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The GaryVee Audio Experience: Episode 92 Summary
Episode Overview In this episode titled "Accountability and Optimism: The Only Two Things You Need to Win", Gary Vaynerchuk discusses the harsh truth that individuals must confront their own challenges without relying on external saviors. He emphasizes the importance of accountability and optimism as the ultimate keys to success, exploring topics such as AI's impact on creativity, the perils of insecurity, and the effects of fear and politics on personal happiness.
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Key Themes
- No One's Coming to Save You
- Gary starts by stating that individuals must take responsibility for their own lives and circumstances.
- The sentiment is that waiting for help or change is futile; self-empowerment is essential.
- Accountability and Optimism
- Accountability: Accepting responsibility for one’s actions and decisions is crucial for growth.
- Optimism: Maintaining a positive outlook, even in challenging times, fuels perseverance and innovation.
- The Reality of AI
- Gary emphasizes that AI is an irreversible part of the modern landscape, similar to the introduction of farming machinery.
- Concerns about AI replacing jobs or creative roles are dismissed as misguided; instead, he argues for adaptation and evolution in the workforce.
- He highlights that AI can create emotional engagements, countering fears about its effectiveness in creative fields.
- Navigating Insecurity and Fear
- People often let external factors, such as politics or societal pressures, dictate their happiness.
- The message encourages listeners to focus on their own paths rather than succumbing to fear and negativity propagated by external narratives.
- Entrepreneurship and Job Market Insights
- Gary addresses young entrepreneurs who feel their non-traditional resumes are undervalued.
- He advocates for the significance of personal narratives and experiences over conventional job qualifications.
- Emphasis is placed on the importance of perseverance in the face of rejection in the job market.
- Personal Growth and Self-Awareness
- The episode underscores the importance of understanding one’s own control over personal and professional outcomes.
- He encourages listeners to surround themselves with positivity and to focus on self-improvement rather than external validation.
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Notable Quotes
- "You are 100% in control. No one has control over you."
- "The business is getting the money, not you."
- "If you think like people are like, 'Oh that's an AI person; I'm not connecting with that because it's a person,' motherfuckers are connecting with OnlyFans girls that are AI right now."
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Actionable Insights
- Embrace Change: Acknowledge that technological advancements like AI are here to stay; adapt your skills accordingly.
- Cultivate Accountability: Take ownership of your actions and decisions for personal and professional growth.
- Maintain Optimism: Focus on positive narratives and surround yourself with uplifting influences to foster resilience.
- Value Experience: Leverage your unique experiences and side hustles as strengths in the job market.
- Commit to Growth: Invest in your business and personal development rather than material possessions.
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Conclusion Gary Vaynerchuk's discussion in this episode provides a vigorous reminder that success is built on a foundation of personal accountability and a positive mindset. By recognizing the reality of one's control over their circumstances and adapting to the ever-changing world, individuals can unlock their true potential and navigate the complexities of modern life and work.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:28Honestly, that might be it. I'm retiring. Team with Gary Vee in my office. I'm pretty excited about this. Welcome to episode 92. Big shout out to everybody who's watching on social, all the YouTube people. I see you, Michael G. I see you, Matt King. See you all. Kaylee, Jolly, great to see you. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Good morning. And obviously everybody on Instagram, I've got you on the side here, but please go to garyvee.com slash whatnot. Download the app, learn social shopping, get on the Ask Gary Vee Show. It is episode 92. It is gloomy as fuck outside. raining heavily here in New York City, but we are not going to let that put us down.
1:05All right, everybody, let's get into it. Erin, what do you got? Okay, this question is from Joseph. Joseph. My theory is that AI concept that replaces creative work that is supposed to evoke emotion or inspiration is going to fall flat and really connecting with audiences. There's part of me that believes consumers are going to say things like, I just don't connect with that brand anymore because there's no human on the other side of the content to connect with in terms of the content creator. Your thoughts? I think you're fucking fooling yourself because you're worried about it. Aaron, they're not gonna be able to tell if it's a real person or not.
