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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2026 · 54 MIN

How to Build Confidence Without Arrogance: The Ultimate Guide to Resilience

from The GaryVee Audio Experience · host Gary Vaynerchuk

In this episode of Tea with GaryVee, I share my unfiltered philosophy on how to win in life, business, and your career. I tackle the tough job market, explaining why putting in work on free social media platforms like LinkedIn is the only way to build a portfolio that matters. We also dive deep into mindset, covering the simple path to building real confidence and the secret to resilience—knowing that the only thing that truly matters is the health of your family. You'll hear why I believe kindness is the ultimate advantage and why "nice guys finish last" is a lie. The importance of posting content on LinkedIn to attract recruiters.How to build confidence by "shutting your mouth" and simplifying your life.Why comparing yourself to others is the biggest issue for people in their 20s.The difference between internal self-esteem and external validation.Why my motivation is driven by "double offense" rather than guilt.Why true kindness is giving without expectation.My forecast for the biggest trend coming next: the "analog" world.You'll learn about:

In this episode of Tea with GaryVee, I share my unfiltered philosophy on how to win in life, business, and your career. I tackle the tough job market, explaining why putting in work on free social media platforms like LinkedIn is the only way to build a portfolio that matters. We also dive deep into mindset, covering the simple path to building real confidence and the secret to resilience—knowing that the only thing that truly matters is the health of your family. You'll hear why I believe kindness is the ultimate advantage and why "nice guys finish last" is a lie. The importance of posting content on LinkedIn to attract recruiters.How to build confidence by "shutting your mouth" and simplifying your life.Why comparing yourself to others is the biggest issue for people in their 20s.The difference between internal self-esteem and external validation.Why my motivation is driven by "double offense" rather than guilt.Why true kindness is giving without expectation.My forecast for the biggest trend coming next: the "analog" world.You'll learn about:

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You know what's about to explode? Analog. The real world. Everybody who's been yearning for more real world, good news, it's coming.

Live events, getting together, going bowling, taking a hike. The real world. OG. Analog.

It's gonna explode. As we go 2050, 1850 behavior is gonna win. I'm gonna be in the town square being like, y'all, you see the book, y'all? Come grab my book, y'all.

Like it's gonna go. This is the GaryVee Audio Experience. Welcome to episode 106 of Tea with GaryVee. Let's get into the show.

What's the first question? Anna wants to know about posting on LinkedIn and the importance of that, but she's worried what the supervisors and bosses will think about her posting. This is important this morning. So all these people that said, don't like my job, LinkedIn is the most incredible place in the world.

Indeed is the most incredible place in the world. Indeed is an incredible place to get a lot of interest. LinkedIn is a place for content more like a social network. So I could not recommend making more content.

To your point, I think you might have a sense of this already, even though you've been here for a short time. I'm not going to stop anyone's shine. So if people are talking about social media marketing on LinkedIn, I'm like, oh, I'm not like a train trying to set up to get the fuck out of here. It's just not even what my brain goes.

I'm aware that many people do go there. So you have to know where you work. Like that's just the reality of it, but there's a way to make content, even in a job that's hovering over you that isn't, you know, your post isn't like I hate my job. Is anyone looking?

Your post is talking about the things, you know, you know, talking about like, did you know, or one of the things I'm seeing, or, you know, if it's not top secret and you're sharing it, this becomes the kind of content that can lead to somebody inquiring. This could be, you know, I can tell you right now VaynerMedia's VaynerX's recruiters are on LinkedIn looking for good content that matches our thesis. Does everybody understand that? Do the thousand of you watching right now understand that?

Licio says you fell off. This is my favorite thing to catch in the beginning. Licio, we all send you our incredible love and heart. If you're a person that comes onto someone's platform to try to hurt their feelings, I can promise you, my friend, your comment of you fell off is not a major struggle for me.

I'm going to be okay. Court, I'm going to get through Licio's saying you fell off. I've actually fallen on. I'm red hot.

So much going on. VaynerSports, VCR group, VaynerWatts selling TV shows, VaynerSports, Bo Bichette, Sauce Gardner, Aidan Hutchinson, top 15 pick in the draft, VaynerX, hottest agency in the world. VeeFriends, we sold 1,000 Jolly Rancher boxes last night in four seconds. I need everyone here to clap it up for that.

