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The GaryVee Audio Experience

Kind Candor and the 12 Other Ingredients of Business Success

The GaryVee Audio Experience

Gary Vaynerchuk

Business, Marketing

4.818.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the GaryVee Audio Experience, I dive deep into the core themes of my book, 12 and a Half. I discuss why emotional intelligence is the greatest advantage in today's business world and why traits like empathy and patience are far from "soft." I also share my personal journey with "kind candor" and how I’ve learned to deliver hard truths through a vessel of kindness. You’ll learn about:

  • The 13 Ingredients of Success

  • How to Balance Ambition with Patience

  • Why Ego is Just Insecurity Disguised

  • My Strategy for Massive Content Production

  • How to Find Happiness by Silencing Outside Judgment

Transcript

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0:00.0

A lot of people that are confused about entrepreneurs,

0:02.0

they don't realize that the business is the other family member.

0:06.2

A business is another child, another spouse.

0:08.6

It is, it's the output of people's passion.

0:10.8

I look at businesses more like friends.

0:12.4

You don't get to choose who you're born into as parents or siblings,

0:16.4

but you do pick your friends and a lot of times

0:18.3

that's why those are the most meaningful relationships.

0:20.5

You do get to pick your business.

0:22.2

This is the Gary Vee audio experience.

0:26.7

I think this is your best work yet

0:28.8

and I'm curious if you could tell us a little bit about it

0:33.1

and why you wrote it.

0:35.8

First of all that's like so huge to hear from you because I know you well enough to know

0:40.0

what that statement means.

0:41.7

And it's funny, I've been quietly and I haven't been publicly.

0:44.4

So talk about, you know, why I admire you.

0:48.2

I think you have a really good read on this.

0:49.8

I do think that the only book that was like this was crush it.

0:55.1

Yeah.

0:55.3

I felt crush it, you know, much like many people's first album, right?

0:59.1

Yeah.

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