Advice Every Entrepreneur ACTUALLY Needs to Hear

In this episode of Tea with GaryVee, I talk about staying ambitious without letting work orother people's opinions define your self-worth I share why gratitude, kindness, and self-awareness matter more than comparison and proving people wrong. I also discuss going live on TikTok, taking responsibility for what you can control, and paying attention to the people and content you surround yourself with. You'll learn about: Ambition Without External ValidationGratitude Instead of ComparisonTuning Out Other People's JudgmentGoing Live on TikTokKindness, Self-Awareness, and Personal Responsibility

• 0:00Speaker 00

  This is the Gary Vee Audio Experience. Good morning, good morning, everybody. Welcome to episode 111 of Tea with Gary Vee. I'm your host, Gary Vee, and I am really excited to welcome all of you. How many of you saw my Instagram post just 20 or 30 minutes ago talking about this format? Let me start with this. And I just replied to somebody a second before I went live on the Instagram post where he said, "It's crazy that Gary says this is the most important thing and he's not doing it." And I replied, "I need to be more disciplined." Like, the reality is, is yes, I genuinely believe that the number one way for all of you

• 0:42Speaker 00

  to get more people to see you, whether you're trying to build your personal brand, whether you're trying to sell something, the number one, the actual number one way on earth to do that right now is to go live on TikTok and talk to people directly. I have over 50, 60 million followers on social media. I've put out content for 20 years consistently, every single day. And there are people saying, "No idea," which I think is gonna stun people that have followed me consistently for 15 years and only see my content. This is why this platform is special. If I just went on Instagram Live, it would only ping all of my followers and then the number would decline.

• 1:26Speaker 00

  Right now, we're at 440 followers. We're in, we are growing, right? We are growing during this rant. And again, this is the one platform on earth that gives you discoverability for free. For free. You know what's funny, checkmate? It's not, it's not humbling because, somebody said, "Humbling, isn't it?" It's really actually not humbling because I'm not delusional. Even though I have plenty of notoriety, there's 8.3 billion people on earth. 99% of the earth has no idea who the fuck I am.

• 2:00Speaker 00

  Like, and I love that, and that's the truth. And, you know, so, you know, I think it's tough to be humbled when you start with humility.

• 2:11Speaker 01

  First one from Instagram, Kate McKenna, 27.

• 2:13Speaker 00

  Kate M. 27, got it.

• 2:15Speaker 01

  Yes, asks, "How do you stay relentlessly ambitious without becoming a person who is only successful at work?"

• 2:23Speaker 00

  How do you stay relentlessly ambitious, yet balance yourself to not just justify your happiness through work? Easy.

• 2:34Speaker 00

  It's called not having your validation grounded in your work. Ambition does not mean that you become a psycho and only care about money and work. Ambition, this is where people struggle with putting things on shelves. I am uncomfortably ambitious. I'm trying to build the greatest entrepreneur career of all time. I am. I'm trying to impact the most people I possibly can with positivity. I want to build a personal brand. I have 13 different businesses. I've got all this stuff going on, right? However, ambition does not need to bleed into where you get your self-worth from. Ambition, you know how I think about this? Sports.

• 3:20Speaker 00

  Hey, here's a question to everybody. Does it piss you off when your favorite sports team, especially football, like the New York Jets, like my favorite sports team, they battle for 60 minutes against an opposing team you hate? They fucking try to rip each other's face off. They battle. And then the game's over and everyone's fucking smiling and hugging. You just lost and you're pissed, like as a fan? And you watch your favorite players like hugging and like changing jerseys, dapping it up with the other team. "How's Sarah? How are your kids at home?" Everybody's hugging. Like, does that piss you off the way it pisses me off as a diehard?

• 3:56Speaker 00

  You too?

• 3:58Speaker 00

  Yeah, yeah, you were mad. Yeah, right. That's right. You know how everybody does that? Does everybody understand this? That's how I think about this question. Just because I'm a psycho on the field and want to kill everyone and be the best and dominate and crush and be ambitious and fucking dominate and fucking win and all that shit just because of that, doesn't mean separately I can have my real life. My professional career and ambition and work is my fake life. It's my sport. It's my profession. But it is not my soul. It is not my self-worth. It is not how I see myself. And so, this is called emotional intelligence.

• 4:40Speaker 00

  This is called having a healthy framework. This is called, you know, how to go about it. And so, yeah, I think it's very easy to separate it. The key here is, this isn't about you. This is about you allowing other people's opinions to dictate your life.

• 5:03Speaker 02

  What would you say, Gary, then is the difference? What would you say, then, is the difference in your twenties? That you, you have said that you wished you had more trips with your friends, had more weekends? What was the difference then?

• 5:15Speaker 00

  The difference with then was like extremism of like, you know, I still don't really regret it, but like, you have no, Noria, like, I don't think you understand. I've worked every day for a decade, all of them. That's the difference. Like, nobody in our company, since I've known, nobody in our company remotely, including me, works the way I worked from 20 to 30.

• 5:42Speaker 02

  While you were doing that, you never stopped to think, "I might regret this in the future," or you were just?

• 5:47Speaker 00

  I don't, I don't regret it. I fake regret it. You understand? I don't regret it for shit. How about that? In hindsight, it's like, "Fuck, I could've went on a golf trip here." And like, I could, not that I like golf, fuck golf, but like, you know, like, I could've done something. Like, it was so psychotic, 111%, but I don't regret it. Let there be no confusion. I, I, I realized like, okay, I could have. But there was never a day of non-joy. How can you regret when you have nothing but joy and complacency? Like, you're complacent and hungry at the same time. Like, there's never been a day in my life, including right now, that, like, I'm not grateful for how it was, regardless of the income, regardless of the family time.

• 6:29Speaker 00

  Like, there, there is no variable that everybody here watching worries about that triggers me into something that's anxious or negative. It's all good.