1:37The AI's fucking coming. The AI's fucking coming. I don't know what else to tell you. It's here. We're going to have to adjust to this. This is like somebody saying, oh, this new tractor trailer, excuse me, the new tractor for farms, this is 1850, the tractor's invented. And everyone's like, eh. Like everybody works on a farm and they're like, all the farmers are like, no, no, we're not gonna like the tractor. Like the machine is gonna like fuck up the soil. Bro, it's here. It's here. And by the way, I do think it will be both. I need everyone to understand and. It's and. You know what I mean?
2:19It's and. people will absolutely value the AI stuff because they won't know but I also think that it's going to be a place where the human part will also have value and we will like both and it's like the world is now we like the phone and being in the phone all day and we also like the plugging from the phone and going to take a hike or hang out with our friends like it's going to be and but ai is here and if you think like people are like oh that's an ai person i'm not connecting with that because it's a person motherfuckers connecting with only fan girls that are ai right now please do not live in delusion where people are just like oh you know like i just don't understand what people are thinking like it's here stop trying to come up with excuses, don't go on some weird ideology and understand we're fucking here and we'll get through this and people will adjust and will people lose their jobs?
3:24People are losing their jobs right now. Is anyone paying attention? UPS, massive layoffs. Target, massive layoffs. Amazon, massive layoffs. And by the way, white collar. That's why this one's going to hurt. Nobody was crying when it's like, oh, like the entry level, you know, when we were like robots are going to I didn't see service at McDonald's. I didn't see all the white collar people crying for the$18 an hour,$9 an hour,$15 an hour employee. They're like, oh no problem. All of a sudden AI's coming for that 300K fucking manager and all of a sudden it's a problem. Oh, oh, oh now it's a problem.
4:01Motherfucker, it's war out here. The fuck do you think this is? This is called business. This is fucking war. What the fuck do you think these fucking bags are my eyes from? You think it's because I'm chilling and drinking pina coladas in Jamaica? It's fucking war out here.
4:22It's business. Nobody owes you shit. Figure it the fuck out.
4:33Fucking, I'm up late at night, last night at 1130, thinking about the things VaynerMedia has to do to compete with AI that makes content for nothing in a world where I make most of my money making content.
4:46This shit's coming. The fuck are we doing? You know it's coming. Adjust. If you're a designer at an agency or a company and you don't have ideas, you're entry level. You're not an ideas person. You're a mason, not an architect. Erin's my boss. She comes to me. She's like, make a blue bird shitting from a mountain, pooping and saying, that felt good. Make that. if that's what I do for a living, I'm like, yes, ma 'am. And I start making that for two hours in Photoshop. I'm in trouble. Because Aaron's going to fucking prompt that. One more time, read what he said. Okay, my theory is that AI content that replaces creative work that is supposed to evoke emotion or inspiration is going to fall flat.
5:26Yeah, stop. No, you're wrong. You're 100 % wrong. And you guys know me. I don't do that, but I just did. You're 100 ,000, billion, trillion percent wrong. AI fucking girls on OnlyFans are making trillions. Let me ask you a question. What the fuck do you think AI girls are doing? They're evoking emotion and erections. You can't get an erection without emotion. Rips, you can't. Can you get an erection without emotion? Courtney? No, right? I mean, I don't know. I'm not a fucking doctor or scientist but I have a funny feeling you can. like it's you know look look what are we in fucking junior high we're grown-ups in here i said erection i didn't say boner you didn't need to laugh i used the fucking medical term can we be grown-ups in here shit you guys next question when your product is yourself how do you balance the need to push constant content and the need to have some space for yourself to just be you and not for products i could see three initial downsides i get sick of seeing slash hearing myself close-up friends spam will I get sick of seeing hearing myself or I get pulled into an unhealthy narcissism it's a very simple question but it's very hard to achieve which is you need to just be in it with yourself like you're not like narcissism like I don't think people understand narcissism let's start with that I do not believe people understand it putting out content every day what's your intent are you me me me or are you we we we right like what am I doing right now.
