This is the Gary V. Audio Experience. Oh, hello Gary. Good to see you. Thank you so much, so much for being here.

This podcast exists because of you, and it's all about teaching people how to stand in their confidence.

So I'd like to ask you, confidence to me, I love the definition. It's a Latin definition. It stands for self-trust.

So how have you been able to create such an amazing trust in yourself and belief and confidence?

And how did your upbringing and your family and your mom and your beautiful community as a child help you do that?

That's a great question. First of all, thank you for having

me on the podcast. I love you. You know, I think about this a lot because I think I really do see the

world through the lens of confidence versus insecurity. And I believe most of the pain and the hurt

and the anger and the darkness in our society is completely based on insecurity. I think about it a lot.

I define it in a couple quick ways. I think first and foremost, I do believe there is a heavy

part of the DNA that you're born with that is a variable. Now, when I see that, I don't mean that

if somebody's born, if they're both confident, not confident, one is, one isn't, that they can't be

a different version of themselves. But I do believe DNA is a factor. I think parenting is a major

factor. Now, this is where in modern times, especially the last 20 years, we've lost our way.

I think a lot of modern parents believe telling their kids degraded everything leads to confidence.

And I think we've overcorrected.

You know, we came from the era of where your parents didn't tell you they loved you, right?

Like the sixth that people talk about that.

And now we're in an era where people tell you can do anything and the kid knows they can't.

And we've got to find the middle.

Yeah, yeah.

My mom was incredibly influential.

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