10:40

“characteristic that you’d like to pass down to Misha and” “Xander, and what’s the number one characteristic you” “hope they don’t get from you?” – Great question. The number one characteristic I want my children to get from me, boy there’s a lot, because I think I’m really fucking awesome, so if they can be […]

“characteristic that you’d like
to pass down to Misha and” “Xander, and what’s the
number one characteristic you” “hope they don’t get from you?” – Great question. The number one characteristic
I want my children to get from me, boy there’s
a lot, because I think I’m really fucking awesome, so
if they can be a complete replication that’d be great, sorry Lizzy. I’m just kidding, I’m kidding. Let’s go with first thoughts. The first two thoughts that came to were and this may seem interesting
to you, depends on how well you know me, number
one, the first thing that I thought of, it’s sad that
this was first over the second one, but maybe that’s an insight
that I need to deal with. The first one is competitiveness, you know, it makes me sad, because I know it’s
less noble than a lot, the other one is humility,
which I know, for so many of you, especially if this like
the sixth episode you watched, or first, you think it’s
completely ego, but I’m telling you, like I know how
much my humility is the engine of my success,
and I have plenty of ego, it’s me pulling in those
opposite directions, but my competitive nature
has been a very, very positive impact on my
life in a lot of ways. It’s just I associate that with myself. I think my kids, no matter
what they do, and I don’t mean competitive to like make
money, competitive to write the best song of all time, competitive
to raise the most money for this disease of all time,
I think being competitive is a very, very lucky attribute,
and I think that my family and me specifically, take it too far. It can be very unhealthy at
times, it causes friction, but I would never give
it up, I just wouldn’t. I think it’s just too damn important. It gets me through so much. It gets me through so much. I want them to be kind, I like being kind. I think kind is incredibly important. I think the one thing that
I think that a, that a, you know it’s funny, I really
do think I’m a paradox, I have ying and yangs
to all my own feelings, I’m trying to think about what
I don’t like about myself. (laughing) God, I love myself. What don’t I want them to have? – This is hard, by the way,
you ever want to stump me, try to have me talk
negative about my own self. (laughing) Look, I think there’s a
ton of things I do wrong. I think at times I wish I
was a little more selfish. At times I wish, I, man my parents did a really good job. I would say the number one
thing that I don’t want them to take from me, is I
think that I could have done a much better job in my early
years on work/life balance. The only resemblance of a
regret I have is the first five to six years of
my marriage with Lizzy, I think that I left 2 weeks
of real quality together time per year on the table, and
those are twelve weeks that I can never get back and
that I really wish I had, and luckily I am way
young enough to more than make up for those 12 weeks,
and so I will, and so I think that would probably be it. I mean, at the end of the
day, I just, as you can tell, my brain as a computer
is not very capable of looking at too
many of the negatives. – [India] I had a negative
question here before, but

15:44

“you’re the sum of the five people “you spend the most time with. “How do you level up your five?” – This is an interesting question. This is something I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out. Do I, am I willing to surround myself with people who are better than me, I […]