7:00I'm trying to provide a show for free, by the way, that I hope brings people a lot of value. Why would I feel bad about that? And why the fuck would I care if my family, my family can consume or not consume me as much as they want? Go find AJ, Sid, real quick. Watch this. We're gonna find AJ. AJ! Find AJ. And then getting sick of yourself, why? And by the way, if you're sick of yourself, don't post. This goes back to like you're in full control. My friends, the number one thing that will change everyone's life is understanding they're in full control. Full control. You are in full control. No one has control over you.
7:44Not your boss, not your government, not your mayor, not your fucking governor, not your president, not your mama, not your daddy, not your wife, not your husband, not your boyfriend, girlfriend. You are 100 % in control. You just are. so you know like that's it like it's really easy AJ come in here real quick make sure you're on the screen this is my brother AJ he's in my family AJ yeah do you consume all of my content that I post on social media I do not do you consume any of it yeah how much real answer 10 to 15 percent Great, thank you AJ. You're welcome.
8:28What was the punchline there? Punchline's like if I post a lot, I'm worried that my family will get sick of me. Your family's in control of what they consume. If AJ wants to consume me, great. If he doesn't, great. Am I offended by 10 or 15 %? Absolutely not, I'm thrilled.
8:44You know, Connor Stiller says, Gary, what's it feel like being 5 '4"? I have no idea, because I'm not 5 '4", motherfucker. 5 '8 and a half in your fucking dick. What? Bitch, how tall are you, Connor? Motherfucker. I'm just kidding. I love you, Con. All right, let's keep it going. YoShot says, what happened to the NFT things you used to do? It's fucking crushing. It's called VFriends. I'm completely dominating. I'm building the next Pokemon right in everybody's face. And my NFTs are fucking doing incredibly well considering the market's incredibly soft. So I fucking love it. I'm building it. The Notorious Ninja.
9:19To the person that asked, Notorious Ninja, your grandkids are gonna be wearing a notorious ninja fucking hoodie and you're gonna fucking be like that fucking Gary V got me. You know why? Because I'm not gonna fucking lose. You know why? Because I don't give up. You know why? Because I'm fucking talented. You know why? Because I fucking work. You know why? Because I've been doing it. Love it. All right. We're giving away this notorious ninja signed comic book right now for free. For free. Giving it away right now. Yeah, and by the way, there's nothing wrong with 5 '4", 5 '2", 5 '1". I got a great friend who's 4 '11", fucking dominating.
9:58Fucking hooking up with baddies and making paper. 4 '11". It's just true. It's just true.
10:09All right, this is live. Giving it away, giving it away, giving it away. Yeah. Yeah, how tall is Russ? Russ is definitely not 5 '4". Killing it. All right, let's keep it going. This question is from Chandler. I'm a Chandler, like from friends. Could be. All right. I'm a 26 year old entrepreneur and recent college grad. Throughout school, I built my own business and kept aside hustles to pay my way through college. Now that I'm entering the job market, when realizing employers don't always value that kind of experience because my resume isn't traditional. After years of you preaching hustle and self-starting, how can someone like me translate brand into real professional growth or career opportunities?
10:46So he's saying that because he was doing a lot of side hustles and businesses and entrepreneur stuff that he feels his resume is thin to get a job now it's not traditional who gives a fuck chanel how many fucking jobs have you applied to vayner me i don't even know if vayner media looks at resumes i sure don't i hire like svps and vps i did two interviews yesterday by the way at the airport literally these are three to seven than$100 ,000 a year jobs, I have no clue which where any candidate worked or what college they went to. Rips and I are the two smartest people at VFriends. He skipped college, I went to Mount Ida.
