Paying It Forward with Viral Do-Gooder Zachery Dereniowski

Summary

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Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson

Episode: Paying It Forward with Viral Do-Gooder Zachery Dereniowski (MD Motivator)

Date: December 29, 2025
Host: Oliver Hudson (Kate is absent in this episode)
Guest: Zachery Dereniowski (“MD Motivator”)

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Overview

This episode centers on the inspiring journey of Zachery Dereniowski, known online as “MD Motivator.” Host Oliver Hudson chats with Zachery about his transformation from a struggling medical student to a viral philanthropist whose emotionally-charged videos of kindness and generosity have inspired millions. They dive deep into the mental health struggles that sparked Zachery’s mission, the mechanics of his do-gooder content, the impact of vulnerability and authenticity, the logistics and emotional complexity of giving (and funding giving), and maintaining humanity amidst viral fame.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Origins of “MD Motivator”

Timestamp: 08:26–11:04

• Zachery always aspired to be a doctor, eventually moving to Sydney, Australia for medical school in 2020.
• Shortly after arrival, the pandemic forced classes online, he suffered a major injury, and his long-term relationship ended, leaving him isolated and in emotional turmoil.
• A pivotal moment occurred when two strangers approached him as he was crying alone at night and simply listened—a moment of human kindness that became the foundation of his mission to “be that for somebody else.”
• Zachery began hugging strangers and documenting it, realizing the power of connection and openness.

Notable Quote:

“They just sat there... and listened to this stranger from Canada cry and talk about what was going on in his life. I’ll never forget the relief off my shoulders, realizing that talking to a stranger, as weird as it was, made me feel like I was moving out of that dark hole.” — Zachery (08:52)

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2. From Med School to Viral Kindness

Timestamp: 11:04–14:55

• Zachery started posting videos of blindfolded hugs and conversations, quickly receiving messages from viewers claiming his videos “saved my life.”
• The feedback gave him a sense of purpose for the first time. Despite the fears, he quit med school to make content full time—with his family’s (tentative but loving) support and the help of a hometown friend-turned-videographer.
• Zachery has since built a community of millions and a non-profit (Kindness Is Cool) focused on direct impact.

Notable Quote:

“It was the first time in 28 years I felt purposeful in myself.”—Zachery (13:25)

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3. Navigating Family Expectations and Vulnerability

Timestamp: 14:55–15:06; 18:06–21:22

• Zachery’s parents, unfamiliar with social media and after sacrificing for his med school, wanted only his happiness and health.
• Oliver and Zachery reflect on generational expectations—what it means to prioritize happiness, authenticity, and kindness over traditional achievement metrics.

Notable Quotes:

“What do you want for your kids more than anything? Happiness. Health.” — Oliver (13:58)
“If it wasn’t for my parents’ support… all those two women that night… to this day, [have] no idea that that effort created that.” — Zachery (14:35)

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4. Viral Giving: How It Works and Its Challenges

Timestamp: 21:22–26:07

• Zachery describes how he monetized his content without initially realizing it could be lucrative; his first YouTube payout was a revelation.
• His giving has evolved: from surprise one-time payments to creating sustainable, transparent support such as financial advisors, beneficiaries, housing, and even employment.
• The focus is always on direct, visible impact: “Quick as you can build it, it can come down faster—you have to show where the money’s going.” (35:48)
• Transparency, responsible stewardship, and sustaining donor enthusiasm are crucial.

Notable Quote:

“We’ve created verticals... 100% of the donations go directly to the people we impact... But we’ve learned that money doesn’t solve money problems; sometimes it creates more, so now we have financial advisors, set money aside, get people jobs…” — Zachery (22:42; 24:53)

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5. Human Connection, Energy, and Serendipity in Helping

Timestamp: 23:31–29:24

• No formal process for selecting recipients—Zachery trusts energy, serendipity, and authentic interactions. Many situations unfold by chance.
• Sometimes these acts create a “ripple effect”—empowering others to pay it forward, including children who break their piggy banks after watching his videos.

Notable Quote:

“About 80% of the time, it’s just random… sometimes I’ll be out there for ten minutes, sometimes seven hours until the right conversation, the right opportunity.” — Zachery (23:32)
“My videos were doing something that I’ll never see… an energy transfer that the ripple effect at a one-to-one would never create.” — Zachery (29:08)

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6. Dealing with Negativity, Fame, and Criticism

Timestamp: 26:45–28:14; 34:04–35:10

• On accusations of “exploiting feelings” for money: Zachery and Oliver defend the ability to do good and earn a living; it’s possible to be both sincere and successful.
• Zachery dislikes celebrity; he wants the focus to be on the good, not on himself.
• The best moments are when he sees the impact on children and families.

