This is the Gary V. Audio Experience.

I'm a big fan of self-awareness.

I think if you're listening to this show, this is actually a very good topic because I

just have a good enough sense of who you are if you're listening to me on Donnie's show.

Like you're in a pocket of interest, ambition, curiosities.

I gotta tell you, self-awareness is a monster that isn't talked about enough.

I had built this very large business which is what gave me the luxury to be on Donnie's

big show at the time for my dad, this why business.

I did it in a very contemporary way, email, website, and the YouTube show which is really revolutionary

at the time.

And I started getting attention from Silicon Valley.

I became an early investor in Twitter and Facebook and Tumblr and really found myself

deep in Silicon Valley Web 2.0.

And I started having crazy life experiences meeting Barack Obama and talking about social

media, spending dinners with Mark Zuckerberg.

Just real, I mean, like going from a liquor store in Springfield and 24 months in these

rooms that I'm in.

And I remember not only being in the room, Donnie, but feeling, because I would stay in a

very narrow combo.

It was communication, right?

It wasn't like we were talking about healthcare.

Sure.

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