“you’re the sum of the five people “you spend the most time with. “How do you level up your five?” – This is an interesting question. This is something I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out. Do I, am I willing to surround myself with people who are better than me, I know it’s windy, DRock,
relax, we’re outside. I know, a lot of times
I’ve wondered if I’m surrounding myself with
people that are not. You know, I’m very nurturing. I like having a lot of people around me, I like building up people. – True. – Yeah, I like it. – Very true. Listen, not because he’s my son. I don’t want to sit and
brag on in front of him. He’s extremely, extremely special kid. If I knew what I’m going
to get, it’s a true story by the way, his mother
before we got married, said she has this thing,
she wants to have five kids. And of course, being a young
guy I say, hey, no problem. – (laughs) My parents were married at 20. – Right, we were young. And the time went on, I
got scared about education, to be able to pay, the
kids should not have loans, such nonsense, they should all have loans. – I would have paid it off easy. – Right, and so, he’s,
again I’m not going to sit and brag about you– – I think I might have you
on the show more often. This is, I’m feeling nice. – I’m being very honest with you, maybe somebody out there who’s going to stumble
on this video, whatever. His DNA should be bottled. I’m very serious, not
because we had four wines. Well, that helps, but,
I mean, he’s extremely, extremely special in many ways. And Barack Obama doesn’t
invite him to the White House. – Please, this is nice enough,
you don’t have to get crazy. – Just because, as a father I’m very proud. In the business, we had
a lot of disagreements. (laughter) – We could disagree about the
color of the goddamn thing. But end of the day, we
bounce off each other things. And I don’t think Gary
ever mentions that because he’s a very competitive guy. But a lot of good ideas,
and I don’t want to put myself somewhere, but a
lot of them beginning, was Wine Library, it came
driving an hour each way – I wrote a Medium– – I miss it so much. I miss it so much. And I understand, listen,
he’s got things going on, but that part I always miss because it was very special. You know even today when
the family get together, it’s, even my daughter’s
birthday was a couple days ago, you know she turned what, 30? – Six. – Right. – Sorry Liz. – Yeah, no but even her
friends saw the dynamic of our family, and I
have to give it to mom. Mom built a very strong foundation. Who grew up without a mother, you know. She was at age five, she lost her mother, and but she’s very special person who built this family, and you know, I work and she was building the family. It’s a great combination,
and it’s you know I’m very proud what this
family were able to accomplish, and especially what Gary and AJ. I mean you know, special kids definitely. All of them, and I see grandchildren, Oliver and you know. – Alexander. – Alexander. – Alexander is eating a lot of olives, so we decided to name him Olive. – He wants to call himself Olive. And that’s a really real
special, real special. – Thanks dad, I have no idea
Andy what the question was. But, what was it again? – [Voiceover] Sum of the five people you spend the most time with? – Yeah I mean, I think
that, yeah I think I have. I definitely over the
last five to seven years surround myself with
higher caliber characters. I think it’s a commitment, I think, but on the flip-side, I’m
very comfortable in bringing value to the people
that maybe aren’t better than me, I think giving
back is massively important. I think it’s, there’s a level of karma, and I think as long as you’re focused on surrounding yourself with five people that can bring your level up,
I think the real answer is it’s about 10, right, I think it’s about creating a scenario where
you have five people that are leveling you up,
and I think it’s about surrounding yourself with five people that you level up, and I think I think I get tremendous enjoyment on leveling up the five people around me. – [Voiceover] Chris asks,
“I got a question for ya. “How bad do you wish Tom
Brady was your quarterback?”

9:32

“you get asked all the time that you can’t stand answering?” – What’s one question I get asked all the time that I don’t, that I can’t stand answering? Which one is that Dad? The Valdez? Great Pinot, right? – And I’m not, you know? – I know you’re not a big Pinot guy. Alright […]

