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The GaryVee Audio Experience

A Rant: My Honest Opinion On Hard Work, Hustle, Rest & Sleep

The GaryVee Audio Experience

Gary Vaynerchuk

Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

4.818.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

If you're truly doing what you love, it won't feel like you're actually working... Even though I talk a lot about hard work and hustle, I still take some time off on the weekends to spend with my family, watch Jets games, and rest. Just because I put so much emphasis on working hard doesn't mean that I'm remotely trying to say that you shouldn't be sleeping or not resting... I'm trying to say that you should be using the time that you have while awake wisely and productively.

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0:00.0

This is the Gary V. Audio Experience.

0:04.0

Because we're gonna be legends!

0:07.0

I'm gonna get that attention!

0:15.0

I always talk about sleeping a lot.

0:17.0

I always talk about, like, if you love it, you know, look, look, anybody here,

0:21.0

like, definitely anybody listening or watching, if you really love it,

0:25.0

like, for real, not like you're kind of saying it because you're trying to get through your life.

0:28.0

If you really love it, it truly isn't feel like work.

0:31.0

Like, school felt like work.

0:33.0

And that was only like 9-3 with tons of breaks in between,

0:36.0

and that was devastating.

0:38.0

You know, my audiobook reading it, I'm only halfway through it. That's work.

0:43.0

You look like you were in hell. I was watching the video today, right?

0:46.0

It's not easy for me, man. Like, I don't like it.

0:48.0

And so, like, I know what work, I know what not liking it feels like,

0:52.0

and what work feels like.

0:55.0

You know, being an entrepreneur for me, running businesses,

0:58.0

putting out content, doing my thing does not feel like work.

1:01.0

I mean, look, I talk a lot about hard work.

1:05.0

There's not a whole lot of content coming for me on the weekends.

1:08.0

I take four, five, six, seven weeks of vacation a year.

1:12.0

What I'm doing is I'm maximizing my 15 hours a day,

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