Hey, Licio, I sold fucking 1,000 boxes at $29.99 of Jolly Ranchers in four fucking seconds. That's where I'm at. I fell on, not off. Anyway, what I want to say is, like, I actually have love for Licio.

Imagine being a person that woke up this morning and said, what I want to do is go on a platform, find someone on the internet who's bringing unbelievable love and passion and good and free advice and warmth, and I'm going to try to make them feel worse. That's, I mean, you're, like, how can I be mad at Licio? First of all, I'm not pronouncing his name right at all, which is just disrespectful. Second of all, I just have love for the man.

It could be a woman. Notice how my brain goes. Dudes are like, you know, I don't know. Licio, I apologize that your life is going this way.

I had nothing to do with it, but I'm apologizing for the world. I hope you're enjoying the podcast right now. Make sure you follow the podcast. That's why I'm interrupting.

Let's keep going on this show, but follow the podcast. It'll make my mom super happy. All right, let's keep it going. Next question.

So this advice, so if you're in your 20s, how do you build confidence without arrogance? And then if you're in your 50s plus, how do you keep growing your confidence without becoming rigid or unteachable? Interesting. Thank you so much.

Building confidence without arrogance is very simple. You have to shut your fucking mouth. You understand me? Talk to me arrogant when you don't talk.

Do you know how many people in the world I talked to in all of my 20s publicly, Sammy? I will give you the answer. Zero. Zero people.

I talked to zero people. I just worked. Head down, built something. So, you know, arrogance is really just a level of insecurity disguised as ego and your ego is talking.

Arrogance is literally insecurity. You build your confidence by simplifying your life. You build your confidence by not valuing other people's opinions. You build your confidence by leaning into patience and good behavior.

You build your confidence by doing the right thing, simplicity, right? So, Sammy, confidence comes from simplistic micro truths, not grand gestures. You understand? Grand gestures, bling, bling, and hyperbolizing photos and people are in the business of makeup.

I like natural beauty, Sammy. I like natural beauty and natural beauty is simple. Not even a little powder. Like, just live your life.

Be simple. Be kind, most of all, to yourself. Don't judge your results in the 20s. Sammy, that's the biggest issue for all of you.

Friends, do not judge your results in your 20s. Look for micro progress mentally, but do not compare yourself. Everyone's like, social media is fucking everything up. No, it's not.

You comparing yourself to fucking Timothy Chalamet is fucking you up. What is this insanity? Yee-haw! What is this insanity that, you know, you comparing yourself to someone who spent $800,000 in plastic surgery and you're baffled why you're not as pretty.

What are we doing? Like, you comparing yourself to Elon Musk because you haven't invented nine things. And oh, by the way, Elon's fucking, what the hell is Elon? 54?

Yeah, like, you're 20. The fuck is a 20-year-old comparing themselves to Elon? Elon was balding heavily in his 20s. Now he's got an afro.

You know what that's called? Money. How did he get it? He was wildly talented and was in Silicon Valley and teamed up with a bunch of smart-ass dudes that they built.

Like, I don't understand. What are we doing? So, you know, you build your confidence in your 20s by simplifying your life, stop complaining, put in actual work, make micro progress. In your 50s, it's about adaptability.

Ironically, this comic is the first appearance of the adaptable alien. Adaptability, ironically, Sammy, is also about self-esteem versus insecurity. It's very easy to be adaptable in your 50s. Leave a marriage, start a new business, take an adventure when you don't care about what everybody else says.

When you're a 54-year-old woman, Sammy, and you're not doing something because you're worried what your girlfriends that you grew up in the same neighborhood with, who have the same age children, what they're going to say about you quitting your job and traveling the world. When you worry about that, you're dead. My friends, I don't understand that people don't get this. All of this is about, is it inside or is it outside?

Friends, is it inside or is it outside? Do you care about the outside validation or do you live for your inside hopes, dreams, wants, needs of the moment, which all change in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s? Things change. I don't know, that's what I'm asked.

Junior, good to see you. I think majority is outside validation. I agree, Junior, but we're taught by parents worrying about other people's opinions. We worry about our teacher's opinions.

We worry about neighbor's opinions. Like, there's a way to not give a fuck about opinions while still loving other people. I don't give a fuck, but I actually have incredible compassion and love for other people. Like, that's the game.

