Why Are You Not Putting in Your 30 Hours of Homework?

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Podcast: The GaryVee Audio Experience
Episode: Why Are You Not Putting in Your 30 Hours of Homework?
Host: Gary Vaynerchuk
Date: May 26, 2026

Main Theme:
Gary Vaynerchuk delivers a passionate keynote focused on the core principle that attention is the foundational asset for any type of business or personal growth. He challenges the audience to stop dwelling on outdated tactics, to take “homework” seriously on new platforms (TikTok, LinkedIn), embrace content creation, shed limiting beliefs about age, and remain focused on self-awareness and accountability. He also answers audience questions, providing his signature blend of bluntness, empathy, and actionable advice.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Currency of Attention & The Homework You're Not Doing

• Attention is the Asset: Gary asserts that garnering and maintaining attention is the essential ingredient that creates results in any field—business, fundraising, career pivots, etc.
  • “If attention is the asset that grows everything that creates the result, why aren't people interested in investing the 20 hours that it would take to understand the current space of attention?” (01:35)
• Transactional vs. Brand DNA: He breaks down why most people are comfortable spending on immediate, tangible sales efforts (e.g., Google Ads) but avoid investing in slower, harder-to-measure “brand work.”
  • “What's impossibly difficult to invest in is brand. It's hard. Why am I wearing these? Because a brand. Nobody knocked on my fucking door and said, do you want to buy these Nikes?... This little swoosh is worth a trillion dollars.” (03:10)

2. The Relentless Shift to Modern Channels

• TikTok & LinkedIn: Gary is frustrated that so few businesses are creating content where the attention currently is (TikTok, LinkedIn), especially given the data on growing adult demographics.
  • “How many people here are producing three pieces of TikTok video a day for their business? ...Three. I love it… I've been making content about TikTok for two and a half years. I already have dozens of emails from lawyers, contractors—a cement provider hit me up last week that he landed a big contract from a TikTok.” (05:02)
• Encouragement to Do the Work: He repeatedly returns to the theme that people are simply not dedicating even 20–30 hours to truly understand these new platforms, using a blend of challenge and encouragement.
  • “Why are we not interested in putting in the 20 to 30 hours to understand something that's happening today?” (07:58)

3. Adapting to Massive Technological Shifts

• Learning from the Past: Drawing comparisons to how Uber and Amazon disrupted entire industries while incumbents clung to old methods.
  • “I gave a talk to the limo and car industry right as Uber was happening. …And I'm sure everybody realizes how much Uber has changed that industry.” (11:10)
• Optimism for Blockchain and AI: Warns and encourages the audience to prepare for the next wave (blockchain, AI) and not to get stuck in old paradigms.

4. Mindset, Self-Esteem, and Why We Hold Ourselves Back

• Insecurity Across Ages: Gary rebukes the idea that age is a barrier in content creation or career shifts—people of any age can feel insecure, and it’s the opinions of others holding many back.
  • “Anyone who makes fun of you for trying is hurting and is trying to drag you down. …Do you want to roll in crap with a crappy loser?” (14:15)
• Family and Negativity: He reflects humorously on how negative people (often family) influence our mindset.
• Self-Accountability and Optimism: Urges a radical pivot to self-accountability and optimism.
  • “Nothing sucks and nothing is awesome. It's all you. …Mic drop. Shut your mouth and stop complaining and pick accountability and optimism.” (15:46)

5. Audience Q&A – Direct, Actionable, and Empathetic

• Gambling Problem (Axel) (16:40):
  • Gary is loving but urgent: “Axel, I’m so proud of you... You need to go to Gamblers Anonymous. ...Hate job, good money—gambling. ...Happy life comes from loving your job and living within your means, not impressing others.” (17:15)
  • Memorable Whisper Moment: “You are valuing the opinion of people you don’t even like. ...You’re stuck in seventh grade.” (18:40)
• Giving Without Expectation (21:56):
  • “If you’re actually giving, you can’t be taken advantage of... Giving is giving without expectation.” (22:10)
• Creating Impact Without an Audience (23:28):
  • “The world listens to the quiet all the time. …Impact is predicated on reaching one person.” (23:45)
• AI in the Interview Process (24:38):
  • “I think AI and human is going to be a big factor.” (24:49)
• Finding Income at Any Age (Curly, age 59) (24:54):
  • “I don’t know why people just believe it’s over. …With ChatGPT, you can learn everything in two seconds. …There’s too much opportunity.” (25:45)
• Hostile Workplaces (27:22):
  • “You’ve gotta quit. The only way it shifts is when the leader’s right.” (27:42)
  • “We must ban dick facery. …You’ve gotta leave the company that looks the other way for revenue drivers that are dick faces, gotta apply to other jobs.” (28:46)

