$240,000/year In-Office Job or the $120,000/year Fully Remote Job?

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Episode: $240,000/year In-Office Job or the $120,000/year Fully Remote Job?
Host: Gary Vaynerchuk
Date: January 26, 2026

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Overview

In this high-energy, interactive Q&A episode, Gary Vaynerchuk (GaryVee) tackles audience questions about entrepreneurship, work culture, live shopping, life challenges, and—most centrally—the hot topic of job choice: $240K/year in-office vs. $120K/year fully remote. Gary gives candid, rapid-fire advice, drawing from personal experience, practical business insight, and his signature brand of blunt motivation.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Live Shopping for Local Businesses

Timestamp: 01:04–05:11

• Gary’s advice on local florists (or local businesses) leveraging live shopping:

  • Sell a product with national ship-ability (ex: custom vases) to justify a broader live shopping audience.
  • Provide educational, value-rich content during lives (“Let me tell you how to keep your flowers fresh for three weeks!”)
  • Consistently remind viewers of the local offer (“I’m in Short Hills, New Jersey. Link in bio if you’re local!”).
  • Use lives as a tool to drive indirect business: “If you have a local business, create a national product that gives you justification to be live and sell the occasional local opportunity.” (Gary, 03:21)

• Expansion to merch and word-of-mouth:

  • Encourage service businesses (like barbers or landscapers) to sell branded merchandise (hats, clippers) or be affiliates for related products.
  • The power of word-of-mouth: One distant viewer might refer a live seller to a friend or relative in the seller's city.

• Quote:
  “Does everybody understand what the fuck word of mouth is? Does everybody understand what free exposure is? … The world can be very small.” (Gary, 06:09)

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2. Building Culture: Autonomy vs Responsibility

Timestamp: 07:51–10:22

• Question: How do you create accountability in teams where everyone wants autonomy but not everyone takes responsibility?

• Gary’s approach:

  • “By being a leader, by having candorous conversations … If I wanted you all to be accountable, I’d be like, ‘Yo, I want you all to be accountable.’” (Gary, 08:21)
  • Leaders must be willing to enforce consequences when necessary.
  • Sometimes it’s about finding and removing a disruptive team member: “Cut the cancer out. If that’s a team of seven or eight, … there’s a root cause. Sally or Ricky. Somebody’s fucking the shit up.” (Gary, 11:34)
  • Leaders set the tone—accountability starts at the top.

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3. Handling Life’s Uncertainties: Advanced Illness & Meaning

Timestamp: 13:30–15:58

• Heartfelt question from a listener facing advanced cancer:

  • “I feel like I did everything right in life and still ended up here. When the future feels brutally uncertain, how do you stay mentally present and keep living with meaning?”

• Gary’s Response:

  • Stressing presence and enjoyment of each day: “...You just gotta fucking enjoy every day, period. End of story.” (Gary, 13:57)
  • Recognizes that life’s unfairness shows up mostly in random tragedy or disease: “Life is incredibly fair in every aspect except one—the randomization of disease or tragedy, right?”
  • Sends love and encouragement: “Lean into that, so heavy prayers for you, my brother.” (Gary, 14:40)

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4. Maintaining Playfulness as an Adult

Timestamp: 16:11–19:55

• Listener asks about balancing silliness with adulthood:
  • Gary credits his own happiness to tuning out the negative opinions of others:
    • “I don’t know why everyone here continues to overvalue the opinions of others… You’re going to live your life based on other people’s opinions or you’re not.” (Gary, 16:39)
  • Advocates for “more childlike behavior”: fun, play, laughter for well-being.
  • Observes the health impact: “I am positive how much you laugh and how much you smile has a direct correlation on your lifespan.” (Gary, 18:10)

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5. Dealing with Online Hate

Timestamp: 19:55–24:57

• Should you respond to rude comments, or just block?
  • Gary’s empathy-driven method:
    • “If someone has a need to spew darkness … they’re just in a bad place … I feel bad for you, … I definitely don’t feel bad for me.” (Gary, 20:10)
    • Real winners aren’t hurt by hate: “If haters … understood what their hateful comments did to actual winners … they’d be really fucking sad.” (Gary, 21:24)
    • Leave hateful commenters; let them see the “positive and practical” corner of the internet.

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6. Remote vs In-Office Job Debate

Timestamp: 24:57–29:47

• Core question: Would you rather make $120K/year fully remote, or $240K/year in-office, 5 days a week?

