This is the Gary V. Audio Experience.

This is how does one become an expert on a thing that is still growing and people still

try to figure it out.

I mean social media.

By being a practitioner, you know, there was a day when painting was new and the people

that became good at it were the ones that were painting.

It's amazing to me how many people have opinions about Facebook or Instagram or LinkedIn

or making videos or doing this kind of podcast and getting people to listen to it.

A whole lot of people with opinions who've never done it.

And so I believe the great way to be great at anything is to be a practitioner.

You know, people ask me all the time, I make the analogy, you know, you can read about

push-ups.

But if you want the results that push-ups give you, you have to do the push-ups.

And I just think a lot of people with business, entrepreneurship and specifically being a

social media content creator or a modern media digital creator read a lot, talk a lot, pontificate

a lot and don't do a lot.

The way I figured out how to have my podcast, the way I figured out my YouTube show, the

way I figured out everything I do is by doing.

And you're going to get some bumps and you're going to make some mistakes.

I think most people don't do because they're worried about what other people think.

And who are they?

What kind of generation are we talking about?

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