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Gary Vaynerchuk
I don't take dick facery. We must ban dick facery. I like this term. No dick facery. Like you've gotta leave the company that looks the other way. For revenue drivers that are dick faces gotta apply to other jobs. If you don't have the power to change it, you've got the power to leave. But a lot of people, Raghav, want to stay in it and complain about it because they don't think they have other options to go somewhere else. They fear that they don't have other options because they're not on the offense on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the poor, like LinkedIn is the potion. LinkedIn is the solve. LinkedIn is the key. LinkedIn is the opportunity. Make content on LinkedIn around your job, around your subject matter expertise. You'll be stunned by the recruiters coming to you. LinkedIn content will change your life. If you want a new job that this is the GaryVee audio experience. Good morning. Good morning, Good morning. Welcome to tea with GaryVee98. All right, I think I'm ready for questions. Fire away.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Team Miguel is asking. I want to start a podcast YouTube channel and turn it into a profitable business. Everyone tells me to ask myself, what problem am I solving? But I want to start a podcast about filmmaking. As I'm an actor and I don't know how to answer that. All I know is that I'm passionate about the subject. What advice do you have?
Gary Vaynerchuk
One of the biggest problems that many are solving for people when they make content is to escape their challenging reality. It's to bring entertainment value. What was Kevin Hart solving for me on Friday night when I watched his special on Netflix? He was solving an opportunity to bring laughter into my life, which I think is a tremendous variable of one's longevity. Joy on earth, you know. And so how many people in the chat right now, of the 813 of you in here right now, how many of you love filmmaking, love films, love movies, love filmmaking, love movies, love acting, love those things. Let me say love movies in the chat. So Raghav, what he's solving for all the people right now that I see? Confidence, Claudia, Noella J. Billion. He's providing entertainment. Entertainment is a wild value in the world. Music, sports, film. I mean, I would argue that entertainment and escapism is one of the great value props of all time. The end. What's reading a book? What's reading a fictional book? You know what I mean? Like, what problem is that solving? It's not solving a problem other than boredom, curiosity. I Don't view that, that as a problem. What contribution are you making is a different way to think about. What problem are you solving? What am I doing right now? We're actually problem solving predominantly on people's inability to make money and make happiness. Like what do we do here? We make happiness, we make money often around forcing people into accountability and optimism. Ayo. That's what we do here. If you don't know what the AO is, you haven't been around ao. Ao. Why do I yell that here on this tea with GaryVee and on my live streams on TikTok. It's because the two things that I know is if you're fully accountable, everything is your fault even when it's not. And you're optimistic even though everything sucks right now and I've made all the wrong decisions, I'm going to be able to win in the end, right? The jets were losing yesterday 14 to 7. Rogoff. They won the game. Eat it, Atlanta. All right, Just cause you're like, who likes sports in here? Just because you're losing at halftime, right? Doesn't mean you're done. And everybody in here like the thousands of people that are almost 1,000 people in here this morning, many people are gloomy and sad that it's Monday. Who here is a little bit bummed because they loved having five days off the last five days? Just be honest, let's be, you know, game review hobbyist. God, you're old, okay? God, you're cynical and sad for you to post that and I want you out of that game. So stay here with us because I love you, big dog. And I want you to get old and be happy. How many of you bummed? Say bummed. So a lot of people are bummed. And I want people to get out of that mindset, right? I want people to get out of that place to be bummed on this Monday morning is not the game, it's not what we want, it's not where you want to be. And my question is to get out of that, you have to be accountable and optimistic. I hate my job. So I'm going to post on LinkedIn all day long, right? I'm going to network and connect with people all day long. I'm going to make content about what I know about marketing, education, filmmaking, finances, back office legalities and HR. I'm going to make content on LinkedIn, right? Like, and that's it. So that's what I want for you. And I really believe by watching content like this, not just mine, but anybody else who's out there on the Internet. Alright, next question. 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.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Jeanette asks, how do you find confidence to create content in your 40s?