  • Gary: “Both answers are fine and right. … The thing that matters to me the most is not the 240 or the 120 or from work, from home. I need people.” (Gary, 25:17)
  • Challenges generational generalizations:
    • Tired of “boomer vs Gen Z” stereotypes.
      • “Why do we think it’s appropriate to bucket all Gen Zers and all boomers in one thing? ... Enough of this shit.” (Gary, 26:13)
    • People are individuals—quiet introverts and extroverts exist in every generation.
    • “You can change your fucking mind…” (Gary, 27:48)

• Direct follow-up:

  • Gary would choose “120 in an office, because I would die at home by myself.”
  • Even if the scenario flipped (higher pay for remote), he would pick the in-office experience:
    • “I need people, man. That’s — what the fuck do you think I’m doing here? I need this for my soul, not for my money, dick face.” (Gary, 28:34)

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7. Gary’s Morning Mindset

Timestamp: 30:16–32:40

• What’s Gary’s first thought in the morning?
  • “Half the time it’s like, oh fuck already. I love sleep… But I wake up super happy and optimistic ... ready to work.”
  • Recognizes most people wake up unhappy; Gary remains optimistic and high-energy.

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8. The Power of Collectibles in Live Shopping & Branding

Timestamp: 33:58–35:25

• Utilizing collectibles to boost product appeal:
  • “The cereal toy-inside-ification of everything, I think, is a real opportunity … a lot of people are going to do and be successful with.” (Gary, 35:08)

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9. Influencers Transitioning to Corporate Leadership

Timestamp: 35:25–39:36

• Issue: Macro-influencers who want to move into “operator” or leadership roles face the risk of being typecast as just “the content person”.

• Advice:

  • The readiness of the boss/company matters most: “If you’re talking to a close-minded boss who can’t unsee you for what you are … that’s not your place.” (Gary, 36:24)
  • Focus on honest conversations about what you want to do now, not what you have been.
  • Perseverance through rejection: “Do you know how many of you break down and cry after one no? Not one person in the world would have ever achieved anything if they folded after ten no’s, let alone one. And you’re folding at three.” (Gary, 37:55)

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Notable Quotes

• On Accountability:
  “Leaders, you’re in charge. Leaders, you’re in charge. Leaders, you’re in charge.” (Gary, 09:55)

• On Individual Needs at Work:
  “There’s unlimited fucking Gen Zers that want to be in the office five days a week because they fucking feed off other people … and there’s unlimited fucking boomers that want to work from home because they want to take care of their kids … all correct.” (Gary, 26:38)

• On Responding to Critics:
  “This is the thing that I wish haters knew, that real winners love when you spew it. I want to be booed.” (Gary, 21:08)

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Memorable Moments

• Gary’s playfulness amid seriousness:
  • Responds to audience jokes and playful self-descriptions, maintaining a strong connection with his community (06:45).
• Heartfelt message to a listener with cancer:
  • Sends genuine love and advice to maximize every day (13:57).
• Direct, explicit frustration with generational stereotyping in workforce debates (26:13).
• Wrap-up shout-outs and live interaction (“Double tap the screen. I need a hearts explosion…”) (19:46)

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Key Timestamps for Quick Reference

• [01:12] – Advice for local businesses on live shopping
• [05:11] – Expanding business through merch and word-of-mouth
• [07:51] – Building accountability and team culture
• [13:30] – Staying present with advanced illness
• [16:11] – Keeping playfulness as an adult
• [19:55] – Handling online haters and negative comments
• [24:57] – Remote vs in-office, generational myths in work
• [28:18] – Gary’s personal choice on office vs remote
• [30:16] – Morning routines and happiness
• [35:25] – Influencers moving into leadership roles

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Conclusion

This episode is a potent blend of practical business advice, workplace philosophy, personal development, and heartfelt motivation. Gary dispels myths about generational work preferences, underscores the necessity of enjoying life, and reaffirms his belief in accountability, authenticity, and the deep value of community—both in-person and online.

For a shot of energy, honesty, and a challenge to take responsibility for your own path, this episode captures why GaryVee’s audience keeps tuning in.

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Transcript

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Congratulations, everybody. You have gotten to the positive, practical place of the Internet. You found it, you stumbled on it. You're here, everybody. Thank you for joining. I'm here to answer your questions. Is this tea with GaryVee102? We're gonna get this cooking. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you, Gary. Since 2019, you saved my life. Autism dad awareness. I love you. That's very kind. This is the GaryVee audio experience. Ticketed coupons. Gary, you're my hero, bro. Andrea Espinoza, thank you for that. It's very kind. Good morning, Kevin, I see you in the chat. If you have a question for me, go into the chat right now and hit type out your question and put five question marks at the end of the question so the team can see it and they can ask me. You guys got the mic? You guys are ready for that? That's gonna be your mic. Very nice. OG collector. Shared the live. Thank you so much. If you shared the live, let me know. Gonna do a quick little minute of like just thanking people. Gmb. Thank you. Oliver James. Thank you, Arlene Wilkinson. Thank you, Leo Lamacco. Thank you. Thank you so much for joining.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

