Anthony Minaya

My new book Above The Illusion: The blueprint for Mental Clarity, Self-Respect, and Irreplaceable Value is available now. 👇

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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The greatest challenge in life is to see the truth.

Above The Illusion: The blueprint for mental clarity, self respect, and irreplaceable value.

Read at your own risk.

Buy now: https://t.co/PzArmGCn3t

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You cannot be disconnected from how the world perceives you.

There is conflict when who you believe you are and what people consistently experience from you are two different things.

Self-awareness is knowing yourself.

Social awareness is understanding how you land.

You need both.

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Social media is free.
Your camera is in your pocket.
Millions of people are within reach.
Anything you need to learn is available.

And you’re still doing the bare minimum?

Most people don’t have business problems.

They have personal problems that show up in their business.

Lack of discipline. Lack of urgency. Lack of consistency. Lack of resourcefulness.

Your business is exposing who you are.

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The older you get, the less impressive potential becomes. Eventually, you have to judge people by what they consistently produce.

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Some of the most expensive mistakes in life come from ignoring what you already knew because you wanted a different answer.

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The higher you rise, the fewer people can look you in the eyes without confronting themselves.

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$20,000 client: “Invoice paid!”

$100 client: “Can you prove it works, send testimonials, show me case studies, explain everything one more time and what’s your best price?”

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Most people choose familiar
pain over unfamiliar growth.

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Avoiding conflict.

Saying yes when you want to say no.

Letting people take advantage of you.

Seeking approval more than self-respect.

Eventually, the nice man pays the price for being too nice.

Pray he takes it well.

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Broken hearts and empty pockets will teach you 95% of what you need to know.

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Never trade respect for attention.

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Your family doesn’t believe in you?
Good.
Your girl left you for another man?
Good.
Your friends don’t support your dreams?
Good.
Your kids don’t respect you?
Good.
You’re struggling to make ends meet?
Good.

Now it’s personal.

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Never let an average mind convince you to play small.

Bet on yourself.
Make millions.
Solve big problems.
Become impossible to ignore.

[Anthony Minaya @AnthonyGMinaya]

Jobs can kill an entrepreneur’s ambition.

The paycheck.
The environment.
The certainty.
The praise.

If, over the long term, a man chooses a paycheck over solving the hard problems inside his own business…

He’s not building a business.

He’s an employee with an expensive hobby.

[Anthony Minaya @AnthonyGMinaya]

Never expect applause from people whose identity depends on believing change isn’t possible.

[Anthony Minaya @AnthonyGMinaya]

Don’t expect everyone to celebrate your evolution.

Some people need you to stay the same so they never have to question why they didn’t grow.

Keep growing anyway.

[Anthony Minaya @AnthonyGMinaya]

Think big.

I’m talking about Christmas at 65.

How big is the family gathered around your table?

Who’s sitting beside you? Who’s missing because you never invested in the relationship?

Where do you live? What does your home feel like?

What stories are your children and grandchildren telling because of the life you built?

What kind of health do you have after decades of your habits?

Did you build wealth that created freedom, or did you spend your life surviving paycheck to paycheck?

What became your legacy?

What did you sacrifice that was worth it? What did you sacrifice that wasn’t?

What did you spend the majority of your life prioritizing?

When everyone leaves that night and the house gets quiet, are you filled with gratitude… or regret?

Build your life with that Christmas in mind.

That vision is everything.

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I thank God every day for this beautiful life and for giving me another opportunity to make a real impact.

Today is a new day. Right now is a new moment. Everything can change with one decision.

[Anthony Minaya @AnthonyGMinaya]

Building a business is hard.

Watching your girl spend the best years of her life building someone else’s dream is harder.

[Anthony Minaya @AnthonyGMinaya]

A survival mindset will always change what matters.

In comfort, they dream big.
Under pressure, they abandon the dream to survive.

As long as survival remains the priority, long-term success will be sacrificed for short-term security.

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