Gary Vaynerchuk
The fuck does the 40s have to do with anything? What do you mean confidence in your 40s to make content? People are insecure to post in. 20. At 20, how many of you feel insecure second guessing yourself not confident in posting content? Say me and then put a dash and say how old you are. Naraya. Everyone still thinks it's high school. Everyone still thinks it's junior high. Look, I started seeing this morning. Yep, there it is. This morning I noticed like a little. I mean, I'm 50 now and still have this weird little red zit on my nose this morning. What do you think? Like I'm supposed to cry about that? You think I give a crap if somebody in the chat right now is like, oh, you got a little pimple on your nose? Like what am I supposed to be crippled? Meanwhile, there's unlimited people. There's unlimited people here who literally are stuck and worried about posting because they're worried about it not getting a lot of views or somebody in the neighborhood making fun of them like friends. Anybody who makes fun of you for trying is hurting and is trying to drag you down. Let me actually. Let's go. I'm feeling good. Anybody on earth that makes fun of you for trying is in a crap place themselves and are trying to drag you into their crap. Do you want to roll in crap with a crappy loser now? Not a permanent loser. Someone who is currently crappy losing. Do you want to roll with them or do you want to ignore that and attack? Do you want to hang out with happy people or do you want to hang out with sad people? A lot of you were forced to hang out with sad people this weekend cuz they're family and it didn't make you feel good. Who hung out with a family member this weekend for the holidays who's a Debbie Downer? Like they walked in and this hurts and everyone's dead and politics and the world's just crap. And you know, Uncle Johnny was like, it sucks now. When I was growing up, it was awesome. It sucks now. Who the hell sat through negativity this weekend? Bunch of crown around. It's bad. It sucks it's not bad. It doesn't suck. They suck. My friends, nothing sucks and nothing is awesome. It's all you. Nothing sucks and nothing is awesome. It just is. Life and how you show up is you, period. Mic drop. Shut your mouth and stop complaining and pick Ayo. Accountability and optimism. Life is how you find it, my friends. Life is how you find it. Next question, Fire away.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Team Vomsi is asking, is it okay if my parents feel uncomfortable for a while because they think I'm messing up in my life? Even though I'm building something I'm actually confident in, how can I give them the peace to forget about me for some time?
Gary Vaynerchuk
Not only is it okay, it is preferable for all of you between 15 and 25 that are watching right now to make your parents uncomfortable. Now, some of you may have parents similar to that. I got fortunate with where they're supporting you cause they believe in you blindly and they're almost like delusionally believers as long as they're not creating entitlement and paying for your lifestyle. But for many of you that are going against the grain, especially immigrant kids that are doing something different, kids that grew up in a family that overvalues the education system. Not education, the education system. And you're doing something creative or entrepreneurial, it is preferable. It is preferable that you make your parents uncomfortable for a period of time. And if you win on the other side of it, it's the greatest feeling of all. And if you lose, tuning out their judgment and then doing something different is the move. Do whatever you want. And I expect all 1300 of you at bare minimum to double click the screen right now. Click, click, click, click, click. I want hearts popping. I want the hearts popping. I want the hearts popping. I want the hearts popping. And share the show. Everybody share the show right now. Ask your questions. Next question. Team T with Gary Vee. Thank you for being here.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Tmat from the chat asked. I am terrible at email no matter how many I go on. Any advice?
Gary Vaynerchuk
I'm terrible at interviews no matter how many I go on. Any advice? I've hired a lot of people that have been terrible at their interview because I could just see they're overly nervous, but I feel they could do their job. I think you have to go into every interview with the mindset of you're not gonna get the job, thus this is a little reverse psychology here. You're not gonna get the job, thus you're not scared to lose the job, thus you're more your normal self. I mean Train was super nervous in his interview with me. Right, Train. I was. I was on so much caffeine. Stay away from that drive, right? You took a long drive, so. But like, it didn't like, affect the way I saw him. And you know, sometimes bosses see that, sometimes they don't. Interviews are interviews, you know, I just think that people get nervous cause they're scared to lose. You're nervous to ask out a girl because she might say no. You're nervous in a job interview cause you might not get it. I just think that you need to go the other way and think about you're gonna get nothing. And then when you get it, it's a surprise. It feels awesome. It's a win.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Turley's asking. I'm 59 and I just lost my job. I hear everything you say. I know it's possible, but at this age, it's really unimaginable. Is there anything out there that might be suitable for this cohort to create income online?