Notable Quotes:

“Everyone gets hate… But that’s bullshit in my opinion. We can make money and help human beings.” — Oliver (26:58)
“I don’t want to be recognized. I want to make videos in disguise. The coolest part are the stories—like the six-year-old’s piggy bank.” — Zachery (34:14)

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7. Scaling Kindness: Future Plans and Global Vision

Timestamp: 28:14–38:14

• Zachery wants to scale by expanding giving, building infrastructure, and translating his formula into new countries and languages.
• Plans include crowd-funding more housing, creating a TV show, and empowering others to replicate his model globally.
• He credits the people around him—his small team, his supportive partner Sophia, and community—as key to this vision.

Notable Quotes:

“Hopefully next year we can expand more globally… Have people like myself that speak other languages, do it in their countries.” — Zachery (27:52)
“She [Sophia] is the backbone… I want her to be part of those moments more with me.” — Zachery (38:34)

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8. Vulnerability, Relatability, Imposter Syndrome, and Balance

Timestamp: 32:25–43:33

• The episode turns deeply personal as Oliver and Zachery discuss the value and risk of being vulnerable and the universality of imposter syndrome.
• Zachery admits his greatest struggle is balancing purpose-driven work with personal relationships; he fears missing out on life’s moments.
• Both discuss the need for grace, self-compassion, and authenticity as people and creators.

Notable Quotes:

“Being vulnerable… opens up so much. I’ve never thought of it that way—it equals relatability, because everyone is vulnerable whether they’re masking it or not.” — Oliver (32:55)
“Mask, mask… even coming in for a hug, people say, ‘I’m good.’ You’re not good.” — Zachery (33:39)
“Making more time for the people in my life that matter... That’s my hang-up.” — Zachery (41:12)
“Imposter syndrome… feeling like I’m not good enough… or the person that is equivalent to the person in the room that maybe inspires me.” — Zachery (43:01)

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Memorable Moments & Quotes (with Timestamps)

• On finding purpose through struggle:
  “It was just this too much, all at once… I want to be like that for somebody else.” — Zachery (08:46)
• On support versus expectation:
  “You have a good parent or guardian if you have support. That I did.” — Zachery (14:04)
• On giving as energy transfer:
  “It was an energy transfer that the ripple effect at a one to one will never create.” — Zachery (29:08)
• On negativity and fame:
  “I get recognized, but I don’t wanna be. I just want to make videos that make people happy.” — Zachery (34:14)
• On balance:
  “I feel like I miss a lot of moments, and I’ve been working on that consciously the last year.” — Zachery (41:15)
• On vulnerability and humanity:
  “We fail, we make mistakes, we can wallow in the darkness for a while… That’s okay as long as you know how to get out.” — Oliver (21:06)
• On random acts of kindness:
  “If anyone’s listening in the next 24 hours, I challenge you to one random act of kindness.” — Zachery (44:19)

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Summary of Major Segments (with Timestamps)

• Zachery’s Early Struggles & Origin Story (08:26–13:13): Med school dreams shattered by isolation and heartbreak; two strangers spark his mission.
• Finding Purpose & Starting Videos (13:13–14:55): How impactful feedback made him realize his new path and purpose.
• Family Support and Moving Home (14:55–18:06): Quitting med school, explaining himself to parents, and the risk of following his heart.
• Building Philanthropy Into a Career (21:22–26:07): First YouTube letter, scaling kindness, crowdfunding, and evolving the way he gives.
• Selection Process/Bigger Impact (23:31–25:22): Discusses how subjects “find him,” what triggers a crowdfund, and handling larger sums for stability.
• Scaling and Future Plans (28:14–35:10): From Super Bowl tickets to homes and possible global expansion.
• Vulnerability, Imposter Syndrome & Personal Growth (32:25–43:33): Deep dive on inner struggles, the need for balance, and staying true to oneself.

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Call to Action

• Zachery’s challenge: “If anyone’s listening in the next 24 hours, I challenge you to one random act of kindness.” (44:19)

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Final Thoughts

Oliver praises Zachery’s authenticity and the genuine “cinnamon sugar” energy he brings, emphasizing how personal hardship can unexpectedly pivot one’s life toward a broader purpose. The conversation celebrates the power of human connection, the contagiousness of positivity, and the value of being open and vulnerable even in a noisy, distracted world.

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For listeners:

• You’ll come away inspired to value kindness, see vulnerability as strength, and perhaps say “yes” to the next opportunity to help a stranger—or yourself.

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[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I'm in New York City. Where are you? How about yourself?

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I'm in my daughter's room at my house, if you can't tell. I've got pink and purple all around me. I've got stuffed animals. You know, I. This is my life. I. I've been doing this for four or five years and I have no dedicated podcast space. I just hop around from my kids rooms when they're not in school.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

They must be honored. Her room looks great.

