October, 2011

Tony Mayo

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One Page Business Plan

Tony Mayo

I apologize for the length of this letter/speech/memo/blog post. If I had more time it would have been shorter. That keen insight into effective writing has been attributed to many great communicators, from Virgil to Voltaire. Respect for the reader’s time requires the writer to carefully pare all but the most essential aspects [.].

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Embrace All of Your Selves

Tony Mayo

It Comes Down to This When you are visited by your personal demons – your fears, anxieties, doubts and wounds – can you sit down and have tea with them? Can you turn your attention toward the demons and explore what you can learn about yourself? For many reasons, we often can’t. [.].

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Improve Management by Exposing Paradigms

Tony Mayo

For a social discipline, such as management, the assumptions are actually a good deal more important than are the paradigms for a natural science. The paradigm—that is, the prevailing general theory—has no impact on the natural universe. Whether the paradigm states that the sun rotates around the earth, or that, on the contrary, the [.].

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Samurai Bookkeeping

Tony Mayo

Years ago, while I was establishing myself in a new executive coaching practice, I supported my family by working as a part-time, outsourced CFO. Here is a reminiscence of a deep learning I earned during one of those accounting gigs. I sought help from my own coach with the very difficult [.].

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The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Tony Mayo

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your [.].

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Great accomplishments require hope, love, & forgiveness

Tony Mayo

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. … Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from [.].

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Great Results with Expert, Creative Career Coach

Tony Mayo

Tony Mayo is the executive’s career coach. His expertise, professionalism, and RESULTS are impressive. My experience in evaluating career goals, strategy and navigation through the waters of change, with Tony’s coaching, have landed me my dream situation. When one is challenged with questions regarding trust, motivation, advice, and crisis management, Tony will provide [.].

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