11:29Bro, how many fucking people did you interview with? Like, here's the thing. Let me give you the greatest advice in life. Judge the judger. judge the judger that is the greatest piece of advice of all time think about what this kid's saying he's 26 he's modern he's like a grinder all the good stuff and now he's sad because traditional businesses aren't taking him or don't think it's a good enough resume motherfucker, Chandler, you don't, let me Ross you right now. You don't want that job, bro. You don't want the job that's judging you for being contemporary. You don't want the girl that doesn't want you because you don't have enough money.
12:29you don't want the guy who's just looking at the aesthetics you don't want you don't want you don't want the people that are judging the wrong shit judge the judger and then if that judger is great take their feedback heavily and you know when i'm giving feedback that it's valuable. I value my mom's feedback. I value people that have done certain things that I admire in a way that is admirable. The fuck is Chandler worried about a fucking conservative job that's built from yesterday not taking him? And you know what the funniest part is, Aaron? I don't think Chandler applied to that many jobs.
13:15That's the other thing that's got me all fucked up. People have made, here's another fucking gem. I'm on fire. You know what? the office might be the right place. I feel like I'm cozy here. Like this is my place. Here's another one. People have made unlimited ironclad decisions based on two to three pieces of feedback. This dude got three no's, maybe 50 by the way. By the way, I know it's not 50 and 50 is nothing. He got 50 no's and just decides, people decide like, oh, three people didn't buy my comic book and they're like, well, I shouldn't sell comic books. Three girls didn't want to go on a date with me.
13:56Oh, I'm not like good. Like, you know, I did a whatnot show and only sold$6 like twice. Oh, like it's not for me. Oh, here's my favorite one. I've posted 16 times on Instagram and I haven't gone viral. The algorithm's fucked or I suck. People fucking take no data and make definitive forever lifetime decisions.
14:24Got it? I need like 76 trillions, like no's in a row before I'm like, damn, maybe I, I need 76 trillion rips. Actually 67, 67, I need 67 trillion no's in a row before I'm like, maybe I'm not built for this. People out here fucking giving up. People out here are like not even playing baseball court. People like get one strike and they go back to the bench and sit down and fucking pout. Let alone three. Aaron, what do you got? We've grown from the basement of our house to 15 employees doing six million a year. But my wife and I are still key members of day to day operations. How do we scale growth as a small business?
15:11And when's the right time to hire a manager to help with the date? They're doing six million top line. They should have done a long time ago. They're being greedy and want the money from the business for whatever house they want. You need to invest back in your business. not buy nicer stuff. When? Six million top line revenue? The answer was a year ago. I took Vayner from two to 45 million and did not change my$80 ,000 base salary. That's real life.
15:48One more employee, one more office, one couple more bucks for T &E to fly out and see a client. Your business is your child. You need to feed your child. People want to be entrepreneurs to take the money out of the business to buy a Lambo. When you're a real fucking gangster and you're building shit, you're putting it back into the business. The business is getting the money, not you. What? What just happened? What? Let me say it again slow for the kids in the back. The business is getting the money, not you.
16:32Wait a minute, Gary. I thought I could be an entrepreneur on Instagram and buy a fucking Rollie and fucking buy a Lambo. Everything's gotta be fucking like nicknames now and shit too. I want a Rollie and a Lambo and a PJ.
16:52No, no, no. The money goes into the business. You're doing$6 million in fucking top line and you're crying about not having a manager? Bro, the answer was a year ago.
17:11Next. Hi, Gary. I stayed at my company too long, promises never materialized, and then the company split and I've basically been demoted back to a role I hated. I've had a breakdown and feel unable to seek another job. It's pretty bad. What the fuck do I do? What's the last part? I have had a breakdown what? I've had a breakdown and feel unable to seek another job. It's pretty bad. Have a break up. Come up, boy. What do you mean? You had a little loss? Like, what? A business lied to you?