Gary Vaynerchuk
You know, again, I think there's so much available to a 59 year old. You know, I just don't. I don't know why people, you know, I don't know why people just believe it's over. Right? I don't know. I just. I don't see it. I don't see. Raghav, I don't know why 59 has anything to do with it. Like, yes. Do I believe there's many places that will not hire that person because they're like, oh, you're old. Someone just said, you don't look well to me right now. That's because, you know, you know, as you get older, you know, Raghav, I'm not doing that plastic surgery life. I'm not doing the Botox filler thing. It's just not about that. So when they see this, like, oh, you know, the gray, like, no, no, I just, you know, like, you know, I don't know, like, I'm Eastern European. Go look at my content. The raccoon eyes were there at 33. I've been old. Like, you know, like, it is crew. Mom started my TikTok shop at 56 and make more money now than my 9 to 5. Like, live shopping right here. Here, right? TikTok Live affiliate on TikTok. Just like applying to 100 jobs. I don't know why people continue to worry, you know, like, yes, there are disadvantages to anything. Thank you, Real Jane. You know, I don't know, like, I don't know what I don't know. What to tell people. Like, there's unlimited people getting jobs at 59 today. Thousands of people who are 59 years old got hired today. Like, what do you want from me? Like, that's real talk. Like thousands of people that are 59 years old. You know, I don't know, I just, I don't understand why people continue to choose negativity. And you know, if you hear like, I love how that question was asked. I hear what you're saying. No, you don't. You're definitely not hearing me. You've consumed what I've said, but you've decided to look the other way. There's unlimited opportunities right now. With ChatGPT, you can learn everything in two seconds. With AI, you can be an expert. I don't know man. There's too much opportunity. Let's get to the next question.
Audience Member / Question Asker
When you were talking about content, Marshala asked in the chat, how does one stop giving a fuck about what people think when they're starting something new and different?
Gary Vaynerchuk
You know, it's the same questions over and over. Naraya, if you were born into a family that overvalues neighbors opinions, it's hard to break that habit. But you need to understand that it's real. Like, I don't know, like you gotta stop listening to other people. I'm telling you, it's high school and junior high. It's peer pressure, it's all that stuff. Should I drop out after my first year of college to become an electrician? Trent, do you want to like, do you want to become an electrician? Everybody's putting the name of the app in the chat. Everyone. There it is. Steven. Thank you. Download it. Next question. Everybody.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Margie asks, how can we move away from hostile workplaces to one that actually follow their own policies of employee well being and anti bullying? It seems as though those who bring in revenue can act any way they like, especially those in higher rank. How can this be shifted to well being for all?
Gary Vaynerchuk
You gotta quit. The only way it shifts is when the leader's right. The only way it shifts is when the leader is right. My biggest compliment is how I run this company. You know, vaynermedia, vfriends. You guys know. You guys know that I don't tolerate dick facery, right? We know that. You guys know that I'm hypersensitive to even a little bit. Raghav, Norea, you guys are grown ups. You know how weird I am on something that every company would think is minor. You know when new Pete, Ragha, especially when you hit the floor, not on the cocoon of Team Gary. You saw it different. It was a little more corporate, right? But even there, it was way better than other places. And you saw new people come in the company and say positive things. It's because I don't take dick facery. We must ban dick facery. I like this term. No dick facery. Like you've gotta leave. The company. That looks the other way. For revenue drivers that are dick faces gotta apply to other jobs. If you don't have the power to change it, you've got the power to leave. But a lot of people raghav want to stay in it and complain about it because they don't think they have other options to go somewhere else. They fear that they don't have other options because they're not on the offense on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the poor. Like LinkedIn is the potion. LinkedIn is the solve. LinkedIn is the key. LinkedIn is the opportunity. Make content on LinkedIn around your job, around your subject matter expertise. You'll be stunned by the recruiters coming to you. LinkedIn content will change your life. If you want a new job, this is why all of you need to go live on TikTok. Watch this. You ready everybody? How many of you have just stumbled on this stream? You've never seen me before. You have no idea who I am. And you're enjoying the crap out of this and you're enjoying it. And now you're gonna be a follower. Say that's me. How many of you have never seen me? Forget about follow me. I'm talking about ever seen any piece of content of me? Ever seen any piece of content from me of any kind? And you're here and you're enjoying it. Say that's me. Look at this. Look at this. And how many of you have seen one or two videos of me? You weren't sure you kind of liked it. Maybe you did like it, maybe you didn't like it. But now you're here for 30 minutes, 20 minutes and you're really enjoying it. Say I'm that person. Say I'm that person OG game show. I'm selling vfriends stuff, but not really. Nobody needs to buy anything here. But I like having stuff in the store for people that want to get into the next Pokemon, the next marvel. It's called Veefriends. I'm the builder of it. Alright, let's keep it going.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Everyone been posting for a whole year at this point, but the followers still around 200.
