Author: Joy

Fujita & Miura Public Relations (FMPR) announced that Kahealani Numazawa-Pacanas and Kailash Letman have been named the 2022 FMPR Scholar and have each received $1,000 college scholarships. Kahealani graduated from Waimea High School and is attending the Oregon Institute of Technology as an environmental sciences major. "Being...

Fujita & Miura Public Relations (FMPR) announced that Ryleigh Hernando has been named the 2021 FMPR Scholar and received a $1,000 college scholarship. Hernando graduated from Kaua`i High School and was active in Key Club, taiko drumming, Japanese Club, the National Honor Society, the Hui Ho`okipa...

Fujita & Miura Public Relations (FMPR) announced that Leilani Alquiza of Koloa and Maddie Ridgeway of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have been named the 2020 FMPR Scholars and each received a $1,000 college scholarship. Alquiza is a third-generation Hawaiian cattle rancher at Maha`ulepu Cattle Company, working over 1,000...

Fujita & Miura Public Relations (FMPR) announced that Blake Calderon of Lihue, Kauai and Emma Ford of Souderton, Pennsylvania have been named the 2018 FMPR scholars and received a $1,000 scholarship each to use toward their college expenses. ...

Fujita & Miura Public Relations (FMPR) announced that Uakea Jose of Kekaha has been awarded as the 2017 FMPR scholar and received a $1,000 scholarship to use toward her college expenses....

Fujita & Miura Public Relations (FMPR) announced that Brittney Yoshida of Kauai High School has been awarded as the 2016 FMPR scholar and received a $1,000 scholarship to use toward her college expenses....

I once conducted a marketing training to a group of business professionals. During the training I shared that repetition is critical for audiences to retain messages, and that an individual needs to hear a message at least six times for them to understand and act on it.  I advised these professionals to "repeat, repeat, repeat" their key messages to their customers. As I was talking, one of the training participants popped his hand up to ask a question.  I called on him and he said, "I feel like my wife is always repeating the same thing over and over and over again to me.  But, the more she repeats, the more I don't want to listen or do what she says.  Is there ever a time when repeating gets to be too much? And, more so...how do I stop my wife from nagging me?"
IMG_9721Do you ever fall into the holiday funk?  You know what we mean, that feeling of being overloaded with obligations and activities during the end of the year.  The holiday funk can also be brought on by feelings of loneliness or sadness due to a loved one who has passed, a relationship that is broken, or even bad holiday experiences of the past.  I think we all go through periods of the holiday funk from time to time. While there are many reasons that we and up in a holiday funk, we need to remember that we can choose not to be prisoners of the holidays, but rather drivers of the experience that we want.  A good place to start is deciding what is truly important to you this holiday season and work towards that goal.  Ask yourself, "What will make me happy this holidays?"  For some, it may be spending time with family.  For others, it may be enjoying peace and quiet at home and catching up on much needed rest.  It may even be taking a trip and getting away from home.  Then, stick with your goal. Do whatever it takes for you to achieve it and resist the feeling of guilt if you forgo a tradition or turn down an invitation.
IMG_2348 copy When we experience challenging times, such as dissatisfaction with a job or a breakdown of a relationship, it often feels like there are no good options.  You may feel exasperated because you don't know what next step to take or if everything will work out when you do take a next step.  Something that we've learned over time is that to move forward, you may have to do things that feel uncomfortable.