“you get asked all the time
that you can’t stand answering?” – What’s one question I
get asked all the time that I don’t, that I
can’t stand answering? Which one is that Dad? The Valdez? Great Pinot, right? – And I’m not, you know? – I know you’re not a big Pinot guy. Alright DRock, over here. This is not a wine show. – I think I’m going to finish it. – You can finish it. – I don’t know if there’s
any question that bothers me that people– – He’s so chill. (laughter) Nothing, nothing, you know. Really, doesn’t take it personally, uh. – [Andy] What’s a question
you always get asked– – You know, Dad, I’m gonna take
advantage of having you here you know, obviously we’re the
same but we’re very different. – But you’ve got a lot of me. – Yes, I know. – The better– – The competitive thing. – Yeah. – But, were you interested in the fact that I’m so unphased? You, listen, there’s a
lot of people watching. Tell the truth, you get upset. – Eh, about? – A lot of things. (laughter) – Uh, yes of course. I’m human, I have yeah. – But, you agree, in
business I’m kind of weird. I go into this weird state where I’m not– – He’s different and he’s very different. No no no, I have to hand it to him not because he’s sitting here, and I really want to give
him compliments, you know, while he’s here. – Guys, just so you know, I’m fishing here because I don’t get this so I’m
using advantage of the show. – But he’s very different here. He made a statement, and I
can’t even repeat the statement, because, to me it’s against my religion– – (laughs) I don’t even know. – He will do business with– – Anybody. Hitler? – You know it rubs me the wrong way, but it’s true, its been proven fact. And I’m a principled guy. – I’m a principled guy! – You are, but, you put
what’s good for the business before your own– – My own feelings. – Yeah, and I can’t, and
I’m exactly reversed. You know, I’m, I don’t know. And probably that’s
what was holding me back listen, I’m not complaining,
I did pretty okay– – Yes you did, mister. – With no language, no, you know. – 100 bucks, poor. – Yeah, I can write a book and my book would be better than his,
but that’s beside the point. (laughter) He’s making a face. – Because it wouldn’t be better. That’s why I’m making a face. Let’s play one on one. Show the basket. We’re gonna play one
on one to settle this. – Listen, we just had my
younger son get married. – AJ, they know AJ. – Everybody knows him. And you would not believe what
took place at the wedding. Gary gave a speech, I gave a speech. My daughter jumped in, and it became– – We’re a very competitive family. – Yeah, it’s healthy. – Slightly unhealthy, but
I’m pumped we’re unhealthy. – What do you mean unhealthy? – Well, we’re very– – End of the day– – We love each other. – Even in the business, never left upset. – What, within a year? (laughter) We never left upset in a day? – We kiss each other– – Well we love each other, yeah. So, I don’t remember the question. But I think ultimately,
Andy, there’s no question that really bothers me. I think most people know the
answer to most of the questions that they ask me, I just don’t think they
want to put in the work. And one thing that, I will say this. I think one of the best
days of my life, my life,

1:30

– Gerald, if the kids wanna go into the family business, which is really interesting to me. I’m super curious what ends up happening with Misha and Xander. Honestly, at that point, as I project 15 to 20 years out, I feel the empire is gonna be at such a level, that it’s gonna be […]

– Gerald, if the kids wanna go into the family business, which is really interesting to me. I’m super curious what ends up happening with Misha and Xander. Honestly, at that point, as I project 15 to 20 years out, I feel the empire is gonna be at such a level, that
it’s gonna be (mumbling). Crap, the family business in 20 years may actually be the Jets. Yes, 100% I will actually, 1000% make them start from the bottom. I’m gonna throw a curveball. And I know little Xander, little Misha, you’re watching this right now. Probably in five to seven years from now where you can comprehend this, but I need ya to see this and I need ya to know your dad is not bullshitting you. Not only will I make them start from the bottom, or let me rephrase, I’ll make them start from
the appropriate place that their education or skillset as a young entrepreneur
or executive created, just like I would treat you or DRock, or anybody else. But here’s the way more interesting part. I won’t let them ascend
to being number one, at least while I’m alive, unless they ascend to be number one. I think the thing that I’m most proud of both in Wine Library and with VaynerMedia is we have friends and family involved in both businesses. And the levels that people play in are actually all over the place. This is something you guys know. You know so many of A.J.’s dear friends are involved in the company. And you know that there’s
just different levels. We’re not gonna get into names. But like, people are
playing at different levels. And obviously, kids are different. And I could be, conceivably, completely full of shit because I’m not completely quantifying the enormous amount of love that I’m
going to gather in them over the next years. But I have a funny feeling that my respect for
meritocracy and capitalism is gonna force me into that game. And number two, I’m thrilled to write them a nice check, more than 99% of people deserve, for them to go do their own thing if they don’t like it. If you don’t like it Xander, go do your thing. Misha. (siren blaring)

10:15

“How can you claim family first, “but work 19 hours a day? “How can you be a good dad dash hubby, “and rarely be home?” – Yeah, so this is a great question, and I like the zing of the hashtag at the end, what’s the name? – [India] His name is Ryan. – Ryan, […]