Did I like the Super Bowl, Randy? I loved the Super Bowl because the New England Patriots got fucking smacked. Loved it! All right, let's keep going.

One more job question if we're doing a lot here in chat. We've got a lot of packs about this tough job market layoffs. There's a headline in The Atlantic that says the job market is hell. Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications, and HR is using AI to read them, and no one is getting hired.

Just curious, your reaction to that, but also, does that just underscore you need to have a portfolio posting online? Yeah, I mean, look, as I get older, I get more and more historically correct. What do you want from me? Like, why do you think you should get hired when 50,000 other people write in ChatGPT?

The logic of all this, of blaming AI, this is like, literally, this is why we had Prohibition. You know that, right? We blamed the alcohol, not the people. What is going on out here?

This materialism has destroyed people. Now listen, I love stuff. I love collecting stuff. This is a Tom and Jerry rookie card.

This is one of my prized possessions, but I don't have this because I want to be fancy in front of all of you and make you think I'm cool. In fact, most of the 1,200 people that are watching right now think it's dorky that I have a Tom and Jerry rookie card. They think it's dorky, but it's not dorky to me because the community that collects these weird cards with me are my friends, my acquaintances. We have joy.

That's why sports is good. We find our tribes. All the girls out there that are vintage shopping right now, they love seeing their homies at the vintage shop pop-ups and they talk about like, I found a Gucci from 1987 and I'm the only one. Like, find your communities.

Of course, I do rich. Do you understand at all? I don't need the water. I need the raspy, raspy voice, Twisted Hayes.

I need the raspy, raspy for all of you right now because you fuckers aren't listening. You come here and chill with me for a little bit and get the good stuff, but then you go somewhere else and get the bad stuff and you believe the bad stuff because the bad stuff is easily able to prey on you because your foundation isn't good. The reason me and Rocky are good, Sammy, is we're not scared of the dirt. We're not scared of the...

Because you know why, Sammy? We've been there. A lot of people grow up and they grow up middle class, upper middle class, rich, so they think about like poor. They're like, what's that?

I can't do that. And then there's people that grow up poor, lesser than, and they get somewhere and they don't want to go back. But they're confused that that was a good time, not a bad time. You know?

And society's been very successful at pushing fear and the wrong KPIs, key performance indicators, for all you non-corporates. The wrong goals. The American dream is to own a house. Who owns a house in here and is filled with anxiety right now?

Who owns a home in the chat, but is not really joyful? Say, that's me. Barbie said it. Pete Nice said it.

Tom Many says it. Andy Vega says it. Mike P says it. Literally, so many people are...

So where are we at? Is that the American dream? You know what the American dream is? You know what the world dream is?

Lack of tension in your chest. Wake up smiling hard. Sammy, do you know how happy I am when I wake up? Somebody said, I fucking love my house.

You can love your house. That's not the question. You like that? Yeah, man.

Like, that's not the fucking question, y'all. I don't give a fuck if you like your house. I'm asking, how do you wake up? How's your day-to-day?

Do you feel tension everywhere? Are you sad? Most people's homes own them, not the reverse. You overspent on your down payment.

You're barely making your mortgage. And you bought a house that's too big for you, and you're not even using 50% of your house. You know people that have two rooms they've never been in in their house? I'm ready.

I'll give you someone in the chat who I just drew for a sports stuff, so shout out to you there. I like that. All right, let's keep it going. As a leader, do you think it's healthy for people to be motivated by not wanting to disappoint you?

No. I mean, listen, you know what? It's noble. And honestly, you know, as the leader, because I know this is real for a lot of you, it means I'm doing a good job.

You know, but I don't want you to be motivated by the fear of letting me down. I want you to be motivated by the optimism of us dominating. I appreciate that a lot of you don't want to let me down. That's an indicator to me that I'm doing a good job as a leader.

But do I want you to be motivated by that? No, I don't. Do I want to guilt you into doing good work? No, I do not.

Do I want that for you? It's a, you know, I admire it. I can tell you I don't want to let my mom, the reason I've never done drugs is because I don't want my mom to be let down. So it's, there's some good in there.

But I want the great motivator of everyone's life in here to be about double offense. And I think almost everyone's motivator is defense. The reason I'm motivated is because I think I can. The reason I'm happy is because I'm curious to find out.