Gary Vaynerchuk
What should I do post different stuff. Go to Garyvee. Attention. I put out a 44 page deck there to help you. Let's keep this moving, everyone. Love having you all here.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Axel is asking. I'm young, I work in construction. It gives me good money, but I hate it to get out. I've developed a gambling problem. So now the money I make goes to the casino.
Gary Vaynerchuk
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Audience Member / Question Asker
For the last 10 years, brother, I'm.
Gary Vaynerchuk
So proud of you for saying this out loud. Axel, I'm so proud of you, bro. Axel, I'm crazy proud of you. You've already gone to the first part. You've publicly said you have a gambling problem. You need to go to Gamblers Anonymous. You need to get help. Gambling is the worst. The worst. When you have a gambling problem, casual gambling, just like casual wine drinking, like casual, anything is amazing. But when you go into problem land, everything's a problem. People are like, oh, gambling's. You know, gambling's the worst. That's why I defined it here. Well, food is the worst. If you eat way too much of it and you don't have a good relationship with it, right? If you're eating food and you're throwing up in the bathroom because you want to stay a certain shape or size, guess what? That's bad. Sugar. Sugar had me on lock. Raghav for a while. Had to break it. It was hard. So, Axel, you're halfway home. The fact that you could admit it. There's a lot of people watching right now that have a problem that can't admit it. The fact that you've already admitted. I'm so proud of you. Let's clap it up for Axel. Axl, you're this close. Axl, you're this close. Go get more help and understand that. See what happened, Raghav? There was. Hate's job. Finds another outlet. Big trouble. You see what's happening? This is why I want to get everybody out of Hate Job. Notice how he said hate job. Good money. Love job, not good money. Live within your means. Amazing life. Hate job, Good money. Gambling, you understand. Hate job. Good money. Alcohol. Hate job. Good money. Drugs. Got it. Got it. Hate job, Good money. Can't sleep. Pressure on my chest. Love Job. Average, below average money. Live within the means of that money. And don't care what everybody says about your house, your car, your clothes. Happy life. What made you unhappy in middle school and high school is making you unhappy as an adult. And you can't see it. You value the opinions of people. You don't even like. You value the opinions of people you don't even like.
Gary Vaynerchuk (Whispering)
What? It's whisper time. We're in here now.
Gary Vaynerchuk
We're going.
Gary Vaynerchuk (Whispering)
We're doing it right now. We're going. Whisper friends.
Gary Vaynerchuk
We're going.
Gary Vaynerchuk (Whispering)
Whisper. Look at my eye. I need you to look at my eye.
Gary Vaynerchuk
We're going.
Gary Vaynerchuk (Whispering)
So real right now.
Gary Vaynerchuk
You. Maury says, why are we whispering, Maury? We're whispering for effect. We're whispering for effect. I need you to all look in my eye. You are valuing the opinion of people you don't even like and you don't.
Gary Vaynerchuk (Whispering)
Even want to be like, you're stuck in seventh grade. You're stuck in seventh grade. You'RE stuck in seventh grade.
