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The GaryVee Audio Experience: Episode Summary
Episode Title
Every 15-25 Year Old Needs To Listen to This Release Date: September 30, 2023 Host: Gary Vaynerchuk
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Episode Overview In this episode, Gary Vaynerchuk addresses young adults aged 15-25 who may feel lost or uncertain about their life path. He emphasizes the importance of pursuing personal passions, taking risks, and understanding one's true desires rather than conforming to societal expectations.
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Key Themes
- Self-Reflection and Candor
- Gary reflects on how he would advise his younger self, particularly stressing the importance of honesty in expressing feelings to loved ones.
- Key Quote: "Your lack of candor to people that you love is gonna fuck you up."
- Challenging Societal Norms
- Young people often feel pressured to follow conventional paths (college, stable jobs) based on family and societal expectations.
- Gary encourages listeners to break free from these expectations: "At 17, what you need to realize is how lucky you are."
- The Importance of Passion
- Emphasizes that pursuing what one loves is crucial for personal fulfillment.
- Money should not be the sole motivator; finding joy in work leads to sustainable happiness.
- Key Insight: "If you can figure out how to fucking make the shit you love work, it's fucking game changing."
- Taking Risks in Youth
- The younger decades (15-25) are ideal for taking risks without the heavy burden of obligations.
- Advice: Explore various interests and experiences, even if it leads to unconventional living situations.
- Key Point: "You can afford it. If you want to follow a dream, you're young enough to live in a shithole and eat shitty."
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Practical Guidance
- Focus on Interests
- Identify what you genuinely enjoy.
- Seek employment that resonates with your passions, even in unconventional fields (e.g., politics).
- Dream Big, Be Practical Later
- Encourage dreams and ambitions in your 20s; practicality can come later, around age 30.
- Framework: Dream > Passion > Practicality
- Embrace Your Age
- Acknowledge the time advantage youth offers: "For everything I have, you have something better. It's called time."
- Understand that success and fulfillment are not linear and can come at different ages.
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Key Takeaways
- Time as an Asset: Leverage your youth for exploration and risk-taking.
- Long-term Vision: Success may take longer than expected; focus on growth and learning.
- Authenticity over Approval: Avoid the trap of seeking validation for your choices from peers or family.
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Conclusion
Gary Vaynerchuk’s message is clear
young adults should pursue their passions fearlessly, prioritize self-discovery, and embrace the unique opportunities of their age. The episode serves as both a motivational call to action and practical advice for navigating early adulthood.
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Additional Resources
- Subscribe to VeeFriends Cartoons on [YouTube](http://garyvee.com/vfcartoons)
- Follow Gary Vaynerchuk on social media for more insights on entrepreneurship and personal development.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00If you wanted to tell your younger 17 year old self a quote, what would it be? I'll talk to you as if I'm talking to myself at 17. Bro, you got really lucky in the DNA game. Your mom and dad had sex at the right second and a lot of things went well for you. You stunningly got a ton of shit figured out, but you have one major problem. Your lack of candor to people that you love is gonna fuck you up. It's gonna be your kryptonite. Work on that and start telling people how you actually feel. At 17, the biggest mistake that every 17-year-old makes on earth is they think they're supposed to. You think you're supposed to, based on your family, based on content you consume, based on your life, they think they're supposed to not go to college and be an entrepreneur because their folks are.
0:36Or you want to be an influencer or you're supposed to be a lawyer. Bro, at 17, what you need to realize is how lucky you are. That's where I end it. Attention is the number one asset. I'm 17, going into my senior year, don't want to go to college, I need to take some time. How do I know what I should get into? By knowing what the fuck you like. What do you like? Um, So you should go into politics. You should move to Washington, D.C., wait tables, and DM every fucking politician in the entire city asking for a job. If we clip this shit one day, and this fucker is president of the United States of America, I'm going to be really fucking happy.
1:19I meant what I said. Go after the shit that makes you most happy. You can always get into money later. If you can figure out making money in something you fucking love, it's fucking everything. If it's just money, you'll burn out. If it's just, you know, just passion's way better than just money. But if you figure out how to fucking make the shit you love work, it's fucking game changing. All of us are still learning about ourselves, whether we're 45 or 14. You just keep learning, right? Every one of you should be taking on the biggest risks of your life during this decade. The number one mistake that all of you will make is to do a job that you don't like for some other reason.
1:59For the money, for the fear of trying your dream, for your parents, this is the moment you need to jump and go at it because you can afford it. And I don't mean your parents are gonna pay for you. I mean, if you wanna follow a dream, you're young enough to live in a shithole and eat shitty and do nothing because you just can. You're a kid, you can live with four people in a fucking studio if you really wanted to. You just can, it's fucking amazing. For everything I have, you have something better. It's called time. Don't think where the money is or what your parents think or what I think What do you actually like and try to make a living on that for at least five six years dream passion?
2:39Practicality next five years dream craziest shit you could be I'm gonna be the biggest dealer in cards or I'm gonna be a fucking rapper Next is passion. I love sports. I love music then practicality then and fucking when you're 29 You can start saying let me be an accountant or carpenter or something like that dream passion I'm in, practicality. If you're under 30, you got your whole life ahead of you. Once you're 27 deciding you didn't make it because you saw some 22 year old that did make it, you're just early. I didn't make anything until like, 34 is when I started my thing, 34. Did you think at 17 that you would have this much swag, this much energy, this much hunger at 38?
3:20No way. You were already in life. That's right. Cause I, right? Cause we were there. That's what I'm trying to get these 23 year olds. They want it so bad. You know why they want it? They're insecure. They want success because they want to prove to their dad that the dad was wrong and they are good. They want to prove it to the girl. They want to prove it to their buddies that, yeah, you got better grades and went to a better college than me, but I'm hustling here and I made it. So they're taking shortcuts. What they don't realize is it's going to feel twice as good at 30 because that means people slept on you longer.
3:49Absolutely. People clowned on me. When I was 29, here was the narrative on Gary V. Oh, he works for his dad's liquor store in New Jersey. We grew up in the college era. Bunch of my friends went to Wall Street, made a couple hundred thousand real quick, bought a BMW, I wasn't buying anything fancy, I still don't have anything fancy, right? Now they're starting to figure it out though. And so like, it's a marathon.
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Today's podcast is for every 15-25 year old that is feeling lost or wondering how to get started following their passions. I talk about not worrying about what you're "supposed to" be doing, figuring out what you like and why this is the decade you should be taking the biggest risks of your life. Hope you enjoy!