[Ed Helms]

No, it's not. They're not honored. They, they come home and they're like, dad, like, were you in my room doing your dumb podcast? I'm like, yes. Like, why? How do you know this? Because. Because you left your computer here and. And now the dog came into my room and he ate my trash. I'm like, oh, God, I can't win. What are you doing in New York?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

We're doing a few videos. So we did something with big brothers, big sisters this morning. They have the foundation, there's a big conference here, and it's surprising people here in New York with a banking app called Chime. So, yeah, it's nice here.

[Ed Helms]

So I gotta get into this because I've. You've come across my feed, you know, forever. You're in my algorithm, which I think is a good thing. You know what I mean? Which means that, you know, there is some, there is some positivity and some. Some bright light to my algorithm, although it can get dark at times. You know what I mean?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah. It's a scary place, man. I hear you.

[Ed Helms]

Oh, I know it's crazy, but how did this all start? Because you're Canadian, you grew up in Windsor. I was just in Vancouver. I'm going actually back to Vancouver tomorrow. I was in Toronto, did a movie in Toronto. My parents lived in Canada for years.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

So where in Canada did your parents live?

[Ed Helms]

They lived in bc, you know, for five years. My brother played hockey, so they moved up there with him.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, it's gorgeous out there.

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Yeah, yeah, it's beautiful. But I was in Toronto in February and it was snowy.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Snowy snow, it can get cold there, especially January. February, that's the time of year.

[Ed Helms]

So how did you get to where you got, you know, I mean, I was looking you up and sort of researching you a little bit, and it definitely wasn't the, the initial career path. So how did this all happen?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I grew up my whole life. I knew I wanted to be a doctor. And I finally got accepted into medical school after years and years of working towards that. And My dream was to become a doctor, but it was also to live in Sydney, Australia. Like, in Australia. And I got accepted to the University of Sydney Medical School, and I started there in January of 2020. And when you say 2020, everyone thinks the pandemic, and when the pandemic, everyone has an emotional response to that. And school went online immediately. When I got there, medical school, I tore my ACL and needed surgery for my knee a week later. Then me and my girlfriend of six years, we broke up. And she was like, my identity and my happiness. And I didn't have any new friends because it was all online. And I was afraid to tell anyone back home how I was feeling because who am I to complain? And it was just this too much, all at once thing in my life. And it was the middle of one night, I went for. I was living with one of my roommates in medical school, and I knew I was gonna, like, cry or just be in a really, really dark place. And I didn't want to, like, let him know that I was feeling. So I went for a walk one night and I just started to, like, sit down and I was crying, just sitting down on the ground. And these two women in their mid to late 30s, they came up to me and they just said, hey, are you okay? And I said, obviously I'm fine. One hurt them to see that I tear. So I was trying to wipe it, and they said, what's going on? And what they did in that moment, Oliver changed my life forever. They just sat there in the wet cement and they listened to this stranger from Canada cry and just talk about what was going on in his life. And I'll never forget that next morning when I woke up and just that relief off my shoulders and realizing that, like, talking to a stranger, as weird as it was, made me feel like I was moving out of that dark hole, that I was getting myself further and further. And I was really questioning my life at that point. And then I started. I told my parents back home how I was feeling. And then my med school classmate was like, I said, I want to. I don't forget what, exactly what I said to him. But I just said something along the lines, like, I want to be like that for somebody else. So I. Over a few weeks, I thought, why not blindfold myself and hug strangers, because maybe there's other strangers out there that need a hug or need someone just to listen to. And then after that, my med school classmates was like, maybe there's people online, like in their. Stuck in their homes. That could connect to that, that you're not going to meet. Maybe you should make videos. So that's how the TikTok journey started. And MD Motivator stands for Medical Doctor Motivator, because I was just trying to motivate myself down a path. And yeah, there's way more to it. But then at that point, that's when the video started.

[Ed Helms]

So wait, going back, you were in Australia, broke up with your girlfriend, which of course can be very difficult, especially if you have wrapped up your entire identity in a person, which essentially is. Is a codependency. You know what I mean? Which isn't healthy at the end of the day.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

No.

[Ed Helms]

So for you, what kind of a place did you get into? I mean, I know the girl was gone, but when you were having that moment and sort of questioning everything, were you questioning your career path? Were you questioning your motivation in life? You know, or was it just pure heartbreak and sadness?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I mean, I was 28. I felt super alone. I was in hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. I feel like I wasted money time. I didn't have a plan B to fall back on. I was in med school with my classmates who I knew there was some in that class that I would pay anything for them to be my doctor. Some I'd pay anything for them not to be my doctor. I knew I was somewhere in the middle. So I knew at that point that this wasn't my end all be all, like, what's my purpose? Why am I here on earth? Like, what, what's my life meaning? Have, like I. I just fe so alone, lost, confused and not knowing where to start in that conversation. So it was like paralysis too, where I was at.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah. Well, it's so interesting because it is so true where a stranger who reaches out and cares and asks the right questions and opens themselves up to you, Opening up can really be cathartic in the sense that there are no judgments, there are no pressures. You don't know this person. Yeah, exactly. I mean, in a way it's. It's therapy, but even better because you can just let it all go. And there's something sort of special about that, you know? And so when you started to make these videos, at what point were you like, oh, shit, wait a minute, this is actually affecting people. It is blowing up right now. This is my new path.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I mean, like, the first time I started making videos, it immediately people were messaging me saying this video, say, I don't know how true this has saved my life. And just extreme language like that So I knew right from the, from the get go that the videos were impacting people. But it was the first time, Oliver, that in 28 years I felt purposeful in myself. So I didn't know what that was going to lead to or how long it would lead for or where it would go to. But I knew I found something for the first time that was confident whether you agreed or disagreed with me making content that I felt myself. So that was how I felt. Confident enough to tell my parents that I'm gonna quit medical school, I'm gonna move back home on their base and make tick tock videos.