• 6:40Speaker 00

  Even when it's incredibly challenging. I have a binary point of view that if you have a life, you won. And like, everything else we fucking wah-wah about is like dumb shit. I promise you, y'all, yo, real fucking talk from everyone in here. How many of you can admit? How many of you can admit? How many of you could admit that just five years ago, you were worrying about something heavy that means fucking nothing right now? Raise your hand.

• 7:13Speaker 00

  Real talk, I need you to fucking, everybody, jump the fuck in. Admit right now, look at this, look at everybody. Absolutely yes, of course, truth, me, hands. When do you want to learn from that? When do you, like, I got, y'all, Mike Burton, AT Angel, Ron Silva, Regan, Chris M. Mora, Chris Mora 980. When do you want to learn from that? Exactly, growth's like shit from a month ago. How many people want to admit they were crying about something, all bent out of shape, anxiety, can't fucking sleep about some dumb shit, six months ago? Put the number six in the chat. Put the number six in the chat. If you were crying about something six months ago that you just realized literally today. Look at this.

• 7:58Speaker 00

  And this is it, y'all. My point of view is fuck the sixes. The fuck are you guys upset about? Leave, leave being upset about those few moments in life where you actually lose someone you love. And literally everything else, realize you're strong enough to get through it, or it's not that serious.

• 8:21Speaker 00

  And all of this, I'm telling you right now, I swear on everything, everything, everything. Jordan Jones says, "Dude, I'm struggling. I can't, dude, I really can't figure it out. I'm struggling." Bro, I promise you, my man, listen to me, please, everyone, listen to me. Real talk. Alberto, who just joined, Ronnie B., Fabe, Muri, everybody, please listen to me. Please, please listen to me.

• 8:47Speaker 00

  Raphael the Great says, "Sir, I'm a motivational speaker and I keep getting low views."

• 8:53Speaker 00

  Mix up your content. Like, that's nothing to be worried about. Like, I need everyone to hear this. All of this, all of this is because everyone's playing for everybody but them actual selves. If your life is only about you with you and you don't worry about how people see you, how people treat you, if you don't worry about, like, things that seemingly are important. I'll give you a good one. You know, people are scared to lose their job because if they don't get a paycheck for a week, their whole world, like, you can live more humbly, you can go backwards, you can move out. Like, it's just like, you know? You know?

• 9:31Speaker 00

  It's just like, you know, it's really good like that. Like, you could, you are capable of everything and anything. Like, everybody, the biggest issue right now is that everybody's resilience is a little soft. Like, our resilience needs to get up. This is why it's good to get made fun of when you're a kid. You build thicker skin. This is what happened, like, all of us, like... Bullying stinks, but we've made bullying like cancer now. And like, bullying was the currency in 1980s and 90s. Like, everybody got bullied every day, always and forever by everyone for decades. Like, like, like, we can't, y'all, real fucking talk.

• 10:16Speaker 00

  Could you imagine talking, like, if there was a new AI that could rebirth people that have died? Like, if there was a new AI that was like a chip and you could put it on a tombstone and the person would be rebirthed, right? This is a really wild concept. Let me break this out. If there was a new technology that could really rebirth people, the first thing I would do is go and get like 500 World War II vets from Germany, Japan, America, and I get them all together and be like, "What's up, World War II vets?" Get this. People cry all day about people's words now.

• 11:06Speaker 00

  I'm going for dramatic pause, y'all.

• 11:10Speaker 00

  If you told people, from the 40s and 50s, thank you, Carla B., if you told people that most people cry now 24/7 because of people's words.

• 11:27Speaker 00

  Comments, words, not even, you know what would blow them away? Written, written words. You imagine you told somebody from the 40s, "Yo, there's a new technology. You know how you guys have letters and people send them each other?" They're like, "Yeah, well, there's new shit. It's called phone, mobile." And get this, could you imagine bitching out like a bitch-bitch if someone wrote you a letter and said, "I don't like you"?

• 11:53Speaker 00

  No, Ron, this is real, bro. People are folding like cheap chairs. People are triggered. I'd be like, "Yo, you'll never believe this." People have, people go crazy and ruin their whole days when someone's talking to someone else. It's not even their conversation, but one of the people said something that they don't believe in and it upset them.

• 12:21Speaker 00

  If I told them, not even words to you, not even a letter that someone sent to you, not even a letter that someone sent to you and said, "I don't like you," or "You're stupid," or "You're fat," or "You're ugly," or "You're dumb," or "I don't agree with your opinions." No, no, no. Get this, guys. Someone is sending a letter to someone else arguing about how they see the world, but you saw it by accident. You like intercepted the mail. It was sent to you by accident. And you see Ron's talking to Sally and being like, "You're a bitch." And you're triggered and your whole day is fucked up. Yo, this is the fucking world we live in right now. Are you fucking kidding me?

• 13:07Speaker 00

  The fuck are you guys crying about?

• 13:13Speaker 00

  This is the world we're living in right now. You are all anxious about shit you can't control. Yo, real question, I need all 850 of you to answer us. Do you believe that you, while we sit here and drink some fucking tea, do you think you can stop China from making robots that can create a police state? Do you here just say yes or no? Do you think you, you, you, right now, can stop China, the country?

• 13:51Speaker 00

  You know, like,

• 13:56Speaker 00

  you know what's really going on? And this is just real talk. And by the way, some of my biggest challenges in my life, spending a lot of time trying to be my dad's therapist, my whole 20s and 30s, that was me thinking I could control someone else. I feel like I left great deposits. I see the huge impact that I've had on my father over the last 30 years and I feel great about it, but I didn't change him. I tweaked him a little and I gave him 30 years of fucking Gary Vee 24/7. That's my father. Think about what I'm doing for you guys. That's my father.

• 14:31Speaker 00

  Every day, I also worked with him 12 hours a day, seven days a week, for 20 years. Think about that impact, doing nothing else. So, my friends, friends, you can only control you.

