This is the Gary V. Audio Experience.

Look, I think that you always have to sleep in the bed that you make.

And so I'm aware that I've been disproportionately passionate over the last decade around hustle and hard work, right?

Like, you know, when I wrote Crush It, there was so much of that in 2009.

I thought there was an amazing opportunity of the internet, YouTube, social media.

That was true. People benefit from it, both of you, many who are watching.

Yeah, I mean, I think, look, I think it's sad when you get to a place in your career where you can drive traffic for others by just the sheer mention of.

And, yeah, it's not fun to be the subject of articles or keynotes where people are taking things and not painting it.

It's just not the full picture.

It's very clear if you read or watch anything for even more than five minutes that I want people to be happy and be self aware.

Do I believe that work ethic is a foundational piece of success? Yes, I do.

Do I want anybody ever to work so much that they get depressed? Of course not.

I, you know, I never think that money is the driver.

So I think whether it's lazy headline reading or not doing homework, it's not been the most fun to get dragged into.

No, yeah, I was like, I'm hungry.

No, and there's so many people who are proof of the words that you say mean included.

So yeah, it's like, listen, there's a byproduct of success.

You know, where people, you know, hustle forms a term, leverage, or is a term.

Leverage, pernore is when you're using other people to build yourself up at the cost of the other person.

And, you know, I think that though, you know, as you get bigger people, leverage you.

And I'm okay with that because the truth always wins in the end.

And, you know, I know the body of work that I put out my intent. And if you want to clip one thing or one definitive statement from one talk without the context of the whole thing,

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