Life Decisions & Getting Punched In The Face
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2014
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
#QOTD: What wine are you pairing with your Thanksgiving dinner?
The biggest decision of my life? Deciding to finally focus on what felt right to me.
At an early age I received an "F" on one of my Science tests. From that moment in time I understood that no matter how many people tried to tell me the importance of school, I knew deep down inside that it wasn't for me. And although I knew it would bring me nights upon nights of punishment, I decided that school couldn't be the one thing I focused all of my energy on.
From my "flower business," to the lemonade stands, to the baseball card collection, I knew early on that I was a businessman. Although I had felt it inside, it wasn't until I made the conscious decision to focus on these skills that things began to change for me and my outlook on the rest of my life would be forever different.
The moment I made the decision I knew that I would be looked at by society as different, and I understood that, but I made the mental decision to accept that and focus on what felt right for me. I made a deal with myself that I was ready and willing to eat the pain in order to capitalize on my early self-awareness. I decided to focus on my skills and learn as much as possible about whatever venture I was focused on at the time. So rather than succumbing to society's pre-determined life plan for me, I fought it, and delivered on what I felt and knew I was -- a businessman.
I suggest you do the same.
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode I talk about mentorship, paying for jabs, and the single greatest decision of my life. |
| 0:10.0 | You ask questions, and I answer them. |
| 0:17.0 | This is the Ask GaryVee Show. |
| 0:21.0 | Hey everybody, this is Gary Vaynerchuk, and this is episode 46 of the Ask GaryVee Show. |
| 0:35.0 | Before we get into the questions today, I just want to say as you could probably see by the intro, I'm a little jazzed up, |
| 0:40.0 | I could be a little tipsy, but not really, which is very little. |
| 0:42.0 | Really enjoying the show, kind of missed it. |
| 0:45.0 | Today, people last episode, last Wednesday. |
| 0:47.0 | Thursday, or it still feels like way too long, I miss all of you, I appreciate the banter. |
| 0:52.0 | We've got an update on the Oman guest question, I know we haven't done that, but before I forget, |
| 0:57.0 | I will have a show Tuesday and Wednesday, are we looking good? |
| 1:00.0 | Wednesday, not tomorrow? |
| 1:02.0 | Weird. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm going to try to do tomorrow, but like, nothing? |
| 1:06.0 | You got pumped out. |
| 1:07.0 | You got pumped out. I'm pissed. |
| 1:08.0 | Anyway, I have two more shows. |
| 1:10.0 | Wednesday I'll officially do it, but I'm scared I'll forget, and it's Wednesday, and that's a tough day, |
| 1:14.0 | because I'm getting going to my parents, I want to wish all of you a happy and very healthy Thanksgiving, |
| 1:20.0 | and yeah, that's it, man. Let's go. |
| 1:24.0 | You want to ask, how many punches in the face and failures can an ordinary person handle before achieving success? |
| 1:32.0 | I want to write the right word in that question, is ordinary person, right? |
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