Gary Vaynerchuk
And that's it, motherfuckers. That's where we're at. And I'm here to pull you out. And really I'm not. I can't pull you out. You can pull yourself out. I'm just trying to be like a little. How many people here have gotten positive value from my content in your life, say in my life? In the chat, Jason Craig says it's usually deeper than that. Not really, Jace. It's the opinions of people that you don't like. It's things that happen with your parents. A lot of you are trying to change your parents when you can't change someone else. A lot of you are trying to change your parents because you don't even see it yet, but you're replicating their behavior that you don't admire. Very common. It's really not that deep. People want it to be deep. We decided we want to make it deep. It's actually wildly simple. Life is about self esteem, accountability, perspective, gratitude. Like life's simple, we've made it hard. Alright, let's keep answering people's questions. This morning while you were talking about.
Audience Member / Question Asker
The self esteem whole thing, Bandita in the chat asked, why can I teach my kids for them not to be part of the system.
Gary Vaynerchuk
To get them into losing culture. Parents are trying to get kids into avoidance of losing, get kids into losing culture. I like wrestling, jiu jitsu, MMA fighting, boxing. I really like the mano a mano thing for both boys and girls. Sports, love it with school. If they get bad grades, don't go fighting their fights. Get out of your kid's business. Let them go outside. Don't watch them every second. Call them out on their bullcrap. Don't tell your kids you can do anything. Tell them that they can try anything and then they'll find out if they're good at it. Stop the over coddling. Get your kids comfortable with losing. Get them used to losing. Get them to enjoy losing. Get them comfortable with losing. Skinning knees. Get like, get them, get them, get them to eat dirt. That's how you get kids out into the system. Don't put grades on a pedestal. The education system is not real life. We all know it. Everyone knows it. Don't put grades on a pedestal. Put work ethic on a pedestal. Put merit on a pedestal. Thank you so much common sense with Brian for following me this long. Baltimore man. My man Gary. I'm in a slump, but I'm putting myself up going every day because of you. I'm better for it. Thank you, brother. I want that for you. Dylan Barber, bro, we're all in slumps. And none of us are in slumps. Every one of us is in a slump. Every one of us is not in a slump. The question is, do you believe you're in a slump? Is it a slump or is it like a tiny little bump in the road? I feel like my mindset is so nuts that if my arm got cut off, I'd be like, damn, that's too bad. And be like, yo, I'm fucking one armed Gary Vee. I can't be stopped, motherfucker. In fact, I'd be bigger if I was one armed Gary Vee. Cause I'd be different. I'd be like, yo, what's good? What's good? I could still throw up the five. Like, I don't know, like, sure I'd be upset, but it's what happened. I shouldn't have fucking done that chainsaw fucking magic trick, you know? Like, I don't know, like, I feel like a lot of people are all screwed up because it's a bump on the road and they're treating it like terminal cancer. This is what happens when you don't get comfortable with losing as a kid. And if your parents over coddled, you say over coddled. If your parents, if you're like 20 to 35. Cause that's the range a lot of you are in, say over coddled. I got something good. I got something good for y'. All. Say over coddled. Own it. If your parents tried to protect everything. 8th place trophies, yelled at your teachers for you, tried to get in your business. Here it comes. Yeah. And by the way, nothing wrong with that. Your parents tried to make it awesome for you. I actually admire parents that over coddled. Cause I know it came from a good place. They Just got caught in that era where we didn't call it out. We lost our way. We were not, we weren't red. We weren't, you know, whether we were red or blue, the answer is always purple. Whether we were red or blue, the answer's always purple. Friends. Whether we were red or blue, the answer's always purple. Hence purple and vee friends. You've got to find the middle, you understand? A lot of parents over corrected their parents, ignored them, never went to their games, never did anything nice. So they over coddled. All right, who was over coddled? Because I got great news. You're now grown and you can get comfortable with losing. You can now take on ao accountability and optimism. Ao ao be accountable that you're now grown and it's not your parents job anymore to fix this and choose optimism that you're gonna start doing shit if you're over coddled. Go take karate, real talk. Go take jiu jitsu. I mean this. I'm being real simple. If you can afford it and you feel you're over coddled, go take Jiu jitsu. Let them beat you up a little. Alright, let's keep it going. Let's answer people's questions.
