How to Use Humility and Self-Awareness to Win
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Liftoff, I sit down with Jeanniey Walden to discuss the cornerstone of all success: self-awareness. I talk about how to get "hyper aggressive" in asking for feedback from the people closest to you and explain why you fight against the criticism you know is true. We also cover how I balance my professional ambition with personal growth by refusing to "overjudge" myself, and why I have an "extraordinary" relationship with myself. Finally, I give my best advice for emerging leaders, including why you should never choose money and why "peace of mind and lightness" is the real unlock to success.
You’ll learn about:
- The "amazing relationship" between humility and self-awareness
- How to get honest feedback and grow from it
- Why you should put yourself on a pedestal
- My advice: Never choose money over other factors
- Choosing peace of mind over something "fancy" like a nicer car or watch
- Why I don't get validation from my fame or followers
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Never choose money. It's always wrong. Obviously you have to put a roof over your head and provide for your |
| 0:04.2 | show. I get it. But I do not understand why people put other people often strangers on pedestals |
| 0:10.1 | and don't put themselves on a pedestal. A lot of times when someone gives you some feedback and you know it's true, |
| 0:15.7 | you fight against it because you don't want it to be true. And the second you say it is true, |
| 0:22.6 | well then you're on to the other side. |
| 0:24.6 | This is the GaryVee audio experience. |
| 0:28.6 | Hey Gary, welcome to Lift Off. |
| 0:30.6 | Thanks so much for being on the show. |
| 0:31.6 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:32.6 | I am so excited to have you on the show |
| 0:34.6 | because we've had such incredible guests this season, |
| 0:37.9 | but you are an inspiration to us all. |
| 0:40.4 | I've got three quick questions for you because I know you are always busy and always creating |
| 0:44.4 | something amazing. |
| 0:45.8 | The first one is about self-awareness. |
| 0:48.0 | You know, you often emphasize self-awareness as a cornerstone of success. |
| 0:52.8 | Tell everybody that's listening what practical steps someone can take to develop a deeper understanding of their strengths and weaknesses because you've done such a great job of leveraging this in your daily life. |
| 1:03.0 | Yeah, this is a great question, so thanks for starting off with a fire one. I actually think there's an amazing relationship with humility and self-awareness, |
| 1:13.0 | right? So I've thought a lot about this because one of the most challenging questions of my |
| 1:16.7 | career, because you're right, I've talked a lot about it, is like, okay Gary, how do I get more |
| 1:20.6 | self-awareness? And I'm like, man, that's, you know, like, how do I crack that? And one of the |
| 1:25.6 | ways that I've been able to articulate this that's brought value to people |
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