Nick Ayala

🇺🇸 🇦🇪 four exits. two to private equity. grew up broke in Boca. The whole story is pinned 👇 One thing is holding you back. find yours. ↓

[Nick Ayala @nickjayala]

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[Nick Ayala @nickjayala]

When the mechanic hands you a list of everything wrong with your car, never just say yes. One question cuts the list in half: “which of these is a safety issue right now, and which can wait?” Then “can you show me?” Watch how fast the list gets shorter. Works at the dentist too.

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You’re letting someone you wouldn’t take advice from decide whether you put yourself out there. Think about that. You record the video. Watch it back. Picture one person making a comment. Then delete something that could’ve helped a hundred other people. I’ve done it

[Nick Ayala @nickjayala]

You’re letting someone you wouldn’t take advice from decide whether you put yourself out there. Think about that. You record the video. Watch it back. Picture one person making a comment. Then delete something that could’ve helped a hundred other people. I’ve done it

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When I finally quit the dream I’d chased my whole life, my body broke out in hives. A dream never gives you a clean no. I was good enough to keep going, just not good enough to make it. Walking away from a dream is a grief, and nobody tells men that. Send this to somebody

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Let me think about it kills more deals than no. Part three. Let me think about it. More deals die on that sentence than on no. No is clean. That sentence is a fog, and fog is where deals go to sleep. Never argue with it and never just say sounds good. Save this for the next time

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Some men are waiting on an apology that is never coming, and it is quietly running their whole life. The person who did it has moved on. He is still in that�room. Closure is not a conversation somebody gives you. It is a decision you make. He puts it down because his back is

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Your boss gave you a new title, more work, and no more money. Never say thank you and never complain. The third option: “I’m taking it. Let’s put a date on the calendar, ninety days out, to talk about what this role pays once I’ve shown you what it looks like.” Save this for

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Real friends are low maintenance. You can go three months without talking and pick the phone up like it was yesterday. No score kept. The other kind of friend�is a job. His circle gets smaller and everybody warns him like it is a bad thing. It is editing. Send this to the

[Nick Ayala @nickjayala]

Real friends are low maintenance. You can go three months without talking and pick the phone up like it was yesterday. No score kept. The other kind of friend�is a job. His circle gets smaller and everybody warns him like it is a bad thing. It is editing. Send this to the

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A wife does not need a richer husband. She needs a calmer one. She knows by the way he closes the car door what kind of night it is going to be. A bad quarter at work becomes a bad month at home. The richest thing a man can bring through the door is a level voice on a bad day.

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My kid wanted AirPods. I didn’t say yes and I didn’t say no. I told him to pitch me. Cost, reason, plan to close the gap. We negotiated, we shook on it. Once a kid turns a want into a deal, begging starts to feel beneath them. Send this to a parent raising builders.

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You will find out who was competing with you the day you start winning. When a man is down, everybody is in his corner. Then the business turns, and one or�two people go quiet. Not busy. Quiet. The people who were really with him get louder when it works. The rest were keeping

[Nick Ayala @nickjayala]

A wife does not need a richer husband. She needs a calmer one. She knows by the way he closes the car door what kind of night it is going to be. A bad quarter at work becomes a bad month at home. The richest thing a man can bring through the door is a level voice on a bad day.

[Nick Ayala @nickjayala]

You will find out who was competing with you the day you start winning. When a man is down, everybody is in his corner. Then the business turns, and one or�two people go quiet. Not busy. Quiet. The people who were really with him get louder when it works. The rest were keeping

[Nick Ayala @nickjayala]

I run a trick on my kids every day. “Homework before dinner or after?” Both doors lead to the homework. The salesman runs the same one on you. “Standard or premium?” Nobody asked if you’re buying. Say “I haven’t decided if I’m doing this yet.” Which one should I break down next?

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Never say I disagree. It builds a wall. The second you say it, they stop listening. Say this instead. I see it different. That keeps the door open. Never say that is not true. Say I have a different number. Never say you are wrong. Send this to someone who fights to win every

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When your kid loses money they saved, don’t replace it. Let them be sad, the sad is the lesson working. Then one question: “What’s your plan to earn it back?” Lost teaches it hurts. Earned-back teaches it’s recoverable. Both lessons cost $40 once. Adults pay thousands. Send this

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When a client tries to renegotiate after the work is done, never split the difference. Ask “is something wrong with the work?” If yes, fix it free. If not: “The price didn’t change because the work didn’t change.” If the bottleneck in your business is you, comment BOTTLENECK and

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How a man loses decides if he gets called back. When somebody tells you they went with someone else, never get bitter and never beg for another shot. Both get remembered, and not the way you want. Say this instead. I appreciate you telling me. Save this for the next one.

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Never just send the deck. When somebody says send me some information, never just send the deck. A deck sent cold gets skimmed for ten seconds and dies in an inbox. Say this instead. Happy to. So I send you the right thing, what are you hoping it fixes? Save this for the next