That's a different fucking, y'all, did you just see that? There's some wisdom in there, y'all. I don't even know what this fucking logo is, but it stands for wisdom Gary. That's what, what is this?

What is, what's that? Wood grain, I like it. It's nice. But I think it's wisdom Gary.

That's the mode I'm in right now. Did everybody get that? That was something really there. I will say it again, Jake Falcon 777, if I can remember.

I don't even remember the words, but I definitely know how I live. I live out of double offense. I think I can. I want to find out.

There's this curiosity confidence thing going on. I'm curious of how. VFriends, for example, right? I think I can build the next Disney.

I'm curious to see if I can. I'm intoxicated by the challenge. I don't give a shit about what you all think if I can or can't. I love when you say I can.

I'm humbled. I love when you say I can't. I'm motivated. You can't beat me.

Do you understand that everybody that comes in here that says I'm the goat? Wonderful. But I can't hear you. Gotta stay humble.

Do you know that everyone that comes in here and says you fell off, you suck, you look old? I like that even more. Oh, you wanna fucking fuck with me? I'm gonna fuck with you so heavy because I'm gonna accomplish and you can't fucking stop me, bitch.

The fuck are you gonna do? You think you're fucking stopping me? You think you're stopping me by showing up to my live stream on your time under your anonymous name with a fake avatar? You think you're gonna fucking stop me?

You're a bitch. How the fuck are you gonna stop me? Disguising behind a fake name with a fake avatar of a fucking Beyonce or a fucking cow or a fucking somebody running. You think that's gonna stop me, you fucking bitch?

That's gonna motivate me. I'm unstoppable because I'm so grateful that I'm not you. I can't imagine being such a bitch to hide behind a fake name and a fake avatar and go to some random place on the internet and spit hate. You're the fucking worst.

And you know what's funny? I love you so much. Wow, I'm so sad for you. I have so much compassion, sympathy, and empathy for you that I'm out here spending my valuable time, my valuable time on this stream trying to impose some love on you because you know why?

You're a bitch. Because your mommy and daddy fucked you up or a homie fucked you up making you listen to some conspiracy bullshit on the deep web and you weren't mentally strong enough to fucking stop and be like, I'm not hanging out with Harry. I'm hanging out with Sally. She's positive.

You're a bitch. You fucking gonna stop me? No, I'm gonna take your negativity. I'm gonna formulate it in my lab, my soul, and I'm gonna come back on the fucking other side and tell you I love you.

I love you. Now what? The problem is almost no one does what I do. Somebody comes and says, they fell off and they wanna fight.

You know what they do, Court? They have a mod that blocks them. You think I need to block or hide someone on the internet who's a fucking insecure little girl as a grown-ass man who's hiding behind a fake name and an avatar and running around the internet as a keyboard warrior? You think I'm scared of a keyboard warrior?

It's real shit out here. This is life out here. I'm doing real shit out here. I'm fucking spreading love in a world filled with insecurity.

That's dangerous. And you think I'm scared of a fucking keyboard warrior? Oh, you're a real tough guy, keyboard boy. You think I'm scared of you, keyboard boy?

Get the fuck out of here. Evan said, stop giving him attention. Evan, I'm giving them love, bro. I don't want them to lose.

Evan, people say this. Don't feed the trolls. Stop giving them attention. I'm giving them unlimited attention.

Evan, they're hurting. They're hurting. Evan, they're hurting. They're hurting.

That's where I'm at, y'all. That is where I'm at. Yeah, exactly. That's why I love Evan.

See, because you're, you know, I can say that to Evan and he comes back with a thumbs up. You see what I mean? Because he's good. Me and Evan are always like that.

Anyway, that was an interesting rant. All right, I'm back. What just happened there for three minutes? That is just like real shit.

Like, that's it. Did everybody understand? I'm just going to read a little bit in here. I'm so happy you're in a good place.

Mike Smith, you have to pivot. I was on one on the pivot, right? Who are the pivot podcasts? I was on one.

Sammy, do you agree? I see Sammy. Yeah, right. I was in the zone.

Yeah, I was definitely. I If you understand that, that's the answer to your question. Why do I give everyone love? Because if they fuck me, I don't feel like it's my fault.

So why would I be scared of people? All of you that say things like, well, trust's got to be earned. Who are you? You like that one, right?

I've always liked that from you. And I think it's good that we're all, like, learning that and just giving like full trust everywhere, even in the processes of work. Yes, that's why our team, when our team captures my essence, we cook. My shit works.

