Okay, I lied. I told you I was going to take a break from the podcast, and I still am, but I didn't want to wait an entire month to share my interview with Gary Vaynerchuk.

Gary V is one of the most celebrated entrepreneurs of our generation. He's the author of several bestselling books, including crushing it and jab, jab, jab, right hook.

He's a speaker, podcaster, and CEO of the ad agency Vayner Media.

I'm guessing most of you knew a good amount of that already.

In this short 30-minute conversation, I get his take for the first time on minimalism.

He talks about what it means to hustle with intention and provides advice for those looking to live a meaningful life.

This interview was recorded primarily for a video using lav mics hidden under our shirts.

So there's going to be some noticeable drop in quality based on previous podcast episodes.

But regardless, I think you guys are really going to enjoy this one.

This is episode 101 of The Ground Up Show.

I'll be back in a few weeks.

Well, dude, thanks so much for connecting.

So, I don't know, are you familiar with minimalism?

Probably, you know, I'm familiar with it the way that many people are familiar with most things, which is they can headline read, but they're not, you know, I'm familiar with it the way that many people are familiar with most things,

which is they can headline read, but they're not, you know, it's not something I'm deeply

aware of, but on the headlining of, you know, keeping things simple, not having a whole lot of

stuff, like those kind of things, I can understand the nuances from afar.

Has anybody called you a minimalist before?

No, but it's funny that you just said that like I understand that about me in some weird way.

I mean honestly, well you look at your office, you got the Jets memorabilia, a lot of stuff and things

and a lot of people, they have misconceptions about what minimalism is and if you have a lot of

shit, that means you're not a minimalist.

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