First question is what Sevilla's florist. Okay, what's live shopping advice for local.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Florist that you go live on These live shopping platforms with a product you can ship nationally but then you make. So she can, she can pick anything. She can make, she can sell non live flowers. She could see friends. Everything in life when people say no is actually maybe. So let me break this down. You're a florist and you're local. Makes sense. That TikTok shop. Everybody, everybody, all 600 of you right now, tell me where you're, where you're located. Everybody in the chat right now. City, state, country, go. So it makes sense, team, that a local florist might not be able to do what I'm doing right now and, you know, achieve what they want. Look at everybody. Everyone's all over the place. Southern Illinois, Sarasota, California, Sanford, Texas. That doesn't make sense. Or does it? What if she bought or had a base for flowers that she could ship nationally? Now she can go live, right? Everybody pay close attention, everybody. If you have a local business that you sell stuff, services, haircuts, lawnmowers, you know, services are not ready for live shopping. By the way. All these platforms are basically going to create local gating for services. Like if you're a barber, you can go live and it's only showing to people within a Five mile. Like, you can toggle that. That'd be awesome. And that's kind of how happen. I think I would if I was TikTok do that. But nonetheless, she can create a vase that she can ship anywhere. But when, while she's selling, like, everybody check out my vase. And she's bringing value, like I'm doing now. Hey, let me tell you how to actually trim flowers. Let me tell you how to. Hey, everybody, this morning I'm telling you all how to keep your. Did your hubby surprise you last night? Let me tell you how to keep your flowers. Did you. Did you buy flowers for yourself? Boys and girls, Let me tell you how to get three weeks out of it instead of the normal three days, people. And she breaks down and she's doing her florist stuff. She's like, by the way, in the store right now, everybody. Pinned to the bottom, pin something. Courtney. A comic book or something just so people can see what it looks like. Pin to the bottom is my vase. We can ship this out. I highly recommend it. It's made this way. This is why it's good. But while she's doing that, Sid, every 20 minutes, she's like, and to remind you all, I'm in short Hills, New Jersey. So if you're in a 20 mile radius, link in bio. Happy to work with you. So what's happening there? Sid is she's created a national product that has given her justification to be live that allows her to sell a local product on the occasional local opportunity. Look what I'm about to do next year with wine library. Wine library, My dad's liquor store that ships to 30 states and services New Jersey. Local alcohol is not ready for live. I can be like, wait, or I could do what I'm gonna do, as you guys know, which is stand up the food and the glassware. But while Brandon and the team are selling glassware, they're also gonna be able to say, hey, check out winetex. Com. You know, and so that's gonna be a show where they're just selling glassware. But what we're really doing is onboarding people. Got it. Link in bio. Link in bio. Link in bio. Link in bio, everybody. How many people. How many people got that? Captain Cletus, thank you. How many people got what I did there, little Elvis? How many people got like, do you see what's happening? What I also like is I'm. I decided this morning I was gonna slow down by 20%. I get too excited on TikTok live. I'm too overstimulated. I'm overstimmed. There's too many people in the chat, and I love them all. All I want to really do is talk to Samantha Cook and Joseph and Close, who just joined Clolo Ch and Nora and all these people. All I really want to do is jam with them. Right. Good job. All I want to do is Amber Johnson and Matt Grail. But I'm going to slow it down so I can give you deeper answers like I just did. I got to slow it down.

[Sid (Gary Vee's Team Member)]

In that scenario of life, shopping, at which stage would you recommend they go beyond flowers and they start doing merch? Because flowers, for example, it's such a great market to do caps, like sweaters, all those things.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Yeah. I mean, I think everybody here, for example, again, if you're a barber or a landscaper, getting into merch allows you to now be on Live. And 3 to 5% of the audience, 1% of the audience might actually be local enough. How about this? How many people here have a relative somewhere else? How about that? Here's a good one. How many people have a relative somewhere else? I think you know where I'm about to go, which is like, now the barber's got, you know, a hat. Plus a barber has clippers. A barber has shaving, by the way. Talk about needing a shave. You know, a barber has other things. A landscaper could, if she or he wanted to. They could be a TikTok affiliate to sell weed, grow, like, killer grass growing clipper. You could. But more importantly, while they're talking, they might reach someone that likes them on live right now that lives in. In Chicago. They might be doing landscaping in Orlando, Florida, but that Chicago person might have a fucking first cousin in Orlando and says, you got to check this guy out. Does everybody understand what the fuck word of mouth is? Does everybody understand what free exposure is? Let's share, share, share. This morning, everyone. Like, people understand. Like, do you all understand this morning? The world is small. It's such a great comment, Samantha. The world can be very small. How many people watching right now have no idea who the hell I am? No clue. No clue. Bruno, thank you for joining. Leah Cohn. Thank you. Mr. Paul Wise. Alana Miller. Like, you know, when you go live, you're just randomly meeting new friends. Who's a new friend of mine right now? Who's a new friend of mine right now? Who's a new friend? Ariel DeJesus. Thank you, Bruno. Thank you. Big Rich, Good to see you. My guy, JS Masks. Danny Savage is New. I'm an old friend. Let's go. Leslie. Right? These are just new friends. Look at all these new friends. Romero. We're just new friends. New friends. Dk. Art says I'm a. I'm getting dressed. I'm a nude friend, not a new friend. I like that. People are clever up in this. All right, let's keep it going. Let's answer some questions.

