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🗓️ 2 February 2022
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I truly believe that gratitude is one of the most underrated traits, and it makes me sad because it’s such a core part of my DNA. I’ve talked a lot over the years about many different concepts – work ethic, ambition and more. The truth is, the reason I’m able to stay so focused on those things is that I operate so deeply from a place of gratitude. It’s the foundation for everything else.
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0:00.0 | This is the Gary V. Audio Experience. |
0:05.0 | There are over a billion people on Earth that don't have access to clean water, and you're complaining that your Instagram's not growing fuck you. |
0:13.0 | You just gotta be thankful. People just don't have perspective. It's really easy to be energized when you actually understand the score. |
0:29.0 | The problem is that people just don't have perspective, right? They don't understand that it's impossible to be a human being. Like it's impossible. That's the rarest shit in the world. And so they just people taking for granted. |
0:40.0 | You know, you're more likely to win a lottery 10 times than be alive. |
0:45.0 | 400 trillion to one. That's how rare it is to be a human being. Everybody in the screen is likely to get by lightning seven times. |
0:54.0 | More likely than being alive. That's crazy. |
0:57.0 | Perspective. |
0:58.0 | And once you see gratitude and opportunity, life is fun. You get to decide if you're gonna dwell and play prevent defense or if you're gonna see opportunity and be grateful and go in office. |
1:13.0 | I'm inspired by practicality and reality and the truth, which is it is ridiculously impossible to become a human being. |
1:21.0 | I am one. I have other good things going for me as a human being and I'm just grateful. You're dwelling and looking at what you don't have versus looking at what you have. |
1:31.0 | There's nothing you'll ever accomplish that's more remarkable than that you have a chance to accomplish something. |
1:36.0 | When you're so grateful for the at-back, you're happy. But people dwell about dumb shit. |
1:45.0 | What's something you think most people take for granted? |
1:50.0 | Family time, your health, you know, living in America. Access to clean water, food on the table. |
1:57.0 | A roof over your head? I'm grateful for everything I have. We lack gratitude. You understand that, right? |
2:02.0 | I'm trying to get people to practice reframing their perspective. I practice gratitude every day. |
2:08.0 | If I wake up in the morning and nobody I love passed away or came down with a terminal illness, then my day starts off great. |
2:16.0 | If there was a list that right everyone on earth in terms of overall success and happiness from 1 to 7.7 billion, where do you think you'd write? |
2:26.0 | And this is really it for me. This is really it. If you actually asked me why I'm so damn happy all the time, I play this game all the time. |
2:35.0 | I'm anxious when I'm upset about something silly because I'm a human. Where do I rank? |
2:42.0 | When they live in London, Dubai or Los Angeles, you're living amongst the wealthiest of the wealth. |
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