17:44what's this person's name Dermot you're a gangster get over it you got this Dermot bro you got this
17:58Dermot you got what you got this yeah bro I'm pissed too like I'm sad I'm sad that the business did that to you, but you did it to yourself too. Meaning like you picked that job. You believe them. Like it happens.
18:17Why do you have a breakdown? Here's why. Expectations fuck people up. We're getting nitty gritty this morning. You want something big? Get the fuck out of the expectations business. Sid, do you know why I'm so happy? I expect nothing from nobody ever. You know me very well. I've seen you roll that way for 10 years. Nothing. In fact, it's insane. Like, it's a flaw. I actually am not, by the way, I don't even think I have it. I need to like actually fix it a little bit. But having no expectations from anybody ever ironically makes me happy. There's some people that heard that, they're like, yeah, me too, but they're a cynical fucking negative dark bitch.
19:04Rips, do not be a cynical negative dark bitch. Do not, Rips, I'm very worried about, it's very important that you do not become a cynical negative dark bitch. As a matter of fact, Rips, we're gonna make a bad guy in VFriends called the cynical negative dark bitch. That's gonna be a VFriend and a half. The reason that Dermot got caught is he had expectations. Well, Gary, how do you not have expectations when someone tells you by not believing? by understanding that something might change. Shit changes. We're having a good morning. We're getting to the nitty gritty this morning. Is anybody having a breakthrough this morning?
19:39Let me know in the whatnot. Let me know if you're having a... It's so funny. Somebody said Rips is Gary's punching bag. Black Dove, the reverse. Rips is my fucking son. I fucking love him with all my heart. We're having breakthroughs this morning. All right, let's keep it going. I turn CEOs and coaches to creators by building their personal brand to grow their business. I also help Denise AI in the process. I'm currently focusing on coaching and digital products. My question is, you mentioned that live streams is the biggest trend. How do you recommend me to scale digital product sales using live streams?
20:11Go live.
20:15Go live. Say, this is what I'm selling. Are you interested? And see how it sells. What you'll learn is you want to probably provide more value. You go live and you learn. But live streaming is incredible. Obviously, there's a Twitch and the kick crew that's like living kind of Truman show. Then there's what I'm doing right now. I'm live. I'm live. I'm providing value. And then also, I might have sold some hats. Oh, giveaway winner? Monica STR. Monica STR. Monica. Yeah, Monica. By the way, Instagram, you could not win this because you're not on Whatnot. Everybody else on social, get over to garyb.com slash Whatnot.
20:53Aaron, back to you. It sometimes feel like everyone on LinkedIn is already an expert. What kind of content would you recommend for young professionals like me who want to grow a niche tech freelance business targeting large corporations, but don't yet feel fully legitimate or experienced enough to share advice with others? Don't share advice. If you don't have advice, share the journey. Think about what I did. I fucking came out. What did I do? I didn't share advice. I shared wine knowledge because I had wine knowledge. She can fucking put out content about what it's like to be a young professional growing up in the game.
21:24You know who can't do that? I can't. I'm getting up there. I'm 50 in two weeks. Guys, I'm 50 in two weeks. 50. I just want to answer Wes RV. The NFTs are working out tremendous, brother. VFriends is going to be one of the five winning NFT projects. Go check us out. Go to GaryVee.com slash VF. VF. You'll be blown. Wes, you'll love this, RV. $24 million worth of NFTs sold last week. I know where NFT brands are, but I'm also 50 soon. I also know that when the Wall Street Journal said the internet was dead because internet stocks collapsed in 2001, you were still probably, you know, sperm in your dad's dick.