6. The Power of LinkedIn and Social Commerce

• Gary continuously plugs LinkedIn as “the key” for job seekers, personal branders, and anyone wanting change.
  • “LinkedIn is the potion. LinkedIn is the solve. LinkedIn is the opportunity. …LinkedIn content will change your life if you want a new job. This is why all of you need to go live on TikTok.” (29:30)
• Brilliant live demonstration of content creation integrated with commerce through his Veefriends intellectual property.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Brand Over Sales:
  “It's why Google does so well. …What's impossibly difficult to invest in is brand. …This little swoosh is worth a trillion dollars.” (03:10)

• On Age and Content Creation:
  “The fuck does the 40s have to do with anything? …People are insecure to post in 20. …Everyone still thinks it’s high school.” (13:33)

• On Negative People:
  “Anybody who makes fun of you for trying is in a crap place themselves and are trying to drag you into their crap.” (13:55)
  “Nothing sucks and nothing is awesome. It's all you.” (15:46)

• On Quitting Hostile Workplaces:
  “You gotta quit. …You've got the power to leave. …LinkedIn content will change your life if you want a new job.” (27:41–28:46)

• On Giving and Value:
  “You can’t be taken advantage of when you're giving. If you’re actually giving, you expect nothing in return.” (22:10)

• On Impact:
  “Impact is not predicated on reaching millions. In fact, it’s predicated on reaching one person.” (23:45)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00 – Opening on attention, sales vs. brand, current landscape of media and attention
• 05:02 – TikTok/LinkedIn content challenge; audience participation
• 11:10 – Lessons from Uber & Amazon disruptions
• 13:33 – On age, confidence, and the real source of insecurity
• 16:40 – Axel’s question about gambling, hate jobs, and the root of unhappiness
• 21:56 – On giving and feeling valued
• 23:42 – Impact beyond volume and scale
• 24:46 – Addressing AI in interviews
• 25:06 – Opportunities for older workers
• 27:41 – Hostile workplaces, leadership, and the role of LinkedIn
• 28:46 – Social commerce, Veefriends, and the power of live content

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Summary: Takeaways & Tone

The episode vibrates with Gary’s signature high-energy, no-nonsense candor and tough love. He weaves tactical social media advice (particularly on TikTok and LinkedIn), personal development, and honest conversations about addiction, workplace culture, and self-limiting beliefs. His call to action is direct:

• Do your homework on emerging platforms (“30 hours!”)
• Build brand, not just sales tactics
• Stop worrying about age or image
• Ignore the haters, and
• Leverage the tools and opportunities that abound—all with a mindset of optimism and accountability.

Final Word/Call to Action:
Gary’s rally cry is unmistakable: If you want to grow, start making content, do the hard work to understand where the world is going, and care less about what others think. The opportunity has never been greater—or more in reach.

Transcript

[Gary Vaynerchuk]

