Project management huna teachings

Project management in light of Huna teachings

As you may recall:  The Seven Principles of Huna. With focus on a study on Project management I saw a strikeful resemblence with the steps as they are defined for managing a project nowadays.

The Seven Principles of Huna

• IKE -The world is what you think it is
• KALA -There are no limits, everything is possible
• MAKIA -Energy flows where attention goes
• MANAWA -Now is the moment of power
• ALOHA -To love is to be happy with
• MANA -All power comes from within
• PONO -Effectiveness is the measure of truth

I was struck so much I didn’t want to withhold you this line of thought and wrote is as follows:

Step 1. Every project begins with an idea, a notion of something wanting to happen. You don’t know what. There is only this energy that drives you to learn about that new something. (IKE == Vision)

Step 2. And in the meantime your thoughts become clearer and clearer. Where there first was just a notion, you now start to sense the magnitude of that sensation (KALA == Mission)

Step 3. With your number thoughts growing, your ideas starting to sprout in the world. You find the urge to name these ideas. Even if it were only for the sake of discrimination the one thought with the other. (MANAWA == Definition, Design)

Step 4. Then there is a moment you want to write down every thought. And ponder the quality, the quantity and the relationship with the other thoughts. Weighing and dismissing the ones that are found to be light. So you are feeling happy with the streamline of the project until now. (ALOHA  == Plan of Action)

Step 5. Knowing what to do, you take action. Knowing what to do you step forward with strength and power. All power comes from within (MANA == Realization)

Step 6. Now that you have finished your project. You have to test if everything is according the Vision, Mission, Definition and Design. This is the quality check of your project. You now have the time to correct the things you have done. And make sure you are happy in all ways. (PONO == Post Project)

Now, I do not consider this to be a unique way of looking at Project management and The Seven Principles of Huna.  Nevertheless I do not wish to withhold you from not telling it to you or anybody else. And since this is a blog, it is the privilege of the writer to write your feelings and ideas. And guess what .. I am feeling great having told you.

I wonder what your ideas are when you follow this line of thinking while you are implementing Project management in your live. Doesn’t give it a sense of magick to your path?

Mahalo

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Writing the Project plan:
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