You know why? Because it's not mine. My mom gave it to me. And somebody gave it to my mom.

You know, she lost her mom at five, so I think it's her mom, but. It's God given. Like, it's love versus hate out here, y'all. And everyone's confused because hate's on a heater right now.

Like, love had to call a timeout. Hate went on a 13-0 run out here and everyone's confused. But we're only now 43-41. Love always wins.

Who just joined me for the first time on this livestream and is thrilled right now because they realized they just found the accountable and optimistic part of the internet. AO! Who is excited that they stumbled here, the FYP brought you, you have no idea how you got here, and you are thrilled because you found the accountable, because I'm gonna keep it honestly shit with you, because everything's your fault, and optimistic, but everything can be solved. The AO part of the internet, who was brought by the FYP and wants to kiss the FYP right now?

Who wants to kiss their FYP because you stumbled out of here? Lou Sa says, I don't. Respect, Sassy. All right, let's keep it going.

Next question. GM mother of a 12-year-old with cerebral palsy. Yes. Credit to the other child for being an optimist.

So, shout out to them. I love that. But she noted that sometimes we'll get self-conscious. Did everybody understand that?

Like, to be a person that has an aggressive reaction to two extremes right away means you're being authentic. Everyone's vanilla out here, Sammy. That's why people aren't breaking through, because everyone's trying to appease everyone, not themselves. I'm trying to make myself proud.

Did everybody understand that? I'm trying to make myself proud. Thus, I'm okay with the two most dangerous things in the world, Sammy. Extreme hate, and watch me now, extreme over-praise.

Got it, Sammy? You've gotten to know me a little bit, right? You're starting to. You're not here every day, but like, right?

You can see, like, I'm just regular. I'm just moving. Right? I'm way less fancy than they would think.

Right, Sammy? You just started working here. I'm sure friends are like, what's it like? What are you saying?

That. That. And what they see is someone who's ambitious and excited and silly and ridiculous, but is deeply loving and desperately wants it for everyone else. Do you know why I want it for everyone else, Sammy?

Because I already have it. When you have unlimited candy and you're eating it all the time, do you know what you do with all your candy? Share it. Yes, Sammy.

You share it. And I'm fucking good. So what do you think I'm doing out here? Do y'all understand?

P. Nice, I'm working on it. Got it all? Does everyone get it?

Do you get it? Doesn't it make sense? I'm not trying to gatekeep my knowledge the second I realize live shopping is happening, I yell. Sports cards, I yell.

I'm not trying to hoard anything to myself. I'm going to get mine. I love you guys. Oda, good to see you.

Hi, Anthony. Always good to see you. I'm very stuck at 57. Sadie Adventures, what do you do?

You change everything. The people you're around, the things you do. If you are stuck, you change everything, y'all. Predominantly the people you hang out with and the things that you consume.

Do you understand? Somebody said, what's the highlight of your 2025? Only things with my kids and family. There is no highlights outside of that.

We're closing a million dollars short of pivot to live shopping. Congratulations. Good luck. How do you fix the problem with allowing the hate to bother you?

Tanner, by understanding you're not in control, this ego that we all have that we think we're in control of everything. You're not in control of the hate, both in the world nor the hate that is deployed to you. You're in control of how you react to the hate. Same thing I said, that I don't react to the two extremes.

The extreme hate, easy. I talked about it. But the extreme over-admiration, the ability to stay humble when things are going well is a game that very few master. And it is a game that I'm so grateful to have mastered.

And again, all accolades to my mom and my circumstance. It just worked out for me. But in all the accolades I get, I just don't believe them. I don't believe them when they tell me I'm the GOAT, and I don't believe them when they tell me I'm a scammer.

I just believe myself. And what myself tells me is, I'm just a simple boy trying to play my game, hoping that there's collateral upside for people around me, whether very close to me or very far away from me but can hear me. And that's it. I got nothing else.

You changed my life. Thank you, Mike. Matthew Bird. How many people feel like they had a significant movement in the right direction here in the last hour?

Like, real talk. Real talk. How many people had an aha? How many people had an aha during this one hour?

And if you had an aha, say aha. And if you had an aha and you said aha, say aha dash and then tell me what it was. I need to know. Aha.