Many of you have your faces on billboards and ads and newspapers and things of that nature. I believe in all that. I just don't believe in overpaying for yesterday and not investing in today. Whatever you did to get here was about attention. Whether it was shaking hands and having friends and working the local thing. Word of mouth is just attention. You did something for Craig. He liked it enough. And when Sally asked him, he referred. It's all just the same game. That the problem is, and the thing that I have had an enormous amount of passion on is if attention is the asset that grows everything that creates the result, why aren't people interested in investing the 20 hours that it would take to understand the current space of attention? This is the GaryVee Audio Experience. Morning Atlanta. It's really, really nice to be with all of you. I don't have a ton of time on stage so because I gotta run to the meet and greet. So I wanna really get into a bunch of things that are on my mind for this sector. Try to bring as much value as I can while we're together. I really play in two very opposite places when it comes to business life philosophy. All of it really, which is so much of what I do and think about and what I admire and see in others and is a remarkable level of consistency of what is truly tried and true. And then on the complete other extreme part, I really spend almost all my time trying to understand the one thing that connects everybody in this room, regardless of what they're trying to achieve. Whether you're in this room and under the context of this room, you're clearly trying to achieve something from a professional lens. But the reality is if you're passionate about fundraising for your kids school, or if you want to segue your career, or if you've got a side hustle, or if you decide to pivot or run for public office, there's just such a fascinating thing that has always been true, which is attention is the asset and how you fill that. Attention becomes the variable of what happens. You know, I was born in the Soviet Union and came to the US when I was three and grew up in the 80s during the cold War. And I've always wondered if because of that I've always had an extra interest in the media, in propaganda, in communication, because that was so much the warfare of the Soviet Union and the us and obviously I don't have to explain to anybody in this room. I think over the last half decade our society started paying a lot more attention to communication. I was Always fascinated by why, if there was a coup in a country, would they go to the TV station and the newspapers even before they went to the Palace? And it made me always understand that this shit's important. Communication is the variable. What's really fascinating about this industry, and I have many friends in it, is when trying to grow the business, most of the DNA in this room is sales DNA. It's not brand DNA. You're not marketing, you're selling. It's why Google does so well. It's why so many people here feel comfortable allocating money to Google AdWords. Because it's transactional. Somebody types something in, you spend dollars on it, you go to the top, you see and feel the ROI very quickly. I understand it. I love selling stuff. It's very easy to understand. It's very easy to invest in. What's impossibly difficult to invest in is brand. It's hard. Why am I wearing these? Because a brand. Nobody knocked on my fucking door and said, do you want to buy these Nikes? Nobody. I didn't type in Nike into it. And this is brand. This little swoosh is worth a trillion dollars. A trillion. And so I think about that because it's easier to understand with Nike, but it's harder for a lot of people in this room to think about it from their business lens. Though we see it, many of you know, many of you have your faces on billboards and ads and newspapers and things of that nature. I believe in all that. I just don't believe in overpaying for yesterday and not investing in today. Like, whatever you did to get here was about attention. Whether it was shaking hands and having friends and working the local thing, whether word of mouth is just attention. You did something for Craig. He liked it enough. And when Sally asked him, he referred. It's all just the same game. The problem is, and the thing that I have had an enormous amount of passion on, is if attention is the asset that grows everything that creates the result, why aren't people interested in investing the 20 hours that it would take to understand the current space of attention? Like, I just don't understand why you wouldn't see through the curiosity and spend five hours to understand why a TikTok video might actually lead to a customer. I don't understand why you would say no. Let me rephrase. I very much understand why you say no. You say no because you positioned it in your head as something else. You've positioned it as the thing that your kids spend all their time on, right? But what you don't do is the homework that makes you understand that over the last 18 months the growth of 35 to 55 year olds on TikTok is so extraordinary. We haven't seen growth of consumption like that since 2011. Facebook, all of a sudden, if you understand that truth, it at least leads to the curiosity how many people here are producing three pieces of TikTok video a day for their business? And if you raise your hand, I'm going to check on stage publicly. So don't lie. How many people in the in this entire room make three TikTok videos a day for their company? Raise your hands. 2. I'm sorry. 3. Sorry, Sally. 3. 3. I love it and I love the passion of that. What excites me about that is because I've been making content about TikTok for two and a half years. I already have dozens of emails from lawyers, contractors. A cement provider hit me up last week that he landed a big contract from a TikTok. Do you know how insane it sounds to even say that a cement provider landed a six figure contract from a TikTok? Even for me, as progressive and curious and in it as I am, I understand how far fetched that may feel, but it's a reality. And this isn't a talk to say everybody run out and go make TikToks. This is a talk of are you challenging yourself to do branding work because it's the singular thing that grows anything. Branding is the singular thing that grows anything. It's just the way the world works. And so I think the opportunity is extraordinary. One more time by show of hands. By show of hands. How many people produce two original videos or written articles a day on LinkedIn? Raise your hand. One. One. Two. Got you. Two again. That one. I struggle with way more but it goes back to my only interest in this talk today. Why are we the world? This is not just this sector, this is the world. Why are we not interested in putting in the 20 to 30 hours to understand something that's happening today? LinkedIn for the last four years has converted itself into being the business Facebook. This is not the LinkedIn we all grew up with. LinkedIn marketing isn't spamming people on email, it is making content to go in the feed. How many people here consume content on LinkedIn and know what I'm referring to? Raise your hands. Raise it high, please. I want everybody higher. Come on. Look, that is the fun thing for me. Almost half this room is consuming it. Two people are making for speaks to the thing I started this talk with I believe this room is in the sales business. And I believe if you can make the shift to understanding that you need to be in the marketing and brand business, it's the only thing that can substantially double triple 10x a business. It's real. It's what happens. It happens at every business. It's happened for the last 20 years as we've lived through the Internet revolution. This is important talk for a much more important reason for this specific room. The reason it's an important talk for this room is if you became an operator of contemporary marketing for your business in this room, you would start the process of changing your perspective on how you navigate your business life, which is about to become unbelievably important to everybody in this room because of the advent of the blockchain. As we are going into this next tier, I think all of us looking around this room, this is a perfect age demo for the most part of many people either never knowing anything else or the majority of the room. Based on what I see many of us remembering the world before the Internet and watching what it's done over the last 25 years to change our society. How many people here made it through high school without being on the Internet? Raise your hands, I'll raise mine. Raise it high. That's right, kids. It sucked. So good, so good. So good.