[Ed Helms]

How did that go?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

How do you think it went? What do you want for your kids more than anything?

[Ed Helms]

Right. Well, happiness because. Health.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yes.

[Ed Helms]

For me. Right. Because it's just all of us. Yeah.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

You have a good parent or guardian if you have support. That I did. My parents have no idea about social media or what I was doing and they knew how hard I worked or what we sacrificed financially to be able to do that, to go to medical school. So they just saw I wasn't happy and I wasn't healthy. So they let me move back home in my small town in Canada, Windsor, Ontario like you said. And my friend at the time never recorded a video. He played high school basketball with me, he got a camera, he believed in what I was doing. He volunteered for two months for free and then it immediately just, it took off. But if it wasn't for my parents support, if it wasn't for my friend, if it wasn't for those, you know what's crazy is all of those two women that night, to this day I have no idea that that effort created that. And I haven't been back. I'm going back to Australia for the first time next month with a mission to find them.

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Wouldn't that be amazing if you were able to. Yeah, you know, I mean, incredible.

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No, you're right. I mean, parents have expectations for their kids. Some put way more than they should. You know, for me growing up, you know, we didn't have great expectations put on us. It was the same thing that I'm trying to pass on to my kids, which is just be happy. You know, stay healthy. Sometimes that's uncontrollable, but just be happy and good and Be a good human being, you know what I mean? Walk outside every day and enjoy the air because it's not going to last very long, you know what I'm saying? So just enjoy yourself. Don't put so much stress on yourself, you know? And you're right. I mean, that is the impetus, that's the catalyst for why, why you have become so successful and why you were following your life's passion and sort of how you stumbled into it, which is cool too. Were you like this before? You seem like you have such a really beautiful sort of sensitive nature about you, which was this who you always have been.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

That's the coolest thing to me is that like not trying to hype myself up. My hometown. I've always said, oh, he's doing it for the video, the cameras. But then I have friends or people that I've just, are even friends with, just knew from like high school or passing by, I worked with at McDonald's. Like this is how Zach's always been. And it just, it's cool to see that. I guess I've had that impact. Obviously it's completely different in the video world, but yeah, I love talking to strangers. I love hearing people's stories. I usually like being on your side of the stick where I get to ask the question.

[Ed Helms]

I can just listen, but I know it's fun.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, it is. Because you get to learn so much, right?

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, you and I are not dissimilar in that I'm not a very surface person. I'm not a small talk person. Because the truth is that's where all the good stuff is. You know what I mean? It's when you get specific and you're really asking the questions and not just sort of, hey, how are you? How was your day? You know, it's like, well, what else?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I've explained this story probably at least a hundred times to like the six year relationship. This, this, you're the first person to ask me about the identity and happiness thing or make a comment on that person. So yeah, you do pay attention to the details really well.

[Ed Helms]

Oh yeah.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I have a lot to still learn in relationships.

[Ed Helms]

Oh, dude, I don't think we ever, ever stop learning, ever stop evolving. You know, that's the beauty of self analysis is if you really love it, which I do. It can be painful as, but it's also, you know, it just expands your mind and expands your character. It will never end. And I'm constantly on a search one way or another. You know, what's the why do I feel this way? Or how do I remedy this? Or how do I be better here? Or. Not only that, but also just giving yourself grace and forgiveness and having compassion for yourself when you do go off the rails.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah.

[Ed Helms]

I think we hold ourselves sometimes so rigidly to, you know, what is right, that once we slip a little bit, it's like you hit yourself over the head. When really it's like, no, dude, we're human beings, man.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah.

[Ed Helms]

Like, we fail, we make mistakes, we can wallow in the darkness for a while. That's okay. You know what I mean? I don't. I don't think that's a bad thing as long as you know how to get out and there's a ladder. You know what I'm saying?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Absolutely.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah. So when you started to realize that this was a business, did you wrestle at all with sort of, you know, your philanthropy, essentially your emotional philanthropy and commerce and sort of how those things match up?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

It's been a really weird journey. So, like, a few months into making videos, we. Me, my. The videographer, I said that volunteered at the time. We were sitting at a pizza shop having lunch.