“How can you claim family first, “but work 19 hours a day? “How can you be a good dad dash hubby, “and rarely be home?” – Yeah, so this is a great question, and I like the zing of
the hashtag at the end, what’s the name? – [India] His name is Ryan. – Ryan, let me explain
something to you, partner, and everybody else who asks
me about this question. This is a very legit question, and so I’m not angry or
looking to zing back, because you’re right. This has a lot to do with decisions that my wife and I have made about the way I storytell my life versus the way I
storytell my private life. You know, I look at things
in net gain form, right? For example, let’s just ask my phone, this is actually very convenient. Didn’t even think about this, because I didn’t really
know the questions today. Let’s just, let’s just zoom it in, DRock. Let’s just zoom in where
I was this morning, because I worked out at 6, right? You tell me when. And you may not be able to pull it off. You think you’re gonna
be able to pull it off? – [Voiceover] Can you hold it closer? – I can.
– [Voiceover] A little bit more.
– Yep. – [Voiceover] Yep, and, there we are.
– Good. So look. Look at this. Ha, ha, ha. I went to the kindergarten
play today, right? I went to the kindergarten play, as a matter of fact I was
there half an hour early to be first in line at the
kindergarten play this morning. And, you know, look, oh look, look at this stuff that I never share, and this one you’re gonna
have to blur out DRock, because this is the
point of the answer, but, here we go, let’s just see
the last couple of videos that we’re taken. Oh look, look at these videos. Look at these videos of,
you know, kids, singing. You know, kids singing. Yeah, kids. My friends, here’s what
this one comes down to, and I have enormous
amounts of empathy and self awareness to why
this question is asked all the time when I
talk about 19 hour days, and when I’m,
DRock and I and Staphon put out a
day in the life video, and it shows all this, and nobody wants to envy it, I’m playing in extremes. First and foremost, when there are important events like this, you know, the kind of things
that my dad never came to, because he set the foundation to it, I’m there, I’m at the play, I’m at the recital, and I’m at this, I’m there. On weekends, I am all in. All in my friends, all
in on weekends, right? I’m not playing four hours
of golf like a lot of you. I’m not doing a lot of other things that a lot of people are doing, I’m all in on the kids, right? Then, I’m taking, oh I don’t know, seven weeks of vacation, which is probably in the ballpark of four, five weeks more than you, right? More than you, which is high quality time, all in, every second, and so, yes, maybe I’m playing Monday through Friday, you know, 40 weeks a year, at an
intensity that’s different, but, I have found
my cadence, my rhythm, my balance with my
spouse and my children, predicated on playing it that way, and I’m finding a lot of
quality time with them in these extremes, and so, you know, I think, I never judge or ask or tell anybody how to raise their family or do their thing. The other thing I’ve decided is, unlike a lot of my contemporaries, and a lot of social media experts, who, I don’t think exploit their kids on social networks, but I
would say are intriguing about being so obsessed with
getting likes and hearts that they know that when
they use their cute kids, they get more, it’s kind of, I’ve been in many conversations, sitting right here at conferences, I’m right here, but I’m listening always, you know, because that’s how I roll, and I’m doing my thing, and I’ve heard many people talk about strategies around how, oh
put your kids and stuff, you’ll get more likes. I’m like, really? So, you know, I’ve chosen, my wife has chosen, we have chosen, to, you know, as you guys know, there
are very few pictures or any kind of public pictures
of my wife or my kids, it’s just what’s comfortable to us, so I’m very self aware about the rationale to
why people may question my ability to be a good dad or do my thing, the other part of this answer is, Misha and Xander are 3 and 6, this is the system, and they were 2 and 5 five seconds ago, and, (mouth noises) You know, as things evolve, as they’re in softball and soccer, and football, and this and that, you know, I’ll adjust, and my schedules will change, and you know, a big thing in 2016 I’ve been
giving a lot of thought to is coming home every day at 5pm for 30, 40 minutes to eat or bathe, and so I’ll adjust, and I’ll try, and I’ll hustle and I’ll work, and I’ll continue to always
struggle with work-life balance, given my happiness and my ambition, my selfishness around work, however, there are a lot
more things going on here than just the things you’re
making assumptions on, rightfully so, given the
content that I’m putting out, but that’s why even that video we talked about and ended with, and big ups to Alex on
our team to push this, which really made that video whole, which was that’s me, do you, and so, I feel super cozy about the time allocation, I would also argue, my friend, about quality, because
plenty of people work 9 to 5, come home, drink a beer, watch TV, play video games, and
spend, oh I don’t know, six seconds yelling at
their kids to do homework, and so, there’s quantity, which, you know, I like to think I’m maybe playing a good game on extremities, and then there’s also quality, like you know, actually
having a relationship, like actually having a conversation, actually spending quality time, actually looking them in the eye, actually, actually, actually, so, that’s my answer to
that question, friends. – [Voiceover] Euan asked,

