Tony Mayo's Blog, page 20
February 20, 2015
Humanized Work with an Emphasis on Mastery of Craft
I was very pleased to see an international expert on software development express the following clear insights into the types of workplaces my executive coaching seeks to foster. Visionaries are designing organizations for collaboration. These firms remove the bottlenecks imposed by the strict hierarchies of the past. [In hierarchical firms]no one was being […]
February 3, 2015
A great meditation teacher in an unexpected format
Wise and wise cracking, funny and flexible, an amazing teacher of yoga, meditation, and living has created an entertaining and enlightening new television program. Here’s the preview of my friend Jonathan Foust‘s new program, One with Everything. 
January 27, 2015
TCTC reviews
It has been one year since I delivered the talk that became my first book, The Courage to Be in Community. I have heard from many people about the positive effect its message has made on their lives. Giving the talk and writing the book has been a true labor of love, so I am […]
January 21, 2015
George Bernard Shaw on Excuses
People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. –Vivie, Act II of Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1893) via George Bernard […]
January 20, 2015
Popular Quotes from Tony Mayo’s Book on Community
I just noticed an interesting feature of the Amazon Kindle software. It can display passages most often highlighted by other Kindle users. Here are some quotes favored by readers of my first book. Our desire to belong is a life and death concern. It’s not a weakness or personal failure. I realized that […]
January 19, 2015
Creative Work is Food
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. –Bette Davis
January 16, 2015
Anti-Manifesto: What Executive Coach Tony Mayo is not
I am not a consultant. I do not create documents or deliverables. I do not parachute in to do the job of my client or of their employees. I do not press my advice on clients or try to make their decisions. (Click to read how a client describes being coached by Tony […]
January 11, 2015
Develop Your Character
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. –Helen Keller 
January 6, 2015
The Power of Concentration – New York Times
The core of mindfulness is the ability to pay attention. …less about spirituality and more about concentration: the ability to quiet your mind, focus your attention on the present, and dismiss any distractions that come your way. …[Of] those who had received the mindfulness training. Not only did they report fewer negative emotions […]
December 22, 2014
YouTube’s Chief, Hitting a New ‘Play’ Button – NYTimes.com
Productivity and success in this industry are based a lot of the time on insights and prioritization and actually on doing the right thing, not necessarily on 15-hour work days. Google is very results-oriented. –Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube She is home for dinner with her family almost every night — her husband, Dennis Troper, […]