• 14:47Speaker 00

  You can't even change your fucking siblings and relatives. How the fuck are you gonna change a stranger? My dad's amazing, Lydia Rose. He's just incredibly cynical and negative. And I know that because he grew up with my grandmother and I knew my grandmother's mother and my great-grandmother and it was just a side of the family that was just like inherently everything was negative and cynical. Everything was bad, everyone's out to get you. And it was very Soviet. I was born in the Soviet Union, everybody, if you don't know me. So, I was, I'm, you know, born in a place that was very challenging, you know, an incredibly challenging place. And so, you know, I have a lot of empathy for my dad. My dad's truly one of my best friends along with every other core family member of mine.

• 15:30Speaker 00

  We have a tremendous relationship, but you know, he was like when I was 20, when I was 15 and started working liquor store, like my mom is rainbow and sunshine and love everyone and like do great by everyone. And my dad was very combative and cynical and I spent 15 to 35 talking to him about the world and life and tried, you know, to, you know, like tried to change my dad and that's not gonna work. You can only control how you interact with everything.

• 15:59Speaker 00

  You know, so many of you are struggling because you resent and are mad at your parents, your grandparents, your boss, the government, the mayor, the governor, society, social media, AI, everything's pointing fingers. My question to all of you this morning is, when are you doing this? When the fuck does this come in? When do thumbs come in? Do you know why I'm happy? Because I think everything that makes me upset is my fault and I have the ability to fix it.

• 16:26Speaker 00

  The second you don't think you're in control, you get upset. This is exactly why the politicians have won this era. They've got all of you thinking that they're gonna help you.

• 16:38Speaker 00

  Matthew, you know how simple the game is? Be mad at these people and I'll help you. And everyone falls for it. And they're both doing the same thing. The immigrants are fucking you up, but I'll help you. The billionaires are fucking you up, but I'll help you. They're the same bitches, friends. Red and blue are the same. They're both a bunch of bitches. Life is purple. And none of them are playing it. Yeah, I'll say it again. Red and blue politicians, both sides, play the same game. I'm gonna tell you who to demonize and I can save you, as if, a politician who never did anything in their fucking life, never operated shit. Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit. Let me promise you this, all those bullshit mayors, governors, senators, presidents, all

• 17:21Speaker 00

  of them, they're doing nothing for you. You, though, are capable of doing everything for you. You are capable of doing everything for you. And the second you fucking figure that out, if you just stumbled on this fucking positive practical part of the internet, instead of all the other dumb shit in your FYP, today's the fucking day you can fucking win. Because I genuinely believe you're fucking capable. Real fucking talk. I genuinely think you're capable, regardless of how much the world has fucked you up or regardless of how you grew up. I believe that you're fucking capable and that's what gets me up in the morning to make fucking content like this.

• 18:01Speaker 00

  All right, what's the next question? We are vibing, yeah, Kara, we do need this.

• 18:05Speaker 01

  Gee, just quickly on that, is that what drove?

• 18:07Speaker 00

  Hold on, somebody said something profound. Somebody said Drake May is gonna smoke the Jets.

• 18:14Speaker 00

  Drake the schedule May.

• 18:19Speaker 00

  This person in here just said Drake the schedule May.

• 18:26Speaker 00

  Some last call says, "How much coke did you do today?" Last call, zero. You know what the fuck this drug's called? Fucking gratitude, bitch.

• 18:36Speaker 00

  Gratitude, motherfucker. How about that? How about being grateful for what you have instead of being envious for what you don't have? That's where this energy comes from. Now, let me get back to my dog who said that Drake May, you know, the same Drake May who's actively, actively the worst quarterback in football right now. That bitch-ass Patriot quarterback who got away with the softest schedule in NFL history last year that disguised it. Matthew, you know who Drake May is? You know, like a small high school in Iowa where there's 11 kids? And that's like the whole thing and one of them's the fastest and everyone's like, "Oh, Ronnie's a fucking athlete." Ronnie's not a fucking athlete.

• 19:16Speaker 00

  Ronnie's being disguised by the circumstances, like a lot of you.

• 19:24Speaker 00

  Disguised. All right, let's keep going.

• 19:27Speaker 01

  Gee, off that point and your previous one, yesterday on X, you posted that video about being QB1. Just curious, what prompted that in your recent riff as well?

• 19:38Speaker 00

  Yesterday, I just, I was waiting for Avi. We got mixed up and I had another, I had a minute to my time, so I'm like, I should make some content. And it's all the rant that I'm doing right now, like, you know, I just, I just really, you know, as I sit here and I look at the thousand people in this room and I'm like reading the chat and seeing people come on, I'm just like, man, if I could just say one thing this morning that might get someone to think about it a little different.

• 20:02Speaker 00

  Mikey L., who says, "Oh, my God, Gary, can't believe I'm catching you live." If I could say one thing that makes Mikey L., "Bro, I'm telling you, excuses and complaining are destroying society. We are just a bunch of crying-ass bitches. The whole world has become crying-ass bitches. We've all just become cabs."

• 20:21Speaker 00

  I really mean it. And I, and this is not judgment. This is deep hope and prayer that like one person listening right now, I'm poking at them and they're like, "Damn, I am a cab. I'm a fucking cab." And like, we just have entitled it for so long, we let it get away from us. We've just gotten soft. We cry about dumb shit.

• 20:44Speaker 00

  Like, I just want people to know they can do it. So, I just made that video to like get people to understand, like either you're QB1 or you're not. And QB1 in football terms is like you're on the field and it's on you. And you know what's tough about being a quarterback? Your offensive line might fuck up, but everyone's gonna still blame the quarterback. And you know what sucks about being a quarterback? Is the defense might just play great that day and you played great, but you lost and it's your fault. And your receiver might have made the wrong route and turned left instead of right and you threw an interception because you knew the play was supposed to be right, but fans are not educated enough to know the receiver made the mistake and they blame you. QB1 has all the blame. Now, you get all the accolades too.

• 21:29Speaker 00

  You know, and so that's just kind of how it is. Hey, everybody, I hope you're enjoying the podcast right now. Make sure you follow the podcast. That's why I'm interrupting. Let's keep going on this show, but follow the podcast. It'll make my mom super happy. Everybody can figure it out. Here's the thing. Two, Andrea says, "I'm trying." Listen to me. You've got to tune out other people's judgment.

