I’m converging my diverse talents, skills, and experience as a small business owner at HOPA to democratize the power of Big Data/AI for small businesses and business/community ecosystems everywhere.
The biggest wins of all however were 1) spiritually awakening, 2) helping my family with major life transition, and 3) becoming a father. When I look back on favorite memories I recall divine experiences at Mount Shasta and hearing my first child’s heart beat for the first time.