7:39

what’s the best thing that’s happened to you this week? – Oh, Good News Shared, that’s a good one. What’s the best thing that’s happened to me this week? First of all, thank you so much, second of all, love the concept of this Twitter account. Good News Shared, like just share good news? Like, […]

what’s the best thing that’s
happened to you this week? – Oh, Good News Shared, that’s a good one. What’s the best thing that’s
happened to me this week? First of all, thank you so much, second of all, love the concept
of this Twitter account. Good News Shared, like
just share good news? Like, what’s the best thing
that happened to you this week? That’s a nice concept, I’m into that. The best thing that
happened to me this week, if you consider Sunday
the beginning of the week, I guess you should,
’cause it’s officially, I think that’s the way it actually is. Is it? – [Voiceover] Yes. It is right? I’ve forgotten this. Is that real life though? Sunday is the true, like, yeah, right? It’s not a normal– I would say the best thing
that happened to me this week was spending time with my kids being official, on Sunday, they really enjoy the outdoors, we went to, we’ve rented
a place for the summer and I have city kids, and
they’re starting to get older, and it was fun to watch them
kind of play in the yard, and really enjoy that experience and like spending real
quality time with them. It was, I had one of the– this is not a joke, I had
one of the best weekends of my life this last weekend, all predicated on family
time, it was fantastic. And that was the best part, just seeing, you know, my kids are, Misha turned six this week, Xander turns three later this summer. They’re starting to get to that fun age, it felt different, it felt different, it felt like, I think I saw a preview to
the next four or five years of fatherhood. That really excited me.

52:49

– Well I’m sorry, I’m just being respectful. I love you so much for when I asked to you clap you said go fuck yourself, Frank Thomas so like, I appreciate – Go fuck yourself, sir. – Yes, I got it. Go ahead my man, what’s your name? – Tony Cohen, – [Gary] Tony. from […]

– Well I’m sorry, I’m
just being respectful. I love you so much for
when I asked to you clap you said go fuck yourself, Frank Thomas so like, I appreciate – Go fuck yourself, sir. – Yes, I got it. Go ahead my man, what’s your name? – Tony Cohen,
– [Gary] Tony. from couple of miles up the block – Awesome. – My son, I got Michael Corleone. I got dragged back into an industry that I didn’t want to get into. – Okay. – My 16 year old son is in the UK who I’m proud to call a
drop out cause it’s genetic – I get it. – Got into direct sales industry and I’ve trained I don’t know how many thousands of thousands
of people are in it. But they wouldn’t have a family. So, it’s like the velvet glove and a fucking hammer
in the other hand. – Yes. – It’s a bit tougher with the son I’m saying you know, you
going to this meeting? I’m going for a bike ride and while I’m being polite and nice being a good father he’s on
the other side of the world deep down I wanna smash my
fucking head through a window. Where’s the balance there? – You’ve worked with family, I never have. – You know, though I’ve
worked up and kind of parallel like I watch my two kids
now, and start projecting this world. I don’t know, man, look my big thing is very similar
to the same question he had I mean, I’ve no interest in
imposing my will on my kids. All I’m going to do is listen where you have a disconnect is if your son’s curious why
it’s not working out so well or why he’s not making more or why it’s not so awsome that’s the tougher conversation when you got really like just
splash some cold water on him because you’re going bike riding when everybody else is
going to the sales meeting. You know, that’s me but, I don’t know I don’t think I’m ready
or prepared to give advice it’s about child, because
it’s a different kind of love it’s a different kind of system. I feel great about giving
advices being the child I feel great about being the sibling. But, for children right now, I don’t know. I can feel what I’m projecting which is look my kids are
gonna be really well off and I can’t expect, I
can’t fake environment so, I don’t expect on deep first of all. I don’t expect anybody
to be as hungry as me. Let alone my kids who are going to be upper eastside rich kids, right? So, I need to I’m not sure. I know we have to go, I know I got it.