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[Gary Vaynerchuk]

So it's a lot of hands in this room. We recall the world changed a lot. The world's changed a lot in the last 25 years. The biggest companies in the world changed. Consumer behavior has changed, the way we buy things has changed, the decisions we make, changes changed. And so for me, this talk is kind of really interesting because it reminds me of a talk a little bit of a different timing. But I gave a talk to the limo and car industry right as Uber was happening. And the majority of my talk was about Uber in the first 15 minutes. And as you can imagine, the crowd didn't like it. And I was telling them that I was concerned because the iPhone had become the remote control of our society and now it really is and that I thought it was dangerous and people poo pooed it. They said that legally it wouldn't happen or this wouldn't happen or why would people people like the way it feels to drive excuse after excuse after excuse. And I'm sure everybody realizes how much Uber has changed that industry. I remember talking because I had a wine store in 1995 and fell in love with the Internet as this is going to be big and legitimately had two separate conversations at the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce event in Springfield, New Jersey in 1996 with two bookstore owners who completely poo pooed Amazon. I mean, Amazon probably sold more books in the last hundredth of a second than those two businesses combined did in five years. We are very, very, very good of having opinions based on our own financial self interest. I just want you to make LinkedIn posts and TikToks because I think your business will grow better than the stuff you're doing with your time and money now. I am far more motivated than just three people from this talk. I'm at the point in my career where I'm here for a singular reason, for three of you to email me in five years and say, I don't know if you remember in 2021 in Atlanta, you gave that talk and I took it serious and I'm now this. That feels nice. I like that. That's how I roll now. And so I'm telling this room this is really happening. Like really. And the opportunity is extraordinary. This isn't a fear of like, be careful. This is an optimism combo of do you understand how big this is? Jeanette asks, how do you find confidence

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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. Noria, 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 cause 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, 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 ao accountability and optimism. 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. Brother, I'm 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, you know? So, Axl, 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 Axl. 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. What? It's whisper time. We're in here now. We're going. We're doing it right now. We're going. Whisper friends. We're going. Whisper. Look at my eye. I need you to look at my eye. We're going so real right now. 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 even want to be like. You're stuck in seventh grade. You're stuck in seventh grade. You'RE stuck in seventh grade. 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. You know, 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. Baltimore man, great to see you. Duck hat. Someone said I should be a pastor and then I got a duck hat. That's how we do it here. All sorts of stuff are going on. Yeah. Everyone wants to see the behind the scenes shoot. There's Corso helping. Here's the big screen where I see all of you. Right there's my team reading the questions. Right there's Trane filming me. And that's it. We keep it simple. It's real simple. You don't need much. Oh, who. Who won? Jah. Jah won. Let's clap it up for Jah, everyone. Big win for Ja. The dialed in Dog Auto. Love that. For Ja. Bottom left corner of your phone, there's a shopping bag. There's a shopping bag. All right. In there is my latest book, Day Trading Attention. This will help a lot of you get better at marketing. Check that out. Highly recommend picking that up. Good read during the holidays. All right, 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 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. Mm. Mm. Right. You know? Mm, mm. 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. Next question we got from if you

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

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 per, I would go volunteer at a shelter. You're creating impact for 20, 30 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 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 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. Let's keep it going.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

Curly's asking. I'm 59 and I just lost my job. I hear everything you say. I know it's possible, but. 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, 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, 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, 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. There's too much opportunity. Next question, everybody.

[Audience Member / Question Asker]

Margie asks, how can we move? 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, 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.

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[Gary Vaynerchuk]

The only way it shifts is when the leader is right. My biggest compliment is how I run this company. You know, vaynermedia veefriends. 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 Raghav, 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 veefriend 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. I'm 22. Where do I even start? You start with your passion and things that make you happy. You start with hanging out with people that are kind and on the offense. You start with optimism and good and positivity and light and hope. It's all mindset. It's all mindset. Bottom left corner of your phone is a shopping bag. Please click that shopping bag and check out the store. All of you should be learning what live social shopping is. This is me doing content, commerce, tainment, I call it. This is me doing entertainment for free. But there are products I sell in my little universe. If you don't know what Veefriends is, you are missing out. I am building the next Pokemon in marble. It is called Veefriends. Confident, Cobra, decisive, duck. Fearless, fairy. Something to collect for you and your family, especially if you've got kids under 10. Check out the marketplace above me. Items sold, you can see as recent as this week. You can see the numbers here. If this is blowing you away, what you're seeing above my head on what's going on with Veefriends. If this is blowing you away, especially if you're a card collector, comic collector. Look at this.760 on that raw. If this is blowing you away, say blown away. Ethiopia in the building. Corso without a mustache, in the building. All right, 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.