[Sid (Gary Vee's Team Member)]

In a world of Marianne, grow up. In a world where everyone wants autonomy but feel one responsibility, how do you build a culture where your team holds each other accountable, not just wait for.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

You to step in one more time?

[Sid (Gary Vee's Team Member)]

In a world where everyone wants autonomy but few want.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Got it. In a world where everyone wants autonomy.

[Sid (Gary Vee's Team Member)]

And few want responsibility.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

And few want responsibility, how do you.

[Sid (Gary Vee's Team Member)]

Build a culture where your team holds each other accountable, not just ways for.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

You to step in? By being a dictator, by being a leader, by having candorous conversations with, here's my whole team, and I'm like, if I wanted you all to be accountable, I'd be like, yo, I want you all to be accountable. I know you're laughing, Sid, because it's simple. Here. Here's what she's really asking. Or he. She. Right, she. My question to her is, is she willing to deliver the verdict on the consequences when people aren't delivering? You three know I've been making decisions I could dwell in, like, oh, I don't like what Braden and Sid Train are doing. I can communicate it and be like, hey, I can look. And by the way, I play it different all the time. You guys know this sometimes. I'm willing to let it slide. People have misposted things. People have forgotten to do things. People have done it the wrong way. I don't think this was trained. I think in this year, I felt like we did a whole vlog somewhere where none of it was filmed. It was like a big thing. What was that? I don't remember. Yeah, that's right. Filmed. The whole thing gone. Yeah. Just happened. Things happen, right? I can decide if I want to create consequences or not. Leaders, it's on you. Yes. Everybody wants it to be easier. Consciously or subconscious, somebody said, get some sleep, brother. No, dude, I'm 50, bro. This is just happening now. I'm not going to do the thing, and I don't have the light. And like, bro, I'm getting sleep. I'm on that. 7, 8, 9. This is just 50 year old life here, you know? Leaders, you're in charge. Leaders, you're in charge. Leaders, you're in charge.

[Sid (Gary Vee's Team Member)]

And the assuming that everyone wants autonomy, some people really want Russia.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

No, but I think she's not wrong. Like. Like employees. And I have unlimited employees. Employees talk shit. Employees talk that. I mean, I know all of it. Like, this room has talked shit about bosses. They've had. Currently, you all think Sid's in Bozo. You know, like, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm joking. But what I'm saying is there's no way on earth you think everything Sid does is right. There's no way on earth you think everything that I do is right, which is appropriate. Cause it's true. However, I do think that humans. Whoa. Whoa. Whispering that was so cool. Whoa. That was insane. Yo, TikTok's crazy, y'. All. That was insane. Was that serious? Sperm whale from Beef Runs. Was that. Guys, Veefriends has a character named. If you want to know why Befriends is the best in the world, it's because Veefrenz literally has a character named Sirius Sperm whale. Wow. So anyway, to her, she's in charge. And I would always say cut the cancer out. If that's a team of seven or eight, inevitably, often, if the whole thing's not working, there's a root cause. It's either Sally or Ricky. Somebody's fucking the shit up. Thank you, Sam. Thank you so much. Lisa's pulse check. Thank you. Great to see all of you. Great to see all of you in here. Renegade Ranger. Great to see all of you. Happy holidays, everybody. So happy to be here with you in the morning. I'm gonna be live a lot next year, everybody. Top left corner, hit my face. If you don't follow me and you don't get notifications. How many people here got notified thank you for that little bow. How many people here got notified to come on? Somebody said. Can you turn up the mic volume? Can barely hear you. I think people are hearing me now. You guys hearing me? I think you're good, right? Notified everybody. Yeah, it's loud. Top left corner is my face. Click my face and hit follow. Thank you for dragging hat. I've always wanted that. And hit the bell. Hit the bell. Hit the bell. Top right corner, right. Top right corner, right. My face. Top right, top left. Excuse me, I'm sorry. Top left corner, hit my face. Hit the bell. Hit my face. Hit. Hit the bell. If you just hit the bell, let me know that you just hit the bell. By the way, how many of you showed up to this live for my post on TikTok? Have we put that up yet? How many people? Did we do that yet or not yet? All right, let's keep it going, everybody. Let's keep it going. Next question.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

While adopting, I'm now 52 and battling advanced cancer, terrified of not having enough.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Time with my wife and son.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

I feel like I did everything right in life and still ended up here. When the future feels brutally uncertain, how do you stay mentally present and keep living with meaning instead of being consumed by fear?