• 21:54Speaker 00

  Too many of you are living for your mom or dad's validation, or to prove them wrong. Too many of you are trying to keep up with the Joneses. Too materialistic. You need stuff. The handbag, the followers, the money. I don't know, man. I'm feeling so lost in this, trying to make money. Wendy, like, we gotta redefine success, like... On real talk, like, real talk, and don't, and like, be real about it right now, chat. How many of you feel that you're a nice person? Like, you know, you open the door for people, you smile, you like, like, real talk. Like, you just feel pretty good about, you got lucky, good parenting, good DNA, like,

• 22:36Speaker 00

  you're a fairly good person, like, you know, you try to be nice, like, you try to bring joy, you're not confrontational, you're not looking for trouble. You know, like, team, when I see all these "yes, me, 100", like, how do we get back to like, some 1905 shit? Where people, everyone here, heart of gold? Like, you know, KDR, how does KDR, like, Hobbie says, "I like trouble"? You know, people look for trouble because they're trying to take the trouble inside of them and spread it to others. Misery Loves Company is like, a real thing. I might start a fashion brand called Misery Loves Company, and it'll throw everyone off. They're like, "Why is this guy wearing Misery Loves Company"? But it might be me, like, poking at everyone, being like, "This is true."

• 23:21Speaker 00

  Because when you're not good inside, you're making it not good for others, because you're trying to, you know, you're trying to deal, you're trying to fucking...

• 23:29Speaker 00

  The Real Cruz says, "Look at me, I'm looking at you, Real Cruz."

• 23:35Speaker 00

  I don't know. I just, I just, I just wish people felt good about themselves if they were nice. Not what house they have, not what car they have, not how many followers they have, you know, not their looks. Like, all this vain shit. Can we play "You're So Vain"? Can we fucking play that? I just wanna play "You're So Vain". Like, I just feel like that song has become the whole fucking world. Everyone's just so fucking worried about what everyone thinks about them.

• 24:12Speaker 00

  It's just so real, man, to me, it's so real to me, if we can get into serious simplicity. You know what I think? I think all 1,000 people on this chat should all move to rural Peru.

• 24:25Speaker 00

  Go live in the middle of fucking nowhere, watch how happy your life gets.

• 24:30Speaker 00

  I'm telling y'all.

• 24:33Speaker 00

  Rural fucking Peru. I can't wait to see the rise of dumb phones. People are about to get off their smartphones and have dumb phones, and just like, and by the way, it's not the technology's fault, it's your fault. It's how people are gonna self-organize. Just can't deal with other people's opinions, because you're soft, you're emotionally soft. The toughest guys are the fucking bitches of the world. The toughest guys and girls, who are feisty, you're like, "Oh damn, Ron and Sally are tough, they're fucking spicy"? They're a bunch of bitches. Words trigger them, they're not able to be emotionally strong. I don't know, man, everyone's got it twisted. We're here to untwist on Tea with Gary Vee, ask your questions. Next question.

• 25:15Speaker 03

  Hey Gary, I'm kinda switching up a bit, so, you just talked about it, about like, your golden heart, it came kinda from your DNA, from your mom, and for some people, they have like, chosen family, right, that they can get attributes from, so I was wondering, can you describe your best friend, and what your best friend has added to your life?

• 25:35Speaker 00

  My best friend is Brandon Warnicki. I met him at 14. I spoke to him this morning, his Cubs got swept by the Padres, congratulations Padres fans, so I felt bad for him. He's in Napa buying wine for the wine store, he runs the wine store. What he contributed to my life was, I got to see another person that lived life the way I lived my life, um, who really just wanted to, you know, be nice to people, and do right by his family, and work hard, and that's it, you know? He just saw, he showed me another person who was doing it the way I was doing it, and I watched what it meant to his family, and to the people around him, and it became double validation. But Sammy, I need to listen to "You're So Vain" right now, I can't answer this, I need everyone to hear this, all of you are so fucking vain!

• 26:27Speaker 00

  You're so vain!

• 26:33Speaker 00

  That part, that part right there! All of you think the song's about you! My friends, life is not about you, y'all! No one gives a fuck about me! You think they give a fuck about you?

• 26:48Speaker 00

  My friends, the world does not revolve around you. No one gives a shit, they care about their world, do you understand?

• 26:58Speaker 00

  No one gives a fuck!

• 27:01Speaker 00

  So why are you worried about them? They don't give a fuck! And that's not bad, that's being empathetic, that people got problems too! You got judgment for people? You think they're so lucky? You know nothing about them!

• 27:15Speaker 00

  You don't even know your siblings' real life! How the fuck do you know JohnnyPants49 on Instagram? The fuck are you judging? Why are you envious? Bro, you all need to listen to this fucking song every fucking morning! You think this song's about you? It's not about you! All of them are living their lives, they got their problems, they got their trauma, they got their issue! How the fuck are you imposing your shit on them?

• 27:43Speaker 00

  Get the fuck outta here with that bullshit! You got judgment of people that live their lives differently than you? You don't know them like that! You know nothing about them! You didn't grow up in their shoes! Life is not about you! Stop with this audacious bullshit!

• 28:02Speaker 00

  You're right, DJ Cut Lee says, "Gary taking us to church"? It is church, with some fucking different kinda energy, little potty mouth.

• 28:13Speaker 00

  You're so vain. You guys literally think this song's about you? It's not about you, y'all! It's not about you! You think your boss is worried about your life? She's got her problems!

• 28:30Speaker 00

  When the fuck are you gonna lean into humility and simplicity? When the fuck are you gonna do it?

• 28:36Speaker 00

  Who are you trying to impress?

• 28:42Speaker 00

  CKH says, "I blame whoever brought up Drake May." My Jets fandom does get weird.

• 28:49Speaker 00

  Of course, Miss Purdy! Let's go, y'all! This is the fucking shit! And once you realize this, life gets good!

• 28:59Speaker 00

  Life gets good when you realize it's not about you! You're all too selfish!