No ego. Go live. I love that. Aha.

Haters won't bother me. I love that. Be yourself. Mindset.

It's all that, y'all. It's all that. JD, I'm good with marketing my book, but thank you. peas and carrots.

You want me to hire you? We have unlimited job openings. VaynerSports jobs, VaynerMedia jobs, VeeFriends jobs. Just Google it or ChatGPT it and fill it out.

Why do people call you a yapper? Because yapper is a slang term for young kids that scream for people that talk and aren't saying anything. And these 15-year-olds don't understand I'm saying everything. They don't get it.

They'd rather follow people that are gambling and throwing hate. And so they're confused by me. They're confused by me. But they won't be confused for long.

They won't be confused for long. How many people here used to fuck with me and follow me, lost their way, and got into a bad tornado, shitted on me because like, ah, fuck that guy. He's too soft or silly or that stupid. And now we're back because you realize you need love to win.

How many? Notice what I just said. I want people to say, back. Say back.

Not me because I'll get confused. How many people used to fuck with me, then were like, nah, because all the fucking hate tricked them. And they're like, Gary's a puss. I'm over here now.

Yeah. But now you're back because you realized. Thank you, PNice. That's it, man.

So that's it. Like, that's real shit. That's it. Yeah, most people always say, because most people realize, like, this love is rare.

This good information is rare. I'm going to stay here. It's rare. Like, what we're doing in this corner of the internet, there aren't a lot of comps.

It's unfortunate. I'm trying to inspire comps. And by the way, The reason I'm building an empire and making all this money and fame and winning is because I hope it makes people realize the way you could do it that way too. Because by the way, I'm a loving boy, but I'm also a fucking gangster entrepreneurial businessman.

They're not in conflict. They're just unfortunately too rare. There's not a lot of preachers that are entrepreneurs, you know? In fact, most preachers I know are full of shit and using God to disguise their fucking bullshit.

Uh-oh, are we getting real out here? Wait, are we getting real? They're leaving it very real? We just have a best slip of a real-ass pale in there?

Uh-oh, uh-oh. We're watching you, preachers. We're watching you. Yes, sir.

God is a good disguise. God is a good disguise for the worst. You're the worst if you're doing it. Stop it.

We're going to find you. I'm not Ghostbusters. I'm like fake-ass preacher busters. Uh-huh.

But you know what? I ain't even mad at them. You know who I'm most mad at? People that are teaching you to hate somebody else to make yourself feel better.

You're a bitch. Ooh, they are red hot right now. People that are teaching you to hate some other group of people to make yourself feel better because you're a fucking loser. Because it's a lot more fun to blame a group of people of any kind, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, than to blame yourself because you're a bitch.

Hey-oh. Maybe it's not the president. Maybe it's not your parents. Maybe it's not the Mexicans.

Maybe it's not the women. Maybe you're a punk-ass bitch. And you're the worst kind of punk-ass bitch. You know what punk-ass bitches I respect?

Train. Punk-ass bitches that keep their mouth shut. You know the worst of the worst of the worst? Punk-ass bitches that blame everybody but themselves publicly.

And we got people out here selling to them and making them feel good. Yeah, you right. Man, you guys are the loss of shit. Messages, please.

You understand? You guys understand? You guys understand? You guys understand?

Cooley, I don't have balls. I ain't scared of these people. Cooley, I ain't scared of these people. What the fuck is he going to do to me?

He can't beat me, bitch. I'm from Jersey. You think I'm scared of a little kid in a basement from Ohio with a cam spitting hate? Please.

Please. Please. My man, Cooley. Oh, man.

This is fun. You're right, dog. I am a heart trooper from the dirt, not a worm. You're absolutely right.

Genie, I love you back. Everybody, we need love is going to win this in the end. Man, there's a lot of people right now that are going to have a lot of explaining to do to their grandchildren. I can't wait.

There are a lot. Because you know what? All those shitheads in the 50s and 60s, there was no internet. They rewrote history.

They're like, yeah, I'm on the right side of history. I was good. These motherfuckers have internet receipts. What?

What? Oh, now we're really going somewhere. Now I'm in the mood. Now I'm in the fucking mood.

Now we're talking real shit. You better be on this fucking love train because your receipts are going to be there and they're going to roll up on you. You're all laughing at everybody. I'm laughing at you because you're spitting hate on Twitter and you're fucking dead.

