The sunsets at Haleʻiwa Aliʻi Beach Park on the North Shore of Oahu are different from anywhere else I have watched the sun go down. I have seen sunsets on multiple continents. The North Shore in summer is something that does not have a direct comparison. The light at that hour, the way it moves across the water, the color range from the horizon up through the sky — it is the kind of thing that makes it difficult to go back inside and work. On most nights I stay until it is done.
I work from Haleʻiwa Aliʻi Beach Park from sunrise to sunset. The sunset is not a bonus at the end of the day — it is the closing of the office. The folding chair comes in. The table gets packed. The day ends the right way.
Summer Sunsets on the North Shore
Summer on the North Shore means the sun sets over the water on the west-facing side of Oahu. At Haleʻiwa Aliʻi Beach Park you are positioned to watch that happen with the beach in front of you and the town of Haleʻiwa behind you. The summer surf is calm on the North Shore — the big winter swell is gone and the water is flat and clear. The light hits differently on flat water. The reflection extends further. The transition from gold to orange to red to the final few minutes of purple takes longer than it does anywhere else I have seen it.
Sunset Video — Haleʻiwa Aliʻi Beach Park
[Video of sunset at Haleʻiwa Aliʻi Beach Park — North Shore of Oahu, summer]
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What the Sunset Means After a Full Working Day
Six books were written at that beach park including Exit Ratio 360™. Hundreds of client calls happened with that ocean in the background. Framework sections for nine scored business evaluation systems were developed under those trees. The sunset is the end of all of that for the day. It is also a reminder of what the work is supposed to produce — a life and a business that are worth having. The business owners I work with who are most trapped in their companies almost never see their sunsets. They are still in the office or on the phone or managing the thing that cannot run without them. That is the problem the Exit Ratio 360™ system is built to solve.