6:56

– My name Jimmy Fisher, from New York. I’m with twin brothers from Chicago. – I love it. – And our question has to do with him and I working on a bunch of different projects. – That’s already a problem. – Starting a bar (mumbling) – Go ahead. – Have a digital agency and […]

– My name Jimmy Fisher, from New York. I’m with twin brothers from Chicago. – I love it. – And our question has to do with him and I working on a
bunch of different projects. – That’s already a problem. – Starting a bar (mumbling) – Go ahead. – Have a digital agency and then do construction consulting – I love it! – Our question is working with AJ, being brothers
– [Gary] Yes. and in a business together.
– [Gary] Yes. Could you speak to us as an example, where you guys have had a overcome that family relationship working
through business challenge. – So, you know, with AJ I
have had a lot less problems that I did with my dad, for
lot of different reasons different personalities,
different parts of the equation I was the number two
coming up in Wine Library. I’m the number one with VaynerMedia, I’m eleven years older than AJ we has started eBay business
when he was nine or ten. So we fought, you know, he
negotiated like that business I remember starting office like 70, 30 but then one day in, he told
me it needed to be 50-50. And so like we fought that out and like had our
fistacuff movements then. You know I think, I don’t, you know, the truth is Vayner was easy because
one the big decision that can cause a lot of problems
was addressed immediately, which was, we made the company 50-50. And even though, I had all
the leverage and I was in the market and the company
was built a lot my brand. I thought, it was important
to start the relationship off in the right foot and
make us equal partners. The truth is AJ has,
AJ is very self aware in the same that I am and he as time has gone on recognizes you know that disproportionate
value that I bring he really does, like he is
being perfect partner to me. AJ is the one in our relationship as we looking at different
business deals, the fund and all the future things. He was one that came
to me and said, hey bro I think that you should
have more of the action as we go forward and in X, Y and Z that takes a lot of humility, that thinks a lot of self awareness, that thinks a lot of things and so I think you know we had our
fistacuffs right like, you know we had
an argument of he was convinced that
clients would not pay us a fourth of what
they are paying now for a monthly retainer. Convinced. And obviously me winning that debate has helped me have some equity with him. You know, but he brings a ton of stuff and I’ve referenced that
through out the 500 questions I’ve answered on this show, he’s brought a lot of value to me. He is massively mature for his age. And a lot of ways like you know, not only plays the straight
man in our relationship but he just, he’s also got
magic and stuff like that as if like he’s a perfect dude. I’m super pumped he’s getting
married in three weeks. And, and my beard is upset about that. But, at the end of the day,
you know what it’s crazy. We’re now five and half,
almost six years in this we’re actually six
years into this venture. We’ve really not had a blow out, blow out! You know, we’re good at
like, we’re close to, like did you guys see the basketball video? Like, that’s what we fight,
as you saw in one little clip. Like, when we’re on the
same team, we’re really good and so we have our moments, but I’m sure the 11 year,
you know, age difference all the circumstances, right? The circumstances make the
pudding as I’d like to say and so like, though I’ve never said “The circumstances make the
pudding” ever before in my life. (audience laughing) – I’ve never said it. But the circumstances have
everything to do with it so, I don’t know if our relationship can project things to you but I will say this, being the bigger man,
and I’ve said it a bunch in every situation it always works. If one of you takes the
lead as being the person when you argue that first jumps
in and says “I love you, bro” and like “fuck this” and whatever. Like it will force the other one to start doing it as
well eventually over time I can promise you that ’cause I sure did that
a shit load with my dad and finally after 15 fucking years, he started playing that game out. So, I think you should consider that. Cool. Let’s clap it up for that question.