[Sophie Cunningham]

We were.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

And I got this email from YouTube saying, you just got paid $646. And I go to. His name's Patrick. I go, patrick, we just got paid 646. That was the best amount of money I've ever received. Cause I was like, we're helping people, but we can still pay our bills. By doing this, though, I can afford to be here. So I had no idea that this could be like a business or a revenue stream. Like the. I had such delusion when I did this. Like, if this didn't work, I don't know where I'd be today, to be honest with you. I'll be somewhere. I don't know. I don't know what I'd be doing in Windsor. But yeah, it was a really interesting to see that it's a space where you can obviously self fund and create, but we've created verticals. We have a nonprofit called Kindness is cool. So 100 of the donations go in, and then 100% go directly to the people that we impact. So I've learned that people not always want to help charities, but people always want to help and support people. That never seems to go out of style in terms of people connecting with stories. Right. On an individual basis. So there's that aspect. There's the nonprofit, then there's obviously like the streams from like the. The platforms and then brands that have also sponsored. That allow us to get at a greater scale, of course, like, like what.

[Ed Helms]

You'Re doing with the chime.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, we wouldn't be able to do otherwise. So it's been really awesome. Whether it's celebrities or brands that have sponsored and allowed us to create such life changing things. But the biggest videos are always the ones where we crowdfund for individuals or families. And a hundred thousand people donate $5 and we're able to give away half a million dollars to a family. Just. Yeah. Life changing opportunities.

[Ed Helms]

So how do you, how do you decide on your subjects?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

You know, I mean, like, they decide on me, right? It's just like you talking to me just like it's a, it's an energy thing. I'd say about 80 of the time. It's just random. There's no vetting process. It's just going around talking to strangers. So sometimes I'll be out there for like 10, 20 minutes, sometimes six, seven hours, until like, it just like the right conversation, the right opportunity, they're being kind. And then you get to snowball all the.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Oh, and yeah. Got to do that every day.

[Ed Helms]

So when you raise money for people though, how do you sort of vet them or how do you sort of choose them? I mean, you, you sort of, in a way, catch feelings for some of these people.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

So I don't go in there thinking we're going to crowdfund for them. So if there's ever like an opportunity, say we give you all of our like super bowl tickets, but I find out that you're struggling to pay your rent bill. Are you about to get evicted? If there's more to the story, like from a financial standpoint, we'll always crowdfund for the individual or family. But I don't go in there assuming a crowdfund, even like my mom. So I show my mom all my videos before I post them. Be like, zach, you've done too many crowdfunds. People are going to stop donating. There's never been a time, Oliver, where we haven't reached our crowdfunding goals. Minimum at least $20,000 up until, like I said, over half a million dollars. So they find that and then it's what we do with the money. So at first it would just be, all right, here's the 7,000 or the $20,000. But we've learned that over time, obviously that money doesn't solve money problems.

[Ed Helms]

No.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, Sometimes it creates more. So now we have financial advisors, we set money aside, we create beneficiaries money goes directly to other houses, car education funds. And we've. And we've gotten so many people full time jobs because I hire good people. Right? You want to hire a good person. So we're able to essentially almost like vet that through a video and, and people to this day that I know, I go back and they're like, this is our best worker. We have like a year later in my home, other cities that we've done this.

[Ed Helms]

So. Yeah, that's amazing. No, that I think that's so smart, you know, because again, you give someone a half a million dollars in a bag, it's like, wait a minute. I mean I don't care how good of a human being you are, you. You get that urge to be like I'm gonna go buy some. I'm gonna go buy.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I would. Right?

[Ed Helms]

I'm gonna, right, I'm gonna go buy something that I shouldn't buy right now. You know, and then that can snowball into a.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

It looks like we're giving a half a million dollars. You get, you evoke that like emotional response. So. Yeah, viral, which we can crowdfund more which then we can create a longer term impact for them.

[Ed Helms]

And do you have, as you've established and created relationships along the way and with, with higher powered people, are you able to sort of source super bowl tickets and all of these incredible experiences?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

It's been like any layer way inbound, outbound. The answer is yes. A really cool example of like an inbound outbound relationship is we did a video where we gave a car away with Chris Brown at one of his shows. But that only came to existence because his 12 year old daughter Royalty watches all my videos and she wanted to do something kind like me in the videos. Chris heard that. And because of that, Chris wanted to do the video. He never does that kind of stuff because he's inspired by his daughter that wanted to show her that. So it's cool to see the ripple that it creates. Inbound, outbound and in that family tree or whatnot too.

