Jon Mayo·5dYou get paid for the 8 hour day you clock. But you get your raises, your reputation, and your life from what you do with the other 16.
Jon Mayo·16dEntertainment isn’t real. It doesn’t show the quiet drive, the silence of the morning, Nor the stillness of the night. Just the flashy bits.
Jon Mayo·20dDesire and capacity are not the same thing. And the gap between them is where transformation goes to die.
Jon Mayo·22dSomeone told me today they fight less hard because they teach now. Bologna! It’s a choice and worse an excuse. You’re just choosing to get soft.
Jon Mayo·23dFirst principles isn't a philosophy you adopt. It's a courage practice. You have to be willing to look at something everyone around you treats as given and say: I don't actually know that's true. Let me check.
Jon Mayo·24dBe yourself is kind of trash. Become a better version of yourself is a better perspective.
Jon Mayo·24dGrace is not acceptance of the diminishing of a standard; it's an opportunity to continue despite deserving something worse.
Jon Mayo·1mothe real image of who we are, is the manner in which we show up to those closest to us. and what we do when all alone.
Jon Mayo·1moHear me out. The reason folks have terrible follow through is few folks farm any more. You don’t workout, no worries eat a Twinkie. You don’t put the chickens up at night? 1 is taken by an owl, another is eaten by a raccoon, and 13 more are killed by a fox.