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

This is tough. I'm so sorry, brother. You're dealing with this. I mean, I think the answer is very simple here, which is you have to lean into complete focus on maximizing every day. If we're in advanced cancer mode, of course fear is gonna seep in. Doing everything right, unfortunately, has no impact on predisposed genetic diseases. And just the way, you know, life is, I think, incredibly fair in every aspect of life except one. The randomization of disease or tragedy. Right? And so I just have a lot of love. What was gentleman's name? Lyle. First of all, I love you, bro. I send you nothing but prayers. I wish you nothing but a remarkable turnaround. But, brother, if you're asking me, and this is a very humble one man's opinion, this is incredibly tough territory for me to speak on. But I would say you just gotta fucking enjoy every day, period. End of story. And that's just good overall advice. But what, you know, for life, and I do think people struggle with that. I think so much of my platform is trying to get people to simplify and realize life is good. But. But in this circumstance, you've really got to lean in. You've really got to lean into that. So heavy prayers for you, my brother. The video is up. Cool. All right, let's keep it going. Tension 3. 3. Good to see you. Alaina. Thank you. Don Boroughs. Thank you for joining Prime. Thank you for joining Noboat. Thank you for joining Trillionaire Test. Thank you for joining. Do we have a comic book pinned. What comic. Great. Comic 5. Everybody is pinned at the bottom. If you're a collector, how many people are into Pokemon, Marvel or Comic Con, anime or manga? Put what you're. What I just listed. Put. If you're into those things, put that word in here. If you're. Yes, you can get Rob. Nice. 48. You can get a shout out. If you're one of those people that are into that. Wayne King. You need to learn veefriends, then. If you're into that and you don't know veefriends, please learn it. And I highly recommend comic 5, which is gonna be a legend. I'm gonna shop that thing to Hollywood. Imagine that becomes a movie. Awesome. All right, let's keep it going. All right, this question is from.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

I'm over 30 and have a question. How do we best dose being sick playful while being a serious adult? I'm under the impression that we lose more and more of the childlike behaviors, behavior, privileges as years go by because most people don't see it as socially acceptable.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

So from the top, I'm over 30 and have a question.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

How do we best dose being silly and playful while being a serious adult?

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

By tuning out the noise. Like, I'm silly and playful now I'm 50. By just living by tuning out the noise. Like, either your what up, J. Carlin Clark jersey in the house. Like, it's not super complicated. Like, I don't know why everyone here continues to overvalue the opinions of others. We talk about this on a daily, right? You know, I don't know what to say. Like, either you're gonna live your life based on other people's opinions or you're not. And in fact, you know this. One of the things I'm very focused on in 2026 is to talk about people leaning more into childish behavior. I think more silliness, I think more play, I think more fun. I think is something people really need to hear. I think a lot of people, like, for example, like board games these next two weeks with the family. Good, like, games, silly jokes. Like, I mean, man, I don't know, like, stand up comedy. Comedians really fascinate me because I think they're a reflection of society. They either get to the top from darkness. We all know that A lot of comedians, ironically, unfortunately, are very dark. They use stand up. They use comedy to, like, deal with their demons. And that's why we have so much suicide and alcoholism and drug use. And we all know that, right? We know we can name a lot of historically amazing comedians who really used comedy as their disguise and their escapism from their darkness. And eventually, eventually the truth comes out. And then you have the other side. We had a comedian and a childish, like, human just have their 100th birthday. You know, the Betty Whites, the George Carlins, and now Dick Van Dyke. Just got to 150. Laughter and joy and play is massive. And when it comes from a place of good, not as a place of disguise and as a offset or a way to deal with the dark, it will get you to a very happy, long life. I am positive I'm no Doctor, I've done no research on this. Let me say it nice and slow. I am positive how much you laugh and how much you smile has a direct correlation on your lifespan. I am positive. Somebody said, how does a guy stay happy wearing a jetster? Thing like that? Very easy. You're looking at a man who likes the losing. You're looking at a man who likes the losing. I grew up a Yankees fan and they won once and I stopped caring. Joey V. I'm gonna try, I don't know, 20 years. You know, the genius coin. Great to see you, Elena, good to see you. David Joseph Jacko Tutor A3 Everybody, thank you for joining. Who's joining? Right at Wise, Kenya, Jim Dandy, thank you for joining. John, thank you for joining. Brian, thank you for joining. I'm really appreciative of everybody. Share, share, share. On the bottom right corner, hit the share button. Please share subscribe Double tap the screen. I need, I need to, I need a hearts explosion. Everybody double tap the screen multiple times. Let's keep it going.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

Mike Rossi asks, you respond to rude comments or just block the poster?