5:49

“I’m speaking to parents at a public school event “on parenting in a social media world. “What would you teach them?” – Every time I get in front of parents, they get really upset with me because my move is to punch them directly in the mouth. Parents are becoming their parents on an everyday […]

“I’m speaking to parents
at a public school event “on parenting in a social media world. “What would you teach them?” – Every time I get in front of parents, they get really upset
with me because my move is to punch them directly in the mouth. Parents are becoming their
parents on an everyday basis. I would tell them that
they’re fearing technology and they’re forcing their
kids to spend less time on it, which is not preparing them for the actual world in the future. I would tell them that they talk about how much they hate technology
and its impact on kids, but they should look
themselves in the mirror because every time they
don’t wanna parent, or the kid’s crying a little
bit more than they like, they throw an iPad at them
like it’s a Chinese star. I would tell them that they’re
full of shit and hypocrites and should never try to
build their self-esteem through their kids’ accomplishments. If your little Ricky is
the best baseball player in the fourth grade team, that
has nothing to do with you, except it has your DNA, but
like don’t walk around like you’re the best player
on the fourth grade team. So, you know, I would tell them that it’s never been a better
time to be a parent because all the social networking tools allow us to spy on our kids
and know what they’re doing at a level we’ve never seen before. I’m, you know, I used
to think it was great that I lived in New York,
that I wouldn’t have to worry about drunk driving. Now no parent does because by the time their kids are of age, Uber will be at scale. I would tell them to stop playing defense and stop being scared
and start playing offense and start being pumped. – [Voiceover] Moveandbezel asked,

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brings a lot of rejection from my family and peers. What are some ways you build confidence when rejected?” – Destin, which is not Dustin and is not Destiny, Destin without a Y, or Destiny without a Y. Well, you know it’s funny. When the question was asked by India, one thing, first and foremost, […]

brings a lot of rejection
from my family and peers. What are some ways you build
confidence when rejected?” – Destin, which is not
Dustin and is not Destiny, Destin without a Y, or
Destiny without a Y. Well, you know it’s funny. When the question was asked by India, one thing, first and foremost, you want to make sure, the
way to build confidence is be confident in yourself. I want to make sure first and foremost that you’re not selling
something skeezy, right? Like if everybody doesn’t
have confidence around you, maybe you’re selling something
that is not the right thing. So, first and foremost, are
you selling the right thing? Or are you in ponzi scheme world? Are you in $300 ebook world? Are you in full of shit world? If you’re not in full of shit world, take it from somebody who hasn’t been in full of shit world his whole career, but has done things that people didn’t believe in. E-commerce being number one. Wine Library TV being number two, and then really a social media agency, number three believe it or not. In 09, people still debated
that this was a stupid idea. I think that, you know,
this is a tough one for me to answer because the truth is, I don’t give a crap
what anybody else says. As a matter of fact, I’m
wired a little bit backwards. I prefer that everybody thinks I’m wrong. I feed off of that negativity, and I turn it into positivity. Right, like I literally actually prefer, it’s why I like bad sports teams. It’s interesting. We got to, actually this
worked out perfectly. The reason I really would not want to root for the Yankees anymore, I loved being a Yankees fan in the 80s cause they stunk. The Mets were the team of the 80s when I was a kid. I loved the climb, then they became the establishment, and I pushed against it. It’s my overall thing, right? I’m a very basic character. Like, I like coming from the slums. I like being underestimated, and the second I become the establishment, aka the wine world, it
becomes less interesting. Advertising’s becoming less interesting because I’m starting to
be proven to be right, and it’s just not as fun. Like, I want the push-back. So, you and I are wired
differently if you’re asking this question. My question is like,
how do I stay underdog for longer? You know, and so I feed
off of the negativity. I feed off of like, you’re not right, you’re not right, you’re
not right, you’re not right, I don’t agree, I don’t
agree, I don’t agree. That’s not the way it’s always been done. So, I might not be the right person to answer this because
it’s always been in me. In me is the underdog. In me is the scrapping up. In me is the I’m going to
prove you wrong, sucker.

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