• 29:06Speaker 00

  You're too fucking selfish!

• 29:15Speaker 00

  Fuck!

• 29:18Speaker 00

  Play this again! Repeat this shit, Courtney! Courtney can't repeat it!

• 29:26Speaker 00

  I might play this on repeat for the rest of my, you know what? My content, I just might switch to only making videos with this song on. And I, that's it!

• 29:39Speaker 00

  Ruby, it's all the same shit, you wanna call it vanity? You wanna call it self-absorbed? You wanna call it selfish? It's all the same shit! We need to slow it down!

• 29:52Speaker 00

  We need to simplify this shit!

• 29:55Speaker 00

  You're crying at how you been wronged, because you don't have it the way you want? That's fucking mental entitlement!

• 30:03Speaker 00

  Why the fuck do you deserve it? And not her, or him, or them? The fuck is this audacity of entitlement?

• 30:14Speaker 00

  Right? Why you?

• 30:18Speaker 00

  Who was born in America, and lives in America? Who lives in America in here? Who lives in America? Say, "America".

• 30:27Speaker 00

  You motherfuckers that are saying me? You all need to shut the fuck up! You got born into the playing field that has the most fucking opportunity! America's got unlimited problems, guess what? So does every other country, but its framework creates ridiculous opportunity! So if you just said "America" or "me", shut your fucking mouth!

• 31:22Speaker 00

  Yo, if I was born in this country, I would moonwalk to the presidency and fix this shit up. All my talks would be like, "America, shut your fucking mouth." And I'd be like, "Yay! Yay! Yay!" "Shut your fucking mouth! Vote for me!" "Shut your fucking mouth! Vote for me!" "Shut your fucking mouth!"

• 31:42Speaker 00

  Aw, man.

• 31:51Speaker 00

  You know what happens when you stop crying? Do you know what happens when you stop crying? You can fucking see.

• 31:59Speaker 00

  My friends, do you know what happens when you stop crying? You can fucking see. The reality is, crying has blurred your vision.

• 32:08Speaker 00

  It's real bars, right? Man, I wish I had fucking music, fucking talent. I would be the biggest rapper in the world. I really believe that. I have the thoughts, I just have 0.0 musical ability. And that's another thing. That's another thing. Self-awareness. People are here like, "Gary Vee, I'm an entrepreneur." No, you're not! You are not! Like, I'm not a rapper! You know who else I want to be? I want to be the fucking quarterback of the New York Jets. Guess what? I'm not fucking Geno Smith, y'all. Like, self-awareness. Stop wishing what you were and start looking at who you are and maximize that.

• 32:51Speaker 00

  Dylan's your favorite. The left is mad. The right is mad too. All the people that even talk about politics are mad. They got you fucked up. They got you tricked, bitches. They got you tricked! Get the fuck out of that vortex!

• 33:07Speaker 00

  You're contributing nothing when you're mad at someone else. Ooh. You are contributing fucking nothing when you're mad at someone else. How about you shut the fuck up about who's fucking it up and build your own shit? Come on, y'all. Shut the fuck up about the left and the right, the billionaires and the fucking immigrants. How about you shut your fucking mouth and build? Because you can! But they got you tricked because they want you in their shit. They got you tricked, y'all. They got you tricked. They fucking got you tricked. They got you tricked. They got you fucking tricked. They got you fucking tricked. Turn that fucking CNN Fox news off and if it's in your algorithm, that's exposing you. Unfollow that shit. Get the fuck out of that shit.

• 33:52Speaker 00

  They got you tricked, y'all. That's why you're not doing shit. You're spending your whole day trying to figure out who to be mad at, you fucking bitch. Play it again, Courtney. Play it again!

• 34:08Speaker 00

  Fuck, man, I'm on one this morning.

• 34:14Speaker 00

  Alright, I'm gonna read the chat.

• 34:17Speaker 00

  This song is called "You're So Vain," Jenny, and the reason I'm playing it is, everyone thinks the whole world revolves around them.

• 34:24Speaker 00

  They're judging people without knowing anything that's going on in their life. They're envious of people without knowing anything about their life. Man. "Summertime," I love your, I love your energy back. I want you guys to be happy, man. Guys, I need you to be happy, y'all. We only have one life. You're gonna be mad when you're 90 that you spent it being mad at other people. You're gonna be mad at 90 that you spent your fucking life being mad at other people! Yee-haw!

• 34:58Speaker 00

  Yes, Suvi. Let's go, Anne. Let's clap it up. I'm 100% happy. Let's go, Anne. That's for Anne. Good shit. Everybody, top left corner, hit my face. Follow and hit notifications if you want to join my tea with Gary Vee's. I'm sipping on some tea. Show it, Court. If you have this, Court, you have this, you have it? Tea!

• 35:20Speaker 00

  Tea! Oh, I like that. Tea!

• 35:25Speaker 00

  DJ Game Pro, "Help you?" Let me help you, DJ. DJ Game Pro just said, "Help me." Ready? I'm gonna help DJ Game Pro. DJ Game Pro said, "Help me." Ready, DJ Game Pro? Here you go. I'm gonna help you. I can't help you.

• 35:42Speaker 00

  But you know who can? You. You can help you. You can help you. You're capable. You're the person. You're the best. You're capable. No one can stop you. You're in control of your mind. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. Not a fucking senator or a mayor, not a boss.

• 36:15Speaker 00

  Do you know how many people are watching social media crying about shit? And blaming presidents? And I've watched them do it for 20 years? We've had four different fucking presidents! Well, we had one twice. We've had three different presidents, four times! You're still blaming the president? You're the bitch, not them!

• 36:35Speaker 00

  Oh, they're like, "Oh, I'm gonna be, Sleepy Joe didn't do it for me, Trump's..." People voted for Trump, then Joe, then Trump, acting like that person's gonna help them. How many years are you gonna blame everybody but yourself? You can help you.

• 36:52Speaker 00

  Alright.

• 36:56Speaker 00

  Anyway.