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

I, I respond, you know, if it's something super disgusting and it's upsetting people in the chat on comments, as you guys know, we leave it and I respond occasionally in live sometimes people are just really distracting everybody from it. So they are. Once in a while I think the mods will block. By the way, TikTok itself is blocking people now. Right. But I don't mind judgment. I don't mind misunderstanding of me. I don't mind hate towards me. I approach it with empathy and compassion and sympathy. If somebody has a need at 9:41 in the morning Eastern or, or even earlier in the rest of the US or if it's midday in Europe, if they have a need to come here and spew darkness, they're just in a bad place. Like on December 19th in the holiday spirits. If you're waking up this morning at 9:41 in the morning and you're coming into this chat or someone else's post or another chat and you're spewing hate, how could I be mad at you? You're my brother, you're my sister, you're my fellow human, I feel bad for you. I definitely don't feel bad for me. This is the thing that I wish haters knew that real winners love when you spew it. I want to be booed if haters understood what their hateful comments were actually doing to a real winner. Now there's a lot of Insecure people that are fugazi and they're fake happy and winning and a hateful comment really hurts them. But if haters and trolls and the hurt understood what their hateful comments did to actual winners when they do would really depress them, they'd be really fucking sad. You know, it's just embarrassing. Like, I don't know, like, I go from compassion, empathy, love. I'm like, damn, I wish. I hope they keep, you know, my mind. I hope they stay. That's why when everyone's like, should we block them? I'm like, keep them here. Let them stay and see what love and hope and accountability and ownership and can do can mean. But then the next feeling after a little while if, you know, I'm just a human too, if it sustains just gets into like embarrassing. And not that my judgment should carry any weight on them, but like, that's what I feel. I definitely don't feel like, oh, they're right. I'm sad. I'm sad. That ain't it. Everybody understand. Everybody get that. Rj, you get that? You understand? Eva Rips is always working. I have no idea where he is. Floss boys, you understand Kansas K, you understand Colon, the rocket fuel mnd, you understand? Mikey L, you get it. Megan, you understand Antiques with Mike. Rosie, you understand locker room dads. Got it. Roger, you understand. Casey, you got. I want all 722 of you to say, I understand. Cammy Kate said, P.S. go Pats. Be careful, lady Coast. I literally spoke to drock two days ago in a 30 minute meeting about Vee friends, Marlo the spicy chef, you understand? Friends do not let negative comments, people that are hurting affect you. It's not about you, it's about them. Instead of being so egotistical and selfish and narcissistic and being like about you, why don't you show some heart and love and feel bad for them? I feel bad for you if you leave negative comments. I have love for you. I'm sad and you friends, good news. Who's new here? Who's literally here for the first time ever you've never hung with me before. Say, first time ever, I've got good news for you. You found the positive, practical part of the Internet. You found it. This is the PP corner. You found the PP corner of the Internet. Positive and practical. Rona, welcome. You found the fucking PP corner of the Internet. This is the positive and practical. It's positive, but it's practical. I'm not gonna help you. You're gonna help you. I'M not a bullshit politician that's gonna trick you that like, oh, you can't do it, but I got you. I'm gonna take care of it. I'm gonna take care of it for you. Vote for me. I'm gonna take care of it for you. I'm not gonna take care of shit for you. I'm gonna give you an insight or a perspective or an idea. But you motherfuckers got to do something. I can tell you to do push ups. It's good. Are you going to do it? Man? I love you all. I'm really happy. Let's get to the next question. Yeehaw. With the cowboy hat. Let's go.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

There's a debate that certainly. Would you rather make $120,000 a year that were fully remote or $240,000 a year or go into office five days a week? A lot of the discourse has been around the fact that Gen Z's were like working from home for less pay. Older generations are choosing to go into office. Is there something you would add to.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

That combo and like people considering that? Me, Gary, first of all, both answers are fine and right. Both answers and debate on the 122.40 are fine and correct. I would do 120 and go into the office. How about that twist? Let me explain what I mean by that meaning of those two things. The thing that matters to me the most is not the 240 or the 120 or from work, from home. I need people. You know how many gen zers have figured out they need people? Braden's about to go back to North Dakota. Like he wants to be back with his family and his people. But it's gonna be interesting to see whether he likes being here or not. My intuition is I know him well enough. He liked it. It's gonna be awesome that he's home. It's gonna be awesome that his dollar goes further North Dakota than here. There's gonna be a lot of awesome. But I think, and I could see your body language, you're agreeing with me. The one thing we're worried about is is he gonna be lonely? I feed off people, by the way. There's a ton of boomers that want to make 120 and be at home. Cause they're introverted. They like it quiet. They like their home, they want to take care of their kid. All correct. There's a lot of Gen zers that want to be in the office too. Like, it's like, this is not a fucking I'm so tired of this fucking boomer and Gen Z thing. I'm so fucking tired of this shit. Why do we think this is appropriate? Why do we think it's appropriate to bucket all gen zers and all boomers in one thing? That'd be like, you know, all black people are and all women are and all Jews are and all this. Like, what are we fucking doing here? Enough of this shit. As if these fucking politicians haven't gotten you to hate each other for religion and race and gender and financial status, they had to throw another one in there for you. We should hate each other based on when we were fucking born. I'm fucking pissed about this, actually. So let me say it nice and slow if you don't fucking get it. There's unlimited fucking gen zers that want to be in the office five days a week because they fucking feed off other people and they learn through osmosis. And there's unlimited fucking boomers that want to work from home because they want to take care of their kids or they like their little office or they like their kitchen enough. That's my fucking addition to the debate. Clip it, post it. Let them know there's no fucking, like, right answer. And, oh, by the way, let me throw a real curveball at you. How about you do two years from home and then you're like, ah, I miss it. And I want to go back in New York. You could change your mind. Brendan can text me in 19 months and be like, I want to do two more years in a row in New York and then I'll come back again. He's a youngster. You can change your fucking mind. Let's go. 3SD, 3D printing. Finally a day off when Gary Vee's live. I respect that. Works and doesn't consume me and wants to consume me on their day off. You're a fucking winner. That's a winner. All right, let's keep it going.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