[Ed Helms]

That's amazing.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

It's so contagious. Like you were saying how it can be so negative. Yeah, but positive. Sure. It takes a little more work to get that ball moving, I guess down the hill, but I think it's a bigger ball that's more. Way more powerful.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, no, you're correct. You know, and, and I, I just. Because sometimes people, I'm sure you've gotten hate. Everyone gets a little hate, like oh, you're just making that money and you know, you're exploiting people's feelings for a dollar or whatever the hell I'm sure you hear, but that's bullshit in my opinion, because you. We are, we are. We can make money and help human beings. I mean, there's a purpose of every job. Of course. Of course, dude. Yeah, you should get yours while you give it as well. There's absolutely no doubt about that.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

But I do my absolute best. And my manager or anyone can attest, like any situation where I feel like there's more to do, we always do the most. Even if that's a detriment to me, because I don't really care. It's my time. I really feel honored and responsible to have a following of 50 million people that have the power to change a person's life.

[Ed Helms]

Crazy, right?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

You know what I mean?

[Ed Helms]

Are you global? Have you gone across. I mean, are you gone across the ocean at all?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

We're going to London actually, in a few weeks with crime. Speaking of sponsors, we're gonna do Logan, Paul and KSI, but I'm not a lot global. Hopefully next year we can expand more globally. I'm really excited to hopefully do this in other countries and have people like myself that speak other languages be. Do it in their countries because obviously I'll speak any other languages.

[Ed Helms]

No, but you, you can create a whole. You can, you could create a whole network.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, that, that.

[Ed Helms]

You know what I mean? You could, under your banner, under. You know, you can create a whole global network of people like you.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

And you know what? I'll give you another example of a really cool story that how I knew that I was doing the right thing, I was just starting to make videos. I was in my Hometown. We brought 100 kids to like a. To a local water park. And this dad and these three daughters, I think they were 10, 8 and 6 at the time, came up to me and they said, we watch your videos. Can we take a photo? Sure. So they're about to walk away and the six year old tapped my elbow and she came up to me and she's like, just want to let you know that my dad shows us your videos every night before bed. And last week we were at the grocery store and there looked like a guy that he was hungry. So when I went home that night, I took my Biggie bank and I cracked open my piggy bank because I want to do what the guy in the video does.

[Ed Helms]

Oh my God. Wow.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

And that was when I felt like my videos were doing something that I'll never see. That had a purpose. It was an energy transfer that the ripple effect right at a one to one will never create.

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[Ed Helms]

You talk about vulnerability, you know, relatability, which is so true. I've been a big proponent of being vulnerable. It's something I've struggled with in certain aspects of my life. There are certain parts of me that are extremely vulnerable. I'm very sensitive. I'm not afraid to cry. But there are certain, you know, there are certain people in my life or certain and hang ups where vulnerability is hard for me. And that's just based on psychology. I mean, we can go way back into childhood and life.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Right.

[Ed Helms]

But when you're able to be unafraid, essentially, that's what vulnerability is. You're just unafraid to be yourself and unafraid to express your feelings. It opens up so much. And you're right, I've never thought of it that way. It equals relatability. Because everyone is vulnerable, whether they're masking it, pushing it down or not. Vulnerability exists within all of us.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Everyone's got a mask.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah. When we are able to be vulnerable, you are, you can sort of, you got the key essentially to those who want vulnerability but who are afraid to explain.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

You never know who, who needs that key for you to you, you unlock that. You never know who that person is, man.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I, I dig that. I dig how it, how sort of equals relatability.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

You know what's cool too, Oliver? If you go back to my old hugging videos, I haven't posted them in a while. I always say, hey, how's it going? Or whatever. I'll say when they come in a hug. And the first thing people always say before they say, what's going on? I'm good, right? Mask, Mask. Yeah, Right. They're coming in for a hug. But like, I'm good, you're not good. It's like natural responses to, I guess shy or hide away or I guess be normal.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. How's, how's the celebrity aspect been for you? Meaning, like you get, people know who you are now. You get recognized, you sign autographs.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

No, I, I, I, I get recognized, but like, I don't want to be recognized. I want to make videos in disguise. Right. I just think I'm a guy that makes videos that Makes people happy, bro. Like, it's really cool. The coolest part to me is those like 6 year old girl stories. Like that one I gave you with the piggy bank. That's the celebrity ness of it to me. I, I just. Yeah, I don't. Yeah, that's.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I live in a small town, so I'm not usually in LA on crazy red carpets or.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

But when celebrities want to get involved and it's able to like their fan base is being like exposed to like this type of content in a new light. It's just really cool to see.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah. And so as far as growth goes, you know, we're always expanding and thinking about how, okay, how do we keep this going? Like, how do we, how do we, how do we, how do we, how do we just make this thing as big as it can be? What, what plans do you have sort of for the future for that.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

That. Yeah. So right now it's one scaling the giving. So we're at a point now where we're giving away like cars, homes. Like it's at that point where it's. Wow, I don't know what, where else you go in terms of. I guess it would be like infrastructures, whether it's. So.