• 36:59Speaker 00

  And here's the, DJ Game Pro says, "I only blame myself," but here's the problem. This, this is huge, everyone. M said, "I needed this." I got you, M. When you blame yourself... Sales with crackers says, "Gary's too old to be screaming like that." Sales, "I'm too young." "I'm too young to be screaming like this." "I haven't even begun to scream. Wait till you see 96-year-old me. I'm really gonna lose my fucking mind." 96-year-old me is gonna be out of his fucking face! Because I'm gonna be like, "You motherfuckers, I don't have that much more time to do this for you. Wake the fuck up!" 96-year-old me's gonna be insane. And 96-year-old me is gonna be outflanking you still.

• 37:44Speaker 00

  Of course it's true, because energy doesn't come from age. Energy comes from this. From where you're at. Where you're fucking at. Steve, I don't multi-stream because I don't want to. Stu, I see your question, bro. I promise you, we'll multi-

• 38:00Speaker 00

  Malik says, "Stop the cat." Malik, "I will break your ass when I'm 96." Now what? The fuck you gonna do about it?

• 38:08Speaker 00

  And that's the mindset I want for all of you. It has nothing to do about anybody else. It's you. It's you. It's you. Malik says, "Okay, I'm sorry." Malik, I love you, bro. Listen to me, y'all. You got this.

• 38:25Speaker 00

  Bolt says, "How do you teach yourself about AI?" By using AI.

• 38:31Speaker 00

  I use AI to ask questions about AI.

• 38:37Speaker 00

  Airstick says, "Gary, what can I do for you?" That's very kind. Airstick, you know what you can do for me? Listen to the vibe I had this morning. I just want you all to win. I want you to win. Trisha says, "You changed the 61-year-old woman." Changed. 15 videos daily. Love you. I love you back, Trisha. See? 61, she's a kid. Who hears younger than 61? Put your age in the chat. She changed. Why can't you? She's 61, she's a baby. The fuck do you think I think you are?

• 39:07Speaker 00

  You're just a fucking thought! A thought in your parents' mind.

• 39:12Speaker 00

  Come on, y'all, you could do this.

• 39:15Speaker 00

  You could do this. But you gotta understand this song.

• 39:21Speaker 00

  "The world is not about you. Stop being entitled." Alright, next questions. I've been ranting for 45 minutes on the same fucking thing. I'm sorry. I'm not answering questions. I apologize, everybody. I apologize. But shit, man, I want you to be happy. Fuck, please, Jesus, fuck, please. Fucking shit, fuck, please be happy. And here's how. Simple this shit down. Stop paying attention to negative shit. Stop pointing fingers. Realize you're in control. You can do this. I'm telling you, you can do this, but it's this. Hang around positive, practical energy. The content you consume, the people you follow, the people you talk to at work.

• 40:02Speaker 00

  Pay attention to who you're complaining to. They're just listening so they can complain back to you. Alright.

• 40:07Speaker 02

  So, Gary, with a lot of the things that you just said, on a different stream, you mentioned that being a parent nowadays is the hardest era to be a parent. And we'd love to hear more of your thoughts on what is exactly that you think is the hardest part of being a parent now?

• 40:22Speaker 00

  When you love someone that much, it fucks with your brain. That's the hardest part. You're scared. Fear is everything. You know this. To me, the number one thing, all I've been doing for 45 minutes, is trying to take a little bit of fear out of everyone here.

• 40:38Speaker 00

  That's why I hate what's going on right now, because fear has been weaponized so successfully by politicians, and companies, and personalities, and podcasters, and content creators. Fear is the weapon of choice of the bitches of the world.

• 40:51Speaker 02

  You exactly mentioned, you mentioned that it was like this time, like this 2026 is the hardest, or?

• 40:57Speaker 00

  Yeah, because everyone's soft.

• 41:01Speaker 00

  You know this whole 45-minute rant I just had about, "Don't be a puss"? That's why. If you're 46 and you're soft and you're not resilient, well, you're dead being a parent. You're the problem, not society. I'm fine.

• 41:17Speaker 00

  Like, I don't have to tell you, like, I have no problems. You know, because I have complete confidence that it's gonna be okay. I'm not scared. Noreen, you know that. Right?

• 41:27Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 41:29Speaker 00

  Right? Just not.

• 41:33Speaker 00

  Because I'm not scared of worse outcomes either, because I'm mentally strong. I'm emotionally strong. When you're prepared for the worst, the fuck are you crying about?

• 41:43Speaker 00

  Everybody, you know what everyone's strategy here is?

• 41:51Speaker 00

  People are playing on hope and chance that they're not controlling, instead of working on their mental fucking capacity.

• 42:00Speaker 00

  And whether it's religion, whether it's meditation, whether it's rock climbing, whether it's listening to positive podcasts, whether it's limiting poisonous people around them, whether it's stop eating fucking chemicals, I don't know what the fuck the path is for the thousand people in here, but I know that I want to keep talking this talk. But, do you know what my hope was today? You know what my hope was? One. One. Y'all, just so you know, if I could just show you behind the curtain a little bit, do you know what this all was about the last forty-five minutes? The deep hope that today was the day one of you was ready to hear this, and it changed your life. Just one. Just one. If, in this hour, one person,

• 42:45Speaker 00

  one, one person just needed to stop being coddled or scared. All that's happening right now is, you have one side of your world that's over coddling you, being like, "Yeah, you're right", and then you got everyone else just scaring you into submission, and no one's having this talk.

• 43:04Speaker 00

  Right? Does that make sense to everyone? Like, everybody, let's keep it real. Let's like, be really honest with each other, because it's gonna help everyone. "I see you, PJ C", says, "Absolutely", you know, like, Kika says, "Look, y'all, look at your world right now. Pay attention to everybody you interact with. You've got two things going on. One group of people that are just yesing you to death and being like, "You're right", it's people that see the, this is why everyone's gotten into cliques. People are not strong enough to hang out with people that don't agree with them. You fucking bitch.