Why did you keep 120?

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Was it a 240? 120. Oh, me personally, it's not that I would take the. I would take the 120 in an office. Cause I would die at home by myself.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

It was 240. And in office, 120.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Got it. I would take the 240 in office, but I'd give back the 120 out of. Yeah, it is. What? No, no, like. Like, yeah, like. Like, sure, I'm not gonna. Like, whatever, but, like, I need the fucking. I would take one if. All of it. I would take the. If they flipped it and said 240 at home and 120 in the office. I would be 120 in the office. How about that? I need people, man. That's. What the fuck are you thinking I'm doing here? I need these 864 people with me right now. What do you think I'm doing here right now? Like people like, oh Gary, some people showing up here like the fall off. Gary's the fall off because like why does he need to do this? I need this for my soul, not for my money, dick face. I need this for my soul. I love you too, Lisa. I need this for my soul. I have so much to give. Has anybody had a positive moment during this stream this morning? Has anybody had an aha or a self reflection or a yeah, he might be right or like a self awareness or decided to point their thumb at themselves? Has any. Had anybody had a breakthrough like a. Hmm, he might be right actually. What do you think we're doing here? Oh shit. Steve. Jesus Christ. This shit's crazy. Is that the mindful Minakawa? Yeah, TikTok is just bananas everybody. It's so awesome to be here with all of you. Thank you so much for joining everybody. If you, if you're new and you're getting value, top left corner, hit my face. Hit, follow but most importantly, hit the bell so you never miss a show. How many people just hit the bell? Spongebob. All right, let's keep going.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

What's the first thought in your mind from their arm?

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Half the time it's like, oh fuck already. Like I love sleep. That's the craziest thing. A lot of people don't. Like I talk about it but I don't think people really realize that I value sleep. I need that recharge. I sleep well. I love it. I need sleep. I love sleep. I like sleep. I mean this morning and it was rainy as shit and gloomy as fuck and I was. Had to be at the gym 6:40 in the morning. I was here to midnight. Like I'm like, like this morning the alarm clock went off and my first thought was fuck. So most of the time when I wake up it's like darn, that's it. But I noticed something a lot of people, this is actually very. This is gonna be very deep. How many of you got a lot of people? This one hurts. I've learned in the last 10 years a lot of people wake up unhappy. Like I never, I'm like, my mom always called me sunshine as a kid because every time I wake up so happy. Like, I wake up tired sometimes, but I'm in full, like, optimism, and I'm happy. There's a lot of people that really wake up unhappy. And if you live with someone who wakes up unhappy, it's a real drag, right? Like a relative or a spouse, you know? Like, I don't know. Like, I. I wake up super happy and optimistic, but once in a while tired or, like, even when I'm not tired, I'm like, damn, I could use a little more sleep, you know? Even when I get 7, 8, 9, 10. Even when I get 10. Sometimes, yeah, I get 10, especially on weekends. But I wake up happy and optimistic and kind of, like, ready to, like, work, you know, that's the. You know, that's. I'm definitely like a farmer that way, you know, I think I wake up like a farmer where it's like. Like I have no time in my mornings. I'm usually working either in the. Definitely in the gym. But even when I'm not in the gym, like, usually within 30 to 45 minutes of me opening my eyes, I'm on. Before I worked out, it was like, within 30 minutes, like, wake up, poop, shower, phone call, work. Like, I don't give myself a lot of grace in the morning. A lot of my wife, a lot of my family members, they need real time in the morning. They, like, need two, three hours to, like, get into the day. I'm, like, on a full pledge, like, call with fucking my Singapore office about, like, a major problem within 30 minutes of opening my eyes. And I've pooped already. And my poop takes 20 minutes. So think about that. It's fast out here. I love you guys. Happy holidays. Let's keep it going, you understand? Oh, thank you so much. It looks like Keylon and Wishborn both bought something in the store. Everybody, check out the store. Bottom left corner, there's a shopping bag. Check out my store, my veefriends store. There's some swag in there. There's some trading cards. There's some books. If you want something awesome, you can. Here's the Motivated Monster comic, which is a gangbuster comic. We're gonna make this. This is a real one. Look at him. Look at this. This guy's pissing. He's pissing. This is a real comic. He's pissing. I mean, it's a real comic. Check out what live shopping's all about. What's up, Cor? There's only four left in the shop. Oh, there's only four Comics left. Let's go. I love that. All right, let's keep it going. Hey, everybody. Hope you're enjoying the podcast right now. Make sure you follow the podcast. That's why I'm interrupting. Let's keep going on this show, but follow the podcast. It'll make my mom super happy. To stand out in their niche. How do people in the live shopping space use collectability to stand out in their niche? I think collectibles is a huge trend. I think collectibles, everyone is a huge trend. And so, you know, like, you know, Cracker jacks going back 100 years, put little toys in the box. Cereal, you see Hershey's did something. Or recently with Pokemon, sold out fast. You know, like little mini labubus inside this. Like using collectibles to sell stuff, adding a collectible to the core thing you're selling, whether it's cereal or a T shirt or a hat, I think is gonna be a massive trend. The serial toy inside ification of everything, I think is a real opportunity and one that a lot of people are going to do and are going to be successful with. So. How come you don't have girls selling your stuff? We do court, Jess. We've got. We've got. We've got ladies selling the befriend stuff, and we have many more people selling next year. And I'm sure we'll have boys and girls and aliens and dogs and, you know, other things. Yes, Sid, I see you want to sneak one in.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