Ian Schneider, my guy. Ian Schneider, my guy. Ethel Hopock, graduating class 1990. Ian was swaggy, bro.

I love that kid. Ian Schneider, good to see you, bro. I love this dude. Ian, tell them how hard I came in eighth grade.

I came out of nowhere, rolled up in eighth grade. Ian, tell them how hard I came in. Day four, I was making moves. Stacy Johnson was in love.

Ian, tell them. I stunned Ethel Hopock. This is so fun. Very good to see that everybody understands what I was just saying.

Yes, Thomas, it is. Ian Schneider, stunner. I came in hot, guys. I came to this new school.

I had a cute little face. The ladies loved me. The guys loved me. I'd be fucking noise.

Because it was also a small school that were always together with each other, so anybody who did well, if I'm being honest. But I also was me. And he was a fucking awesome dude. I fucking love Ian Schneider.

Ian Schneider, great to see you, bro. I hope your life has gone well. I miss you, bro. I like Ian Schneider a lot.

He's the best. Jeannie, that was Ethel Hopock Middle School in my stand store hit 30,000. Sober dad, let's go. That stand challenge was unbelievable.

His stand store hit 30,000. Let's go. Let's go. You know what Ian Schneider was?

He was athletic and good-looking. Ian Schneider, I want to give you these flowers again. Because I come from Edison, New Jersey, which was like city life. And then I went to like rural life.

I always thought that Ian Schneider was like elevated from a little of the bumpkin DNA we had around those parts. Ian, I always thought of you that way. You know, it's funny. Me and Ian never had a chapter where we were like best buds, but always that good acquaintance, friendly thing.

You know what I mean? So I'm glad I'm getting to say this to him. Like, I always felt he was elevated from the crew a little bit. I always knew he, I was like, he'll be good.

Because Ian, you know this. I was weird as shit in high school. Like, I was in a business mindset. I was like in the system but outside the system.

You remember, Ian? Remember when I was like working all the time when everybody was going to like Alan Shuttlebauer's parties? Dash dash says Ian hates you. Dash dash.

You hate yourself. But I love you. How about the fact that I love dash dash more than he loves himself? How about that shit?

Ian Moran, that's what's up. That's the, that hit you because you're smart. Dash dash. This is the real shit coming into chats, you know, and spitting hate.

You're in a bad place, but I got love for you and we're going to fix it. Dash dash. First of all, you're dash dash. Like that in itself is like ridiculously funny.

Second of all, like, you know, like Rita Beretta, you're a good person. Thank you, bro. You fell off hard. That's perfect.

That's exactly what I want to say that I fell off. Thank you, chat. That's the real shit. That's who I'm going to listen to.

That's who's going to hurt me. A dude that, oh man, life is funny as shit out here, y'all. Life is funny as shit out here, y'all. Crypto.

My, my sauna crypto is Bitcoin's definitely crossed over and actually I've been buying a bunch in this there. We could go lower. I don't know. But Bitcoin's crossed over.

Ethereum, I think, is the platform for digital assets, collectibles, but also contracts, licenses, provenance. As the world goes more, listen, in three years, 99% of the videos on the internet are going to be fake and no one's going to believe a single video on the internet. And that's what all of you are going to fall in love with the blockchain because the blockchain is a decentralized server that proves provenance and ownership. All of you are about to get really educated, really educated.

Bruce goes right. Crypto is a pyramid scheme. It's not a pyramid scheme. There's a lot of, there are Beanie Babies, like real estate, stocks are pyramid schemes too, but we don't blame the stock market or real estate.

Individual crypto projects are shit, just like individual collectibles are shit. Individual art is shit. There's real estate scams going on right now. There's unbelievable amounts of penny stocks that are scams right now, but we don't blame Wall Street.

Crypto projects can be scammy, but the blockchain and certain cryptocurrencies and collectibles and contracts are going to be really important in the future. Ooh, I got a new hat. Everybody, I started a new company here at VaynerX named after my mother. It's called Tomorrow Group.

It stands for the attention, media, and relevance agency. I love you. I hope you're good. Fox, I hope you're better in your soul.

I hope you're good, bro. I hope your life gets better. I wish you nothing but good and I hope things get better for you, really, because clearly they're not. I'm ending right now.

Thank you, everybody. Love you all. See you. Bye.

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