• 43:33Speaker 00

  For God, can you imagine? People have gotten so bitchy weak that they can't even hang out with people that don't see the world the way they see it. Wow, you fucking loser.

• 43:47Speaker 00

  So, so there's two things. There's the, so much in the world that's trying to scare you for their power.

• 43:55Speaker 00

  Right? "I can help you. Vote for me. Give me your money, I can help you." You should be scared of them. You should be scared of them. You should be scared of them, and I will help you, as if, please. And then another group that just over coddles you. "You're right. You're right. You're right. We're right." Anytime I'm in a group with a bunch of people where we're all like, "We're right", I'm like, "I'm getting the fuck out of here." I swear to God. Like, if I'm with like, seven people at dinner and everyone's like, fucking stroking each other, I'm like, "Fuck this shit, I'm at the wrong fucking table." You guys may know this about me, like, I'm often the person that just takes the other view just 'cause. Right? Just 'cause you need it.

• 44:38Speaker 00

  Y'all, if you're part of a fucking, yo, if you're part of a little text group and you guys all talk politics and are all head nodding, stroking each other, you're a bitch! You're a bitch, I fuck, you're, you will never beat me. Fucking losers. Get the fuck out of that. Stop hating people, y'all. I hate using the word losers. If you've been watching me for twenty years, I never use it. If you hate other people, you fucking suck. You can hold other people accountable, you can disagree, but if you've crossed over into hate, you're a fucking bitch, bitch, bitch, motherfucker, bitch.

• 45:22Speaker 00

  And man, hating other people is the currency right now. "Give me Vane, Courtney K." It's the currency. Can you imagine the lack of civility, these buck, fucking loser fucking politicians, trying to hate each other, telling you who to hate? You're telling me who to hate? Fuck you, I hate no one. I may not agree with someone, I may hate someone's actions, there are crazy things like murder, like, there's things. But, on what? On what? On what?

• 45:56Speaker 00

  And if these people understood how it really was, the people that are on TV hating each other, them behind the scenes are fucking friends with each other, fucking, fuck you, politicians! Fuck you! What you've done. And by the way, ready for this? Watch this. I don't even blame the politicians. I don't blame the politician, you'll never believe this. I don't blame the politicians. I blame you, you fucking soft bitches, fell for that shit. I don't blame the politicians. I do not blame the politicians. I'm telling you guys, I don't blame them. Yo, "Art Kuna, I'm so good, you have no idea", says Gary, "You good", "Bro, you know what's happening right now? Love is bursting out of me." Now I know, now I know, now I know that my version of love is weird, by today's standards. I get it.

• 46:41Speaker 00

  I know that a lot of people watching right, "Who's never seen me before? Say never." I feel bad for those people, because they're like, "What is going on right here, right?" They're a little confused. Yo, you know, like, Roman, Steph, you know, like, Never, like, "I'm the problemist", they'll see. All of you that say "never", do some homework on me, I think it'll make more context later. Yeah, Kyle's like, "This is kinda wild", I know I'm a different flavor.

• 47:07Speaker 00

  I know I'm a different flavor. I've got a good one. Watch this, everybody who's never seen me. Who hasn't seen me in a while? Because you used to watch me back in the day, I randomly FYP'd on you right now, and, that sounded amazing. Oh my God, I love that. "I randomly FYP'd on you right now", and you're like, "Yo, I forgot, this is the energy I need", because you went into some other algorithm on some dumb shit. How many of you randomly got here on an FYP, hadn't seen me in a while, and just realized in the last five minutes, like, "Yo, I need to get back on this positive accountable shit"? Say "I'm back" in the chat. If you're one of those people, Matt's Movie Vault says, "This FYP is saving me",

• 47:51Speaker 00

  yo, this is the real shit, y'all. I know I'm a little bit of a character, and it's a weird kinda, I know like, I know my vessel is a little different, but this is the fucking shit, y'all.

• 48:05Speaker 00

  And here's the problem, yo. This. Everybody thinks the world's about them.

• 48:16Speaker 00

  The world is definitely, definitely, definitely not about you, but here's the cool part. But you're in control of making your world play out. So cool. The world has nothing to do with you. You're a speck on the speck of the speck. And yet, if your world is something you control and do not give other people that credit, stop putting people on a pedestal. Start putting yourself and how you treat people on a pedestal.

• 48:50Speaker 00

  You know what you all did? You gave up too much. You're putting other people on a pedestal. Celebrities and politicians, the worst of the worst ways to go about it. How about you put fucking the nicest person in your neighborhood on a pedestal? How about instead of fucking putting an athlete or a fucking person that wears barely any clothes, that has eleven million followers, or a fucking stupid politician that's never done anything in their life, except scare you into voting for them? How about instead of putting those three people on a pedestal, which we have done, how about you give Mr. Robinson in the neighborhood, who every fucking morning stands outside and waves at everybody and smiles? How about we fucking put Mr. Robinson on the fucking pedestal?

• 49:33Speaker 00

  How about we re-fucking configure out here, y'all? How about we real fucking, re-fucking configure? How about we put people on a pedestal that are kind and civil?

• 49:49Speaker 00

  Somebody said, "It's wild how your closest friends are the ones that want discounts and handouts", and yet, you're not in control of what they want, you're in control of you. So have, don't be angry at them, have empathy at them, but know that you're in control of how you handle it.

• 50:08Speaker 00

  We're putting fucking people on a pedestal that are like, "Come on, man, you got it all twisted, y'all."

• 50:17Speaker 00

  Who's got a question? Before I get out of here. I just ranted for fucking fifty-two minutes, instead of answering questions.

• 50:23Speaker 04

  This is from, uh, from Mark. "How do I become a practitioner of gratitude? I'm a salesman, and I felt comparing myself, looking at what I don't have..."

• 50:32Speaker 00

  That was it! I don't want to hear anything else! Stop comparing yourself! You know why he doesn't have gratitude? Because he compares himself! No one else is fuck, what's his name?

• 50:42Speaker 04

  Mark.

• 50:43Speaker 00

  Mark, listen!