22:02And so like, you don't know the history, but I do. All right, let's go, Aaron. If I had to focus on three seals in 2026 to build an empire in 36 years, what should be my focus? AI, AI, and AI, one, two, and three. Thank you, move on. Why do I stop giving my all after a little success? And why do I care about others' opinions? Because you're insecure, Karen. And I get it, your name's Karen. It was a tough era. It was a tough era for Karens. Like, I can't blame her. I'm kidding. Karen, it's because you're insecure and that's okay. I think therapy is a good idea. I think hanging out with more positive people.
22:38Like, I think listening to more positive content. The thing I'm most proud of about this show that we do in the morning here is it gets people's day right in the right mindset, accountability and optimism. A-O
22:56accountability and optimism A-O I'm not making that my new fucking that might be my new fucking sound bite that might be my new audio tag A-O
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23:12A-O accountability and optimism one of the biggest things Karen can do is continue to consume positive optimism and I spew it and many, many others do. She's insecure and that's okay.
23:31You know, it's okay. That's all right. Like life circumstances, DNA, parenting, something that happened in life, people can build, I've watched people around me. Sid, you know this. One of the weirdest things about Team Gary, people that stayed for three, four years, especially like the people that are with me every minute and filming me, literally their self-esteem changes under my watch because I'm doing for DRock and Dustin what my mom did for me. It's harder for Aaron or, you know, like the further, you know, like Team Gary's structured in a different way, but the closer you get, you know, especially those people on fucking just long night traveling, all that stuff.
24:13Look at Train, big old train. He can't keep up with me yet. Right, Trey? Train's tired and shit. Sweaty and tired. Sick. Ate some raw chicken or something he said the other day. He can't keep up yet. There he is. Train, you can literally feel yourself getting tough. Like, right? The grind is making you tougher. Exactly.
24:44it's fucking war out here Karen needs to surround herself with positive people Rips have you learned things from me? Aaron Sid and I've learned things from you guys if we rub off on each other it's called being a human so let me ask you a question Sid have you been around negative people in your life and as you grew up older especially because we spent so much time together you started to understand what that meant and you understood that that shit actually was either putting deposits in you or you realized what you did not want to do my father taught me what I didn't want to do I love my dad everybody knows that but fuck man that motherfucker taught me a ton of shit I didn't want to do he taught me things I wanted to do be an honorable man taught me the fuck out of that.
25:40But that motherfucker taught me not how to treat fucking employees. Taught me how I did not want to do business with people. Taught me how I did not want to see the world. I did not want to be cynical or negative or everything's a fucking conspiracy.
25:57You want to be less fucking negative and cynical? Stop watching CNN and Fox. Stop consuming political people on the internet that are trying to control you through scaring you and telling you they can help you. Oh, they're going to help you. I'm telling you all right now, I can't help you.
26:23You got people out there posing as, they're not even telling you that they can help you, but they're tricking you into thinking that you can't and they can help you, but they're not saying it. I'm out here kind of saying I am helping you, like Q &A, let me help you. And I'm telling you, I can't help you. Uh-oh. Uh-oh, we're getting into real shit right now. Oh, we're getting into, well, hold on. We're getting, now we're, I'm kind of breaking the vortex right now. You got motherfuckers out here disguising themselves as politicians and they're secretly telling you, I'm gonna scare the fuck out of you left and right, blue and red.
27:01I'm gonna scare you so that you think I can help you. I'm out here spitting fucking truth warmth good and I'm telling you I can't help you you can help you you can help you you can help you Ayo you know what I think I found something Ayo accountability and optimism Ayo remember hacksaw Jim Duggan oh get the big two by four I'm gonna be the A-O
27:45I'm trying to help you every fucking day and I can't help you motherfuckers out here are trying to trick you and scare you into thinking they can help you they're all the fucking C I'm gonna scare the fuck out of you by based on whatever how you see the world it might be this it might be that right might be corporations if I be immigrants. I'm gonna scare you and you're gonna think I can help you. Bullshit. I'm out here telling you real truth of like fucking mental health and business black and white advice and I'm telling you I can't help you. Ayo! Ayo! I can't help you. I can't help you. You can help yourself, period.
