Here’s what’s Been Keeping Coach Deborah & Coach John-Paul Busy In Hawaii During March

Enjoy the pictures & keep the island of Kauai and Oahu in your prayers - the rain and flooding continues to wreak havoc on homes, families and roadways.

Mahalo nui loa!
Coaches Deborah & John-Paul Micek

As the rocks came tumbling down the mountain, through the streambed in the backyard, water came rushing down, heading straight for our offices.

During the lull before the rockslide, we walked up the hill with our rottweiler to check out how the water was flowing through the natural streambed. John-Paul pointed out that his concern was where the water kept hitting the top sides of the embankment, “If the water breaks through this, we’re going to be in a heap of trouble.”

At that moment, we started hearing rocks tumbling through the stream, getting louder and louder. Bells started going off in our heads, warning us that if we didn’t get out of there, we might become a statistic on the evening news.

We got out of the way just as a boulder burst through, and water came gushing down heading straight for our office doors below. We followed our rotti’s lead, as the four-legged, sure-footed canine found a safe path to get to the bottom.

Grabbing the industrial-sized broom, I began to sweep the foot of water that came down as a result of the rockslide, while John-Paul went to the top to plug the source of the problem.

What seemed like an exercise in futility, sweeping and sweeping in order to prevent water from seeping through the house, I kept thinking that until he fixed the source of the problem where the water was coming from, I’d be sweeping into perpetuity.

Catching my breath, trying to stay on top of the water flow that wanted to form a stream through our office to make it to our neighbor’s, I realized that I needed help if I was ever to catch up. Minutes after calling the fire department, praying that help would soon be on its way, our neighbors showed up offering to help any way they could!

MaryJo helped me sweep, while her husband, Scott, went up the mountain to help JP plug the source of the problem. Finally, it looked like MaryJo and I were able to keep up with the water flow, so I went to see what the men were doing – and sure enough – they had repaired the source of the problem. Whew! We were safe!

Pictures of the Hawaii storm in our town - flooding damage - majestic mountain waterfalls

I kept thinking of one small-business owner in our coaching club who came to last month’s mastermind call. He talked about how he couldn’t hire a virtual assistant because he had so much on his plate and didn’t have time to train another person.

But, just like the raging torrent of water that came down the mountain, his workload will continue to build, never allowing him to catch up or catch his breath – until he addresses the source of the problem – and finds some outside help to handle the workload.

Once he creates the proper systems to handle the workflow, he’ll not only make life better for himself, he’ll make life better for all the people his business helps or employs.

Everything we do affects those around us. As long we did our job to hold back the waters, the rest of the neighborhood was protected. The same is true for all the small businesses in our community. When we all work together toward a common goal, everyone benefits.