• 50:48Speaker 00

  Mark, this is your problem!

• 51:01Speaker 00

  What's his name? Mark, you think you're the greatest salesman ever born? The fuck is up with this odd, Mark? Hey, Mark! You think you're the greatest fucking salesman ever born? No! So somebody's gonna be better at sales than you? Good!

• 51:19Speaker 00

  The fuck is this?

• 51:23Speaker 00

  This is where parents going one hundred percent, "You're the best", you're la, la, la. No, you're not the best. You know this, Court Sanders, like, "I'm gonna go to the NBA", I'm like, "Sure not. Your daddy didn't give you the fucking DNA." But D3, if you go crazy and work hard, is a dark horse. That, everyone, like, what, Jesus!

• 51:47Speaker 00

  Why, who, in the chat, who thinks they're the best-looking person ever made in life? Just curious. On some real shit. Who thinks they're the smart, like, why are we comparing?

• 52:04Speaker 00

  Look at all this delusion in the chat. Look at the delusion.

• 52:10Speaker 04

  He said that it helped him, but now it's become a detriment.

• 52:13Speaker 00

  Meaning?

• 52:14Speaker 04

  He's a salesman. He's like proving others wrong has helped me push forward his whole life.

• 52:18Speaker 00

  No, no, it hasn't. It was a negative fuel that made him vulnerable. Bingo! Uh-oh! Uh-oh! Uh-oh! You see what happened? Read that again. Turn this shit up. Read that again. I'm gonna break it down for all of you so heavy right now. You're gonna get rea- you ready to get your fucking brain twisted? Let's do it again. It helped him?

• 52:39Speaker 04

  It, so he said, "How do I become a practitioner of gratitude? I'm a salesman and I felt comparing myself, looking at what I don't have and proving others wrong has pushed me forward my whole life, but now I feel it's become a detriment. I have a wife, two healthy kids, yet I don't feel satisfied to a point where sometimes I've become miserable. How do I break this cycle?"

• 52:59Speaker 00

  Outside validation, using negative fuel to get you to the top, only to find out that negative fuel can't keep you there. Only gratitude, only simplicity, only love, only kindness, only sunshine can keep you at the top. All the dark warriors out there always fold emotionally, maybe not financially in status of what we see, but they're all hurting inside. I have unlimited friends. This has been the best part of my life. I came from the dirt and now I'm in the penthouse and I see all these people, the most famous, the most wealthy, all the people you guys all fucking completely fucking stroke 24/7 and fucking 90% of them are hurting.

• 53:46Speaker 00

  Simplicity. Never get high on your own supply.

• 53:53Speaker 00

  Proving other people wrong, they didn't- play the song court. Here's the problem. He was tricked. He thought the other people gave a fuck.

• 54:06Speaker 00

  Yo, real talk. I need you guys to hear this. This is devastating. This is devastating, everyone. This is gonna kill you.

• 54:18Speaker 00

  I can speak for myself and I'm gonna speak for a lot of other people I know, because there's plenty of people that got simplicity and love and God and good in their heart. This is gonna break your heart if you're a hater. This is gonna- I- who here has been- Actually, it's an incredible question. Don't lie, because lying is the devil. How many people here have left a comment to try to hurt someone's feelings on social media?

• 54:44Speaker 00

  Say, "I did that." It's okay. Everyone's human. We all make mistakes. Say, "I did that." I just wanna know. Just say, "I did that." Okay, I'm gonna let people go for a little bit.

• 54:57Speaker 00

  All right? And there's a- look, there's a lot of never- there's a lot of people like that. I've never have. Never once. So like, but a lot of people have. That's okay. I used to. Okay, here we go. This is gonna break your fucking hater heart. This is for all the haters watching. Clip it. I got bad news haters.

• 55:16Speaker 00

  Someone who's really in their pocket mentally and emotionally can't hear you.

• 55:23Speaker 00

  Like, it's really- if haters understood that the most emotionally strong can't hear them- By the way, all the hate does not fuel me. It doesn't. Just on the record, so everybody knows, you know, I get 97% positive sentiment, so I'm very fortunate, but I have so much. The 3% is volume, because 3% of a trillion is a lot.

• 55:45Speaker 00

  I've really bad news.

• 55:49Speaker 00

  And this is important.

• 55:53Speaker 00

  The negativity doesn't- it doesn't motivate me. Like, I don't read it. Like, a lot of my friends, it does. Like, they try to- like, other famous or- well, no, people are like, "Oh, yeah, it really gets us going," right? I'm like, and they're like, "It's that." I'm like, "No, it really, it really, um, it really doesn't motivate me." I can't hear it. And when I decide to see it or hear it, the only thing that ever, ever happens in my blood, in my soul, in my fucking spirit, is empathy for the hurt. That person's hurting. I feel bad for them. Not for me. I couldn't comprehend spending two minutes of my life going to someone's page, watching

• 56:34Speaker 00

  a video, and writing something negative to them. That would be the worst existence of a life in my life.

• 56:42Speaker 00

  Anyone, everybody, thank you so much for being here. I hope you liked it. I surely did. I, uh, I have a lot of love for all of you. I hope today, I hope this got everyone's day going in the right direction. I'm really- you are ver- somebody said, "Thanks, Unc." Man, I really like Unc. I used to be a whiz kid in my twenties. Now I'm Unc and I fucking love it. Man, I love unking. Man, I love fucking unking so much. I'm gonna unk on everyone's fucking face. I'm gonna- I'm- I love unking so fucking much. My love affair with unking is heavy.

• 57:17Speaker 00

  I love you all so much. Everybody, I hope you enjoyed today. If you discovered me, go type in Gary V E E into Claude or Google or Chat GPT. Get down into the funnel. Learn our world. I love you all very much. Have the best day ever, like, literally ever. Um, man, this was fun. See you next time. Everybody, if you enjoyed this podcast, please go back and look at the prior episodes. They're loaded. I appreciate your attention and, uh, thanks for being part of this-

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• 58:46Speaker 00

  Journey. See you later.