Nice Guys Finish First: How to Maximize Joy Over Money

Social media was very easy for me to understand. It was cable television. It was the television was shit on when it was invented. The radio is primary. AI is scary? No, it's not. It's the same thing we did with electricity. Like I use history as an incredible beacon to understand nothing's different and everything's different but I think people lead with fear and I lead with optimism and history and I reflect both internally about my journey but also externally about the human journey and that becomes the data points that I make decisions on. This is the Gary Vee audio experience. I am so excited to have you here. I know that the audience is gonna be particularly excited. You and I met when you were at the early days of starting VaynerMedia. Yes. And while I was not a client and I think this is an important thing, when I called you when New York was having a difficult time and we pulled together to try and help the city and said, Gary, we need your help. Will you give us, a PR team to help with the moment for Broadway? Without hesitation, you said yes. And so, you know, that's a rare thing because it was not a transaction. It was just a relationship, and you didn't have to say yes because it's not like I've been a paying client of yours for years to come. And I think it's such an interesting story about you because you're a man of contradictions, which, by the way, I would say many of us are. If we were really honest Of course. We would all be much more honest about our contradictions and our messy parts than we tend to present. So I think about because as you know, I mentioned when you first walked in, I did a lot of research. Yes. And you have a lot of lessons that you share. You know, interestingly, when you walked in, you said, it's all about the audience for me. And I always say when somebody asked me to speak, how can I be useful? Because what's the point otherwise? Yes. You talk a lot about, you know, wanting to win and slitting throats. But at the same time, you also talk about kindness Yes. And relationships. And you just did a book for kids, four year olds. Mhmm. What is that contradiction about for you? I don't see it as contradiction because to your point everything needs context. I view business, when I do business and I was just yapping with your lovely hubby about trading cards, I view it as sports. Mhmm. And I think when we all watch sports we know that there are players, both in women's and men's sports that are incredibly fierce when they're on the field. Like throw an elbow and, you know, a tooth comes out and they spit it. I'm just a very different player when I'm talking about …