28:31and the story cut the bullshit. Honestly, I'm not sure if I should ever make another piece of content in my life. Honestly, that might be it. I'm retiring. It was a good one. That's it. I don't know what else, that's it. I mean, I don't know if I can ever say anything better. That's it. It's a wrap. I think I ended it. That'd be some shit. Maybe I shouldn't. You know, in fact, one could argue this is it. because if I retired right now and that was it and it's like Gary V retired and I actually did just like disappeared off the face of the earth just built my little V friends in the back like an executive you know like I did with Wine Library for all those years like Gary wasn't out front I'm a businessman I'm a fucking businessman I'm not a fucking content creator no I love being a content creator I'm a fucking businessman I'm a fucking businessman you know like GGs I said it I said it all right there they're all out there trying to fucking trick you and tell you to be fucking scared and guess who can help you?
29:32Them. For their power. For them. And I'm out here fucking, fucking trying to do the fucking good work. Fuck, man. Playing on the macro and the micro, the mental health and the fucking self-esteem and then the fucking black and white, like live shopping, like here it is. Here's the money. Here's the money. And I'm telling you I can't help you. The last player is one year. I think it's over. Like all of it. You're out of a job. AI replaced you. We did it. We did it. We fucking got to the punchline. It took us 20 years we got there. Wow. Weird. Sorry, bye Instagram. All right. I'm done. That's it.
30:24Yeah, I think that we're going to make another piece of content. I just don't know what, I think I said it. So they're not doing Gary Live in an hour? I don't know, man. I just think it's over. Like, we did it. You're wanting to start a show called And? I think that's the new show. I don't even know. That's it. I just feel like, that's it. That's the actual answer, man. I don't know what people, they don't get it, man. and every one of these politicians is doing the same thing. It's just so obvious. Everyone's walking around with fear. It's literally my most liberal and my most conservative friends are literally the same exact human being.
31:11They've just scared us. It's sad, man, I'm upset. People are just scared for no reason. there's nothing different everything's different and nothing's different and there's been more scary times you know and there's people are so capable that they fucking have given up their will to men and women that have very bad intent on both sides of the aisle
31:48it's so funny Conor's, Gary's lost it. I fucking found it. It's the reverse, Con, man. I fucking found it. There's so much opportunity. You know, like, we literally live in a world that is so opportunistic right now. There's never been more opportunity for people. Literally, you've got Gen Z fully believing that they're fucked because of one post on Instagram that says, Gen Z's fucked. And they use math that they want to paint a certain picture. There are more millionaire 19-year-olds created this week than there were when I was 19. Than there were. Train. Yes. There are more millionaire 19 year olds.
32:29You know, like we work with them at VaynerMedia. I know influencers that my company has paid, you know, 800 ,000 to this year, 600 ,000 to, just us, little or less. There's never been more opportunity.
32:50and people out here are like, oh, it's over. The biggest thing I believe in in life is you find what you're looking for. I believe it's literally the primary belief of my life, my complete North Star. If you are looking for negativity, I have great news. There's unlimited negativity, and it's everywhere. We decide which one we're gonna pay attention to at this moment, this issue, that issue. There's 9 ,700 issues. There's concentration camps in China for people of a certain religion. Where's the talk? There's genocide all over Africa. Where's the talk? Like there's everywhere, everything. There's always things.
33:36But complaining about it and posting on social, how about contributing to it? Somebody said, Gary, do your part, join the Senate. The Senate? I can't do shit in the Senate. Couldn't do what I'm doing right now if I was a Senator. What the fuck are you talking about? This is the greatest era to be born ever into being a grown up AI, all of it. All like, did everybody get an F in history? Was I the only one that got an A in history? Or B?
