The Power of No: Why Saying Yes Is Stalling Your Progress
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Tea with GaryVee, I talk about the biggest opportunity you have in 2026: Live Shopping. I encourage you to do your 20 hours of homework on how to get started selling on platforms like TikTok Live, Whatnot, and more. I also discuss how to be more efficient by saying no and why there’s no such thing as work-life balance.
You’ll learn about:
The Power of “No”
Career Advice for a Young Entrepreneur
How to Start Selling on Live Shopping
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
How to Deal with Judgement or Disapproval
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| 0:00.0 | 9 p.m. to midnight might be the most important three hour window in a 24 hour day for those who are frustrated, resentful, struggling, not fulfilled, unhappy, curious, determined, hopeful, and ambitious. |
| 0:14.8 | And if someone says I'm too tired, well then then that's that, then live in it. |
| 0:18.4 | This is the Gary Vee audio experience. |
| 0:22.5 | Good to see everybody. |
| 0:23.7 | Very excited for tea with Gary Vee, episode 100. |
| 0:26.8 | A nice little milestone. |
| 0:28.8 | Tea made a nice video. |
| 0:29.8 | I said we don't celebrate, |
| 0:31.4 | but I appreciate the effort. |
| 0:32.6 | We may still post it. |
| 0:34.0 | Rogoff, you got a question? |
| 0:35.3 | What is the power of no? |
| 0:37.2 | Power of no is something that I've struggled with. |
| 0:39.3 | In fact, over the weekend I told AJ that |
| 0:43.3 | Michael Rubin from Fanatic said something twice now, |
| 0:46.3 | one in a one-on-one meeting, one in a group thing I was in last week, |
| 0:50.3 | where he has the same problem that I have, which is |
| 0:53.3 | even if 13 different ideas are all right, |
| 0:57.0 | collectively they're wrong |
| 0:59.0 | because you're just stretching a little too thin. |
| 1:01.0 | And I talk a lot about happiness versus success financially. |
| 1:06.0 | So for me, the power of no is very important. |
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