Let me clarify... What I should of said when I originally posted this is that my frustrations are coming from new experiences at work. I'm discovering that I really don't know or understand the local business social structure. It contradicts much of what I've done before and I find trying to balance my past experience with my new challenge to be very frustrating.
I love Hawaii. I do believe it's different from the mainland and I think that should be celebrated. I want to observe and learn and hope to fit in more and more.
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Lately I've been having a bit of Hawaii frustration. It's not that Hawaii is frustrating per se, it's that it's different.
Today my co-worker wrote something for a client presentation that struck me. Nothing he wrote surprised me but I don't think I'd ever hear it quite so succinctly.
In Hawaii we care more about people. We nurture our children. We celebrate the cultures, traditions and many ethnicities that make up our population. Our food is different, as is the way we eat it. We are unique in the world in so many interesting ways. We don't like to brag. We don't like to step on other people. We don't like confrontation. We don't wrongly take credit. This is Hawaii.
Now, I don't like to step on other people or steal credit. But I do like to assert myself.
I do value all the things about Hawaii that are unique. But I also value all the things about Bryan and I that make us unique and different in Hawaii.
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I cant believe this was allowed to be in any presentation. Yikes It certainly doesnt speak for the rest of us. The nicest thing about Hawaii is the different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. Where a Caucasian woman can marry a Filipino man and have Chinese, Japanese, Caucasian granddaughters and no one bats an eye.
Oh Kathy, I thought it was a nice statement! I'm sorry if it offended. I didn't mean to share it except to reflect the special-ness of Hawaii.
Celebrating the uniqueness of all the cultures and ethnicities is just what the statement was about. Kathy, it speaks to just that - the kind of family you have created and how special it is.
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