34:08There's so much opportunity. What we're also in is in the greatest era of finger pointing. That's the part that we're not discussing. Mommy's fault, daddy's fault, mayor's fault, governor's fault, president's fault, country's fault. As if we weren't enough hate around gender and race, we decided to do age brackets. That's my favorite new shit in the last 10, 15 years. Rips, as if we didn't find enough things to not like about each other because we're so fucking lost. Look at this room. There's only fucking five of us. Gender, race, religions. Fucking love. How could I possibly not like you? Because you believe in something different or you look different?
34:54What are we talking about? Oh, wait. We don't have enough things to be mad at each other about. Let's bracket people into their age and be mad at each other. Let's get the Gen Zers to hate the boomers and the boomers to hate the Gen Zers. That'll be fun. They're weaponizing hate, y 'all.
35:16and I promise you when you're all 80, you'll realize there are things to the left and the right that were right and wrong, it's just life. You're in control. You're in control. You're in control. You're in control. You're in control. You're fucking in control. No matter what you cry about right now,
35:43You're in control. Please start listening to more positive and optimistic things. Please lean into accountability and optimism. Ayo! And your life will be better. Look at that. Tonight. No, no, I'm done. I'm retired. I'm out, bro. I'm fucking retired. I do not do content anymore. You can be on the, you'll be selling the Funkos tonight. Right? Everybody, if you want to watch our Funkos, well, not our, If you want to watch Rips' Funko show tonight, there's a logo at the top left. VFriends, follow us. Click it. You can bookmark our shows. But Rips, I'll be behind the scenes. Rips, I built Wine Library behind the scenes.
36:25I'm going to build VFriends behind the scenes. You're now the face. Okay. All right? I'm just super interested to see if you're actually going to go tonight. I have no idea. I don't know. I retired. I do know, actually. What am I talking about? I'm retired. I got to the punchline. All the negative people in the world aren't saying it overtly, but they're tricking you into believing that you should be scared, but I can help you. Relinquish your self-will and power and belief. Give it to me, because I can help you.
36:58I'm selling hope and optimism tactics, financially and emotionally, and I'm telling you I can't help you.
37:12Huh, that's some shit.
37:18But you can help you. I'm really proud of that. I needed to get to that point.
37:27Hmm.
37:31Yeah, that's a good point, Walter. I wonder if I can write a book called I Can't Help You.
37:39A0347 says, Jesus, did Gary be on drugs? Nope. I've been on a consistent drug called gratitude. And the other thing that I love to shoot in my fucking chest, accountability, everything in my life is my fault, thus rendering me very happy.
38:03I'm good, goodbye. Bye.
38:07See you soon. Big announcement. As you probably heard at this point, because I had John from Stan on the show, I'm an investor advisor to an incredible startup called Stan, stan.store. I'm sending you right now to garyvee.com, garyvee.com slash stan. Go check this out. We've done a Gary V. Stan Store challenge, which actually has a weekly call with me. This is built for everyone who's been affected, honestly by my overall content, the tech stack, all these features and the minimal costs per month that Stand Store has built is really the tool that was needed for this world that I envisioned when I wrote Crush It, when I wrote Crushing It and this overall thing I'm thinking a lot about lately which is the individual empire, right?
38:54This creator entrepreneur slash entrepreneur creator economy that I think is going to eat up the oxygen very honestly. The thing that so many of you want in your life and the reason so many of you are not there yet is you've got the strategy for me you've got the ambition within yourself but you don't have the tools for you to fully maximize it and i believe you can find that at stan store stan dot store but specifically i want you to sign up for it through my challenge because i want to get access with you and plus there's a bunch of cool things so if you want to go see those cool things go to garyvee.com slash stan S-T-A-N.
From the publisher
In this episode of Tea with GaryVee episode 92, I talk about the truth that most people don’t want to hear... no one’s coming to save you. I share my two cents on accountability, optimism, and why owning your mindset is the ultimate unlock for success. I also talk about AI, insecurity, and how people are letting fear and politics control their happiness.