[Ed Helms]

But how do you do that? Like how do you give away a home? Explain how that might work.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Sure. Mostly it's from the crowdfunding at this point. So those ones that like we're able to like crowdfund a couple hundred thousand dollars for them, whether it's. It's paying for the home or if it's a smaller crowdfund, then we're able to get a lease for like three years or fully furnished home for them to get them back on their feet.

[Ed Helms]

And this is all coming from crowdsourcing, meaning these are all just people who.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Are donating, donating their coffee money to. Yeah. And it only works, I think I. Then you donate five bucks and then in 48 hours you see that Greg's got a home or you're able to see and feel in real time where your money's going to and that transparency is everything. Right. Because it's as quick as you can build it, it can come down 100 times faster.

[Ed Helms]

So 100.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

And showing where it's going. I think one of the aspects that you said was expanding it to other countries. Whether it's other people doing what I'm doing and then traveling more. I'm going to get into the streaming space next year and open to it being a TV show as Long as it doesn't feel two tv that still feels like raw and real.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, no, that's great.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah. And see where it goes.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah. I love your attitude. It's just kind of like. Yeah, it, I don't know, like this thing, this thing happened because I was upset and my girl left me and I'm crying on a bench in Australia and it's like, oh, well, the rest is gravy.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

It's just kind of like as disorganized as that thought process may sound, it's the first time in like for four years this growth has been like this and I've never worked something I guess so effortlessly but hard at the same time where it's work. So I. That I'm very self aware and pivoted as. As need be and continue to serve others and the right door should open.

[Ed Helms]

Did you have to assemble a team once this thing got big and you're like, oh, wait a minute, I need people, I need infrastructure.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I got a really great team. So I've got a really good team now for about a year. But it's a small team. I have a manager, videographer, and an editor or on the ground and then that's it. But for the most time it was just me and my old videographer. The one that I started with, he was super awesome too. But he's. His dream was to open like a studio where he does like portrait photography. He has two little girls and he obviously can't travel as much as I am.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

So he just set up that this year and now he's doing that full time. So I built it and we're great.

[Ed Helms]

Where are you at with, with. Do you have a girlfriend now or what's going on?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, we've been together for three years.

[Ed Helms]

Okay, good.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, man. I'm not still this lonely single, man. Her name's Sophia and. And funny enough, I met her three days into making videos in my hometown and I actually caught it on camera. It's not on one of my videos. Our first interaction video when she first came up on our 22nd interaction.

[Ed Helms]

So that's amazing.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

The first time they met someone on 4K.

[Ed Helms]

Well, if this one, if this one is the one, forever and ever. And you know, you're 60 years in. What a cool video to have, you.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Know, very, very grateful for that.

[Ed Helms]

That's great, dude. And she obviously is extremely supportive in what you do, I assume. Right. And. And she's okay with you being gone.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

And he's the backbone. She's able to travel with Me, sometimes. She also works as a dental hygienist. But she wants to be able to step away next year and come more because these moments are incredible. But I want her. They don't mean much. They don't mean the same unless you're with the people that you love. So I want her to be part of those moments more with me.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah. That's amazing. And what about bloopers? Because there has to be, there has to be a crazy blooper reel. I don't know if you've ever put one out, but if you ever thought about it.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, every day.

[Ed Helms]

I'm sure you get all kinds of crazy stuff where it's people are complete dicks. Number one. Of course. We live in a society where we've got all kinds of different people. Right. So there has to be a ton of bloopers. Do you have any good ones?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, I got, I got both. I'm out there all day, man. I'm going to like today we're filming in the Bronx. You don't think get a, Get a couple well liners? Yeah, I don't, I deliberately don't post that because then even if I posted that for 10 seconds of like a minute video, people would just hyper fixate on that 100. Yeah, but yeah, it would, it would be. I have it all. It's in folders. Maybe what. I'll release it to the world.

[Ed Helms]

But what is. I mean, is it just. Sometimes people just get angry or sometimes people are laughing or is it all. Does it run the gambit of sort of what. How people react to you? That is not positively.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Yeah, I think, I think it's.

[Ed Helms]

It's, yeah, it's all of the above.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Humans. Yeah, humans going through stuff. And I'm, I can be an emotional punching bag because I'm like starting a conversation.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, yeah. Do you. Have you ever felt in danger?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

When I have like a lot of money on me in like a rougher neighborhood, but now we have either we have fake money in terms of it's a larger amount of money, or there's a security guard, like someone that keeps me safe in terms of. In the moment. So I'm never. My life's not in danger.

[Ed Helms]

Oh, good, good, good.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

When I was blindfolded for a year, the worst that's ever happened to me is this. I watched the back. It was like a 14 year old girl. She had this white Skittle. This is a gum, piece of gum. She just threw it at me. In one year, no one's ever punched me or, wow, just a skittle, and I'm blindfolded. I'm as vulnerable as can be. A security guard at the time. Yeah. Yeah, I was very surprised at that because that. That was the one when I felt unsafe the most, is when I was.