I became a macro influencer. This is from Lindo.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

I became a macro influencer on TikTok due to Gary. Due to Gary. Let's fucking go.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

My question is.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

How many of you here built a meaningful social media profile, A solid one or meaningful one because of my content say I did in the chat? Okay, let's go.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

My question is some successful influencers don't want to be creators forever. They want to be operators or directors. If you were hiring today, what would you make? What would make you trust a former macro influencer to lead a function inside your company? And how should they transition into leadership without being boxed in as the content person?

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

I would do it because I'm open as a boss to having conversation. You know this. I mean, there's people in my company, you know this, Sid. Well, that have gone from being a creative to being an account person, a project manager, to being in analytics. The way you go about it is having an authentic conversation about what you could do. The question is, who are you talking to? If you're talking To a close minded boss who can't unsee you for what you are. Like, this is why I don't look at resumes. I don't want to know what you used to do, I want to know what you want to do now. And we can have the conversation and that's that. So I think that this is more about who she's interviewing with than it has to do with how do you go about. You talk about it being real.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

I think his question is more around just like, because he's an influencer on social, he's applying for a job that's not about creating content.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Yeah.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

How does he position himself in those conversations?

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

I'm gonna say it again. Thank you for clarifying it, Sid. I will give you the same answer. Like, some people will ask him for an interview. When he shows up to the interview, he's like, hey, I know about my creator stuff, but let me tell you why I want to be sales or why, like, because he talks. I appreciate the clarification that I did not need. The answer is you speak and you talk about what you want to do and you answer questions. I mean, a CMO of a massive company that's about to work with us was a football, NFL cheerleader. How did she go from being a cheerleader of a football team to being the CMO chief marketing officer of a major company along the way? Clearly, when she transitioned from cheerleader to that first marketing and professional job, she had to make sure she wasn't boxed in. I assume she did that through her words. Someone took a chance or thought it was right. I'm sure she executed and that's that. How did I go from being a wine guy to being a business marketing guy? I talked about it like a pirate. You say, you know, friends, life is just about execution, and life's about understanding that you have to get no's. I have a funny feeling he will get 33 no's before he gets the 34th. Yes. Do you know how many of you break down and cry after one? No. Do you know that not one person in the world would have ever achieved anything if they folded after ten no's, let alone one? And you're folding at three. Oh, that was working. Do you see it? Looks like I was drinking it. All right, everybody, thank you so much. Have a wonderful holiday. I'll see you soon. As soon as I close here, this show, there will be a call to action in the middle of this black screen where you can turn on notifications. I recommend all of you do that to never miss a show in 2026 because it is going to be phenomenal. Wait, I'm on again later. Oh, shit. Guys, I'm on again later.

[Sid (Gary Vee's Team Member)]

1:30, guys.

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

I'm back at 1:30. Good news, I'm back at 1:30 dot I will be live again at 1:30 to not miss it as soon as I close. Now turn on the notification. Arg. See ya, everybody. If you enjoyed this podcast, please go back and look at the prior episodes. They're loaded. I appreciate your attention and thanks for being part of this journey. See you later.