How to Build Confidence Without Arrogance: The Ultimate Guide to Resilience
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Tea with GaryVee, I share my unfiltered philosophy on how to win in life, business, and your career. I tackle the tough job market, explaining why putting in work on free social media platforms like LinkedIn is the only way to build a portfolio that matters. We also dive deep into mindset, covering the simple path to building real confidence and the secret to resilience—knowing that the only thing that truly matters is the health of your family. You'll hear why I believe kindness is the ultimate advantage and why "nice guys finish last" is a lie.
- The importance of posting content on LinkedIn to attract recruiters.
- How to build confidence by "shutting your mouth" and simplifying your life.
- Why comparing yourself to others is the biggest issue for people in their 20s.
- The difference between internal self-esteem and external validation.
- Why my motivation is driven by "double offense" rather than guilt.
- Why true kindness is giving without expectation.
- My forecast for the biggest trend coming next: the "analog" world.
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| 0:00.0 | You know what's about to explode? |
| 0:01.3 | Analog, the real world. Everybody who's been yearning for more real world? Good news, it's coming. Live events, getting together, going bowling, taking a hike. The real world, OG, analog, it's gonna explode. As we go 2050, 1850 behavior's gonna win. I'm gonna be in the town square being like, y'all, you see the book y'all? Come around my book, y'all. It's gonna go. |
| 0:23.6 | This is the Gary 50 behavior is gonna win. I'm gonna be in the town square being like, y'all, you see the book, y'all? |
| 0:21.4 | Come and grab my book, y'all. |
| 0:22.7 | Like, it's gonna go. |
| 0:23.9 | This is the Gary Vee audio experience. |
| 0:28.4 | Welcome to episode 106 of T with Gary Vee. |
| 0:32.8 | Let's get into the show. |
| 0:34.2 | What's the first question? |
| 0:35.3 | Anna wants to know about posting on LinkedIn |
| 0:38.6 | and the importance of that, |
| 0:40.2 | but she's worried what the supervisors and bosses |
| 0:43.7 | will think of her. |
| 0:45.3 | This is important this morning. |
| 0:46.6 | So all these people that said don't like my job, |
| 0:49.7 | LinkedIn is the most incredible place in the world. |
| 0:52.6 | Indeed is the most incredible place in the world. Indeed is an incredible place to get a lot of interest. LinkedIn's a place for content, more like a social network. So I could not recommend making more content. To your point, I think you might have a sense of this already even though you've been here for a short time, I'm not gonna stop anyone's shine. |
| 1:11.1 | So if people are talking about social media marketing on LinkedIn, I'm like, oh, I'm not like, oh, train trying to set up to get the fuck out of here. It's just not even when my brain goes. I'm aware that many people do go there. So you have to know where you work. Like that's just the reality of it. But there's a way to make content, |
| 1:27.2 | even in a job that's hovering over you, |
| 1:29.6 | that isn't, you know, your post isn't like, I hate my job, is anyone looking. Your post is talking about the things you know. You know, talking about like, did you know? Or one of the things I'm seeing or, you know, if it's not top secret and you're sharing it this becomes the kind of |
| 1:44.9 | content that can lead to somebody inquiring this could be you know I can tell you |
| 1:49.6 | right now Vayner medias Vayner X's recruiters are on LinkedIn looking for good |
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