Transcript
Gary Vaynerchuk (0:00)
Hey, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the GaryVee audio experience. Today's episode comes from Gary's recent appearance on the Iced Coffee Hour podcast. In this one, Gary sat down with Graham and Jack for what turned into, in my opinion, one of the most introspective interviews Gary's had in a long time. They get into everything from how gratitude fuels Gary's energy to the real reason burnout happens, to how he thinks about parenting purpose and what success actually means. This is when you're gonna want to hear, let's get right into it.
Graham Stephan (0:29)
How do you have so much energy? Is it pure adrenaline or is it caffeine? Do you get, like, 12 hours of sleep every night? You must not, because you work so much.
Gary Vaynerchuk (0:37)
You know, it's funny. So to answer your question, I think it's a combination of two things. I think it's natural adrenaline energy. Like, I think there's a DNA part going on, for sure. Hyper schmiper. But I do believe that I have extra energy on top of that because of my emotional and mental perspective. I think I'm incredibly driven by gratitude. It is not lost on me that a day that I wake up where no one that I care about has died or became terminally ill is a good day. I'm very half glass full. I really thrive on optimism and gratitude. So I'm in a good mood. And when you're in a good mood, you get more done. Like, if you're dwelling, you're not as productive, you're not as excited, if you're not happy. Like, when I'm concerned or challenged, my energy is not as high. I'm not as light.
Jack Selby (1:28)
So you think if more people practice that they would have more energy throughout the day to get more done?
Gary Vaynerchuk (1:32)
100% and not even, like, from a business, you know, I love my business life, but I'm just talking about, like, life, like, more done, as in, like, and just, like, it's better.
Graham Stephan (1:42)
How do you consciously and actively practice gratitude? Is it like a journal or is it every morning you go, It's a conversation with myself.
Gary Vaynerchuk (1:49)
Pretty consistent. It's. I think I'm so deep on this. Like, I don't need a journal. I don't need an app. I don't need a guru. I don't need a podcast to listen to to get me there. I think I've been on it for so long, in fact, it's a little weird. You catch me at a good time. I've become very introspective. I'm gonna go pretty Deep with you on this one. Both my parents lost a parent very, very early on. My mom lost her mom at 5. My dad lost his dad at 15. Recently, I've realized how big of a currency and a backdrop that was to my own childhood. I was pretty petrified to lose one of my parents. Like, for real. Like, you guys are young enough that, like, you probably can remember your childhood pretty solidly. Like, I do not believe you or Mike that. Who's my dude here in the background. I don't think the three of you or the millions that are listening over the next decade. I don't think most people thought about their parents dying suddenly multiple times a week in their youth. I did. So I think kind of my curse of that became my gift. By the time I got to 18, I was so grateful that it didn't happen. It's almost like I've been playing with house money since. This has been a really new revelation for me that I've been thinking through. So I think that. I think as I got older and even as a kid, I just knew that I had talent as a kid, I knew I was talented. I knew I could make people like me. I knew people naturally like me, so I didn't have to try to make them like me. Even if I did, I knew that I cared about people. I knew I was good at stuff like hand eye coordination. I always focused on positives. Like, I was good at hand eye coordination, but I wasn't big and strong, but I was like, I'm great at hand eye coordination. Not crying about not being big and strong, but being like, I have better hand eye coordination. Like, I always focused on the positive. It was ingrained in me. I was parented that way. I think my mom has a huge impact on who I am to the. I give her pretty much all the flowers. That's why it's easy for me to talk about myself. I don't think on the record, I don't think I. Every time you like Gary Vee are the best. I'm like, Tamara and Sasha are the best. They are the best. They made me. I'm the product. Vee friends, when I build it, I'll take those accolades. I built it, you know, but me, it's so. Yeah, I think I. It's so deep, bro. I think, like, whatever. The monks and the Buddhists and, like, the deepest on anything, you know, like athletes. Like, how do you move like that? They've been doing it their whole. I've been grateful my whole life.