Audience Member / Question Asker
You give so much time and energy to everyone. What do you do when you feel taken advantage of? And secondly, what is something that makes you feel the most valued and appreciated?
Gary Vaynerchuk
I feel valued and appreciated just by nice engagements, you know, just like kind words, warmth. You can't be taken advantage of when you're giving. What? It's whisper time. If you're actually giving. If you're actually giving. You can't be taken of advantage. Advantage of if you're actually giving. Uh oh, now we're getting into something deep. The reason I've never felt taken advantage of, Raghav, is because I'm actually giving. And when you're giving, you expect nothing in return. Right. You know? Hmm. If you're actually giving. If you're actually giving, you can't be taken advantage of. Giving is giving without expectation. Michael Gonzalez. Right, that's it. It's as simple as that. Like you're never taken advantage of. If you're giving. When you're giving, you're giving. Thank you so much stitcher, for picking that up. All right, let's keep going.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Happy in the chat said, I just got laid off. What are the top things you will do in my situation?
Gary Vaynerchuk
I would create a LinkedIn account, make content on LinkedIn about whatever I do. Landscaping, barber, electrician, SaaS salesman. I would just make Unlimited content, videos, stories, things I've learned. Top three things I learned in my career so far. The time I learned this, this is what I'm seeing in the market. And then I would also connect with the President, CEO or owner of 50 to 100 businesses in the category that I'm trying to get a job in icb.
Audience Member / Question Asker
I struggle with candor. How do I start without going overboard?
Gary Vaynerchuk
I call it kind candor. Raghav, you and I worked on 12 and a half. I talked about it at length. I struggled with candor too. Once I called it kind candor. It got going. It got going. Once I understood that I could be like, it really just got in my head that once I got that going, it really got me going.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Next question we got from if you lost your voice, your platforms, your identity and had to build, rebuild silently, without content, without exposure, then how would you create impact in a world that only listens to the loud?
Gary Vaynerchuk
The world listens to the quiet all the time. When you impact one, I would go volunteer at a shelter. You're creating impact for 2030 people. Like, impact is not predicated on reaching millions. In fact, impact is predicated on reaching one person. There are people that have tons of followers that have impacted them very little, and there are people who have 500 followers who've impacted all 500 people immensely. And like, that's just a very cynical, negative point of view and confusion in that question. And I say that with love. Like, if you're looking for impact, you don't need to do it out loud and in public. You can do it for one person. Impacting one person is meaningful. Keep going.
Audience Member / Question Asker
Mike asks, what are your thoughts on AI in the interview process? Do you need the human component to evaluate prospective candidates?
Gary Vaynerchuk
Yeah, I think I'm a big believer in and I think AI and human is going to be a big factor. And that's where I'm at. I think humans will be part of the interview process. I think some companies will hire through full AI and both will work. I think it's and not war. Everybody, thank you for joining me today. I'm going to end it right now and make sure you follow. All right, love you. Have the best day, 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.
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Host: Gary Vaynerchuk
Date: December 18, 2025
This episode of The GaryVee Audio Experience delivers a rapid-fire, no-nonsense playbook for navigating challenging work environments, building confidence in your career (no matter your age), and mastering job interviews. Gary Vee responds to audience questions with his trademark energy, focusing on quitting toxic workplaces, leveraging LinkedIn, being unapologetically yourself, handling parental expectations, and finding happiness in your professional life.
The episode is energetic, direct, and motivational—punctuated by GaryVee’s signature raw honesty, humor, and unexpected moments (including a “whisper mode” to hammer home key emotional points). Throughout, Gary encourages radical self-accountability and optimism while rejecting excuses and negativity.
This episode is essential listening for anyone questioning their career trajectory, seeking confidence to try something new, or needing a nudge to escape an unfulfilling status quo.