[Ed Helms]

Like, all right, before we get out of here, what are your hang ups? You know what I mean? Like, you are offering this amazing experience to the world for anyone who wants to take it, essentially. Right. But if someone was. If I was blindfolded, if I were you, and you had to, and you came up to me and I started to question you, or. Or I asked you to sort of let go and be vulnerable and tell me what you know, you'd like to be better in your life. What would that be?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Making more time for the people in my life that matter. My family, my. My brother, my parents, my partner. It's been a whirlwind the last four years, but I feel like it's been really hard for me to find this balance of making myself proud and helping people while also still not missing moments of life. I feel like I miss. I miss a lot of moments, and I've been working on that consciously the last year. That's that one. And then also feeling Imposter syndrome.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, that's real. Yeah.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I enter in terms of, like, these spaces. I just. I'm a guy that makes videos. I don't think I have any other. So I just. It's not like this ego with it, and it just. It's cool to see that it provides value. Like, it makes people feel good.

[Ed Helms]

But where does that imposter syndrome take you? Meaning, like, people don't. People are going to find me out, or they think that I'm. I'm not really what I. But people think I am, you know. Where does that come from, do you think?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I don't think people are gonna think who I am because I think I'm pretty, like, just real. But I'm not sure. I don't know.

[Ed Helms]

You know, I guess maybe because imposter syndrome, it's kind of like, well, not good enough. Because actors have that too. Creatives in general. And you're a creative. It's just kind of, you know, you go do these. All these gigs and you're getting work and it's all happening. You're on series and you're like, oh, they're gonna find me out. They're gonna discover that I'm not that good. Or I. You know, it's like, it's this imposter syndrome, like Everyone thinks I'm doing well, but, like, when are they gonna know? When are they gonna find out that I'm not? You know what I mean? It's that insecurity. Essentially.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

It is 100. No. Definitely have felt insecure and feeling like I'm not good enough, or the person that is equivalent to the person in the room that maybe inspires me, or I. I feel in my heart that they are, but maybe they're feeling. Imposter syndrome. It's just like this. And that's that vulnerability, relatability thing right loud. And you're not going to feel it, but that one I haven't figured out a solution to as much as the other one. So I'm.

[Ed Helms]

Well, whatever. We're young. You're young. I'm not young.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

You're young, man.

[Ed Helms]

Pushing 50, man away. Well, dude, this has been amazing. Thank you for. For talking to me. This has been very cool. And then if you ever get to la, hit me up. I'd love to, like, be a part of this somehow, you know?

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I appreciate that.

[Ed Helms]

So down with all this stuff. I really am. It's. It's. We need. It's necessary, especially right now, know how divided everybody is. And the vitriol and everything that comes up on your feed is kind of like, ah, oh, God. And you get sucked down this rabbit hole. And it's so nice to sort of.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Just watch happiness and positivity, humans being humans, right?

[Ed Helms]

Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

No matter what we look like or who we are. So, yeah. Thank you. Importantly, thank you for your time.

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, I appreciate it, brother. Get out there and do it, man. I can't wait to keep watching your vids.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Also, one last thing. If anyone's listening in the next 24 hours, I challenge you to one random act of kindness.

[Ed Helms]

Yes.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

I love it. One random act of kindness.

[Ed Helms]

Today I'm doing it. I do it all the time, man.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Let's go, baby. Amazing, man. Yes.

[Ed Helms]

All right, Zach. Appreciate you, man.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Love. Bye, guys.

[Ed Helms]

Peace, buddy. What a great guy. My God, he's so positive and full of, like, cinnamon sugar, you know what I mean? I feel like if you cut open his cheeks, it's just like, cinnamon sugar and just candy and joy is going to pour out of him. What a. What a good dude. And it's so genuine, you know? It's so genuine. Especially when you start from a place like he started where he had an entire life ahead of him, kind of planned, and then, you know, he gets rocked, and in one moment, shit can shift and change the whole trajectory. I guess the lesson there is, you know, don't be so rigid in what you think you are. You know, I mean, or where you think you should be or, or what you perceive that you want. Because sometimes that can surprise you and change. Sitting on a bench in Australia, two women just approach him.

[Zachary Daranowski (MD Motivator)]

Boom.

[Ed Helms]

His life takes a completely different path. And not only is he doing what he wants to do and helping people, he's making a ton of money and he can't beat that. And he's genuine, as I said. Like, you can tell he does it because he, he does care. You know, there's, there's no charlatan about him in any way. It's not like I'm gonna take all this money and, you know, he's very, very authentic. Anyway, all right, I am leaving now to do a full body scan. So within the next four hours, we'll know, we'll know if the Hudson Express is still on the tracks or if he's derailed. All right, I'm leaving. Bye.

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