How to Use Humility and Self-Awareness to Win

Never choose money. It's always wrong. Obviously, you have to put a roof over your head and provide for your chill. I get it but I do not understand why people put other people often strangers on pedestals and don't put themselves on a pedestal. Lot of times when someone gives you some feedback and you know it's true, you fight against it because you don't want it to be true and the second you say it is true, well then you're on to the other side. This is the GaryVee audio experience. Hey Gary, welcome to lift down. Thanks so much for being on the show. Thanks for having me. I am so excited to have you on the show because we've had such incredible guests this season but you are an inspiration to us all. I've got three quick questions for you because I know you are always busy and always creating something amazing. The first one is about self awareness. You know, you often emphasize self awareness as a cornerstone of success. Tell everybody that's listening what practical steps someone can take to develop a deeper understanding of their strengths and weaknesses because you've done such a great job of leveraging this in your daily life. Yeah, this is a great question. So thanks for starting off with a fire one. I actually think there's an amazing relationship with humility and self awareness, right? So I thought a lot about this because one of the most challenging questions in my career because you're right I've talked a lot about it is like okay Gary, how do I get more self awareness? And I'm like man, that's, you know, how do I crack that? And one of the ways that I've been able to articulate this that's brought value to people is really going to the people you spend the most time with and being hyper aggressive with your words that you're asking for feedback and that even if you've had a thirty year track record of being horrible at taking feedback and overreacted and been negative, that there is never a bad time to start being different and being better. And so to to answer your question, J Dub, I think it goes to going to the people closest to you and saying hey listen, what do you think I'm good at? What do you think I'm bad at? And having a relationship with your self esteem that allows you to lean into humility and to hear the feedback because a lot of times you know, you know this as a human because I know it and all of us know this. A lot of times when someone gives you some feedback and you know it's true, you fight against it because you don't want it to be true. And the second Yeah. You say and the second you say it is true, well then you're on to the other side. And most of my childhood I …