The Truth About Making Money, Investing, and Success l With Clix

if you're just doing it for the lambo or the money you're going to get caught because you're not going to like it enough to self- sustain you're still putting in the work to try to be good at a tournament because you [ __ ] like it you just ask me why am I still working because I like it and I'm good at it you like it and good at it are the only two sustainable things you've got to have one of them but the [ __ ] Nirvana the [ __ ] Apex the [ __ ] tippy top is when you got both attention is the number one asset oh my God g i it's been like it's been so long bro dude it's so good to see you bro thank you I really want you to tell the thousands of people that are watching me across all the other platforms who don't know you who you are yet because you're gonna grow into all of them just tell them two seconds about you actually a lot of them know because that podcast we did people bring it up to me all the time how that podcast with you made them feel comfortable in letting their kids play fortnite all the time oh well okay well real I also wna I also want to give unlimited love to your whole Community that's watching right now yeah we have we have 120,000 people watching right now so we got a lot of people watching right now W's in the chat for me watching for Gary uh I'm clicks also known as the clicks I do I'm a fortnite player and uh I stream on the side and uh I make content and stuff like that bro you are literally living the dream of so many teenagers how are you not letting the fame and the money [ __ ] you up let's start with that that's the first real question man I thought I was the one interviewing and you Gary I'm going to be honest you're allowed to but I just really think you can help a lot of kids like and by the way you probably don't have it fully figured out because you're a normal young person with that level of Fame and money it's always going to [ __ ] up [ __ ] and you're probably chasing the hookups and I know what you're a dude you're a [ __ ] living life but like there's at some level like I'm just really proud of you thank you bro I actually I appr I know you enough to know and like I'm just proud of you and like I'm really asking you like how the [ __ ] are you like what do you think you're doing well or what is working for you that's allowing you not to completely go off the reservation and be a complete [ __ ] up oh man um well I definitely think it's like the way I was raised you know what I'm saying with my family and all that they definitely raised me to not lurge my money number one like my whole entire family is like fully Italian they're always like safe safe put in the bank invest and all that so it's like making money like I don't really be spending too much money other than like you know giting myself some stuff every year other than that it's like focus on the career don't let anything get to you it's all like my main thing that I really focus on is if it's not going to be a big deal in like a year watch stress over it in general so that's the one thing that I'm like trying to work on not really care about like the little stuff that's making me mad um and other than that that's about it Gary I'm gonna be honest how are you feeling about the competitive side of your career like you're a competitive gamer you're like you know you're so unique because you're actually great at the game but you're also such an entertaining streamer right like you know the cliche thing in gaming is like they could be a personality but they don't have the skill set in the game you really are unique almost like an Andre agasse in tennis like the way when he came up in the 80s 90s whatever it was like he was cool as [ __ ] but he also could play which is you know do you recognize that in you are you proud of that is that something you try to work on do you get scared as you get more Fame and opportunity and money that you might lose your skill set as being a top player you also know that the 14y olds and 13y olds that are coming up like it's crazy that someone at your age knows that there's youngsters coming up that like have a 100% of their time working on their craft like you did when you were [ __ ] 13 for like what's your whole mindset on that I mean I always thought like the older I'm going to get the worst but now 19 years old I feel like I'm honestly still in my Prime like last championship was like one of my best placements I ever play I'm so proud of you bro that was huge you what place did I get Gary fourth or fifth or third wait I thought he was lying I thought you were lying who the [ __ ] do you think you're [ __ ] talking to bro damn I the [ __ ] attention and I know some [ __ ] happened there where like you missed the spot bro I [ __ ] pay attention damn W Gary I didn't know that bro [ __ ] got here by accident I [ __ ] pay attention more than every [ __ ] on Earth yeah you got to [ __ ] know Gary damn yeah but no we got uh we got fourth out of like uh millions of people but that was like a super good placement that was like the grand finals um I think we cash out in like 50 60 Grand but it's more about just doing good and keeping that up so now in my career it takes a lot more effort to do good since I was 13 like it 13 it was like to be honest it was just me messing around having fun and like I was winning and all that but now it's like I actually need to put in the work and I need to actually grind Now That I'm Older well that's the part I'm proud of you like right like the whole like was this right like I think I was talking to one your teammates for my team like you like went to Germany for better wi-fi to prep for the tournament like you're putting in the work

yeah no I uh I did go to Germany right was that right I went to Germany for Hugo Boss um right but I but then I stream like 24 hours fortnite in Hugo Boss or in uh Germany which is cool I just appreciate that you're working on your CRA like dude again I'm gonna say it again I know exactly the life you're living right now a lot of viewers here know and don't know you have so much opportunity to not be putting in the work and doing it right and you're putting in the work you're doing it right and I'm proud of you thank you bro that's a good question I'm going to ask you okay like you're worth over like $300 million billions of dollars in companies and all that why do you care like why are you still streaming you are streaming your whole entire day 11 hours a day once you already accomplished like all what you want to accomplish in life because I haven't accomplished what I wanted in life my what I want out of life is enjoying the process right I've never been about the trophies I just like the process I like the practice as much as I like the game and I definitely don't like the trophies I don't live for the cheering of the crowd I live for [ __ ] my process I love being an entrepreneur I love being entrepreneur I love putting out content that might help someone else and honestly Gary ve me is the person that I wish was around when I was 15 you know we grew up in a different era than you did we didn't have the internet bro I that's crazy that is really crazy forget about twitch forget about social media we didn't have the internet I wasn't on the internet until I was 18 about your age saying that is so for me that is crazy so for me I W I love putting out content for Make Pretend 15-year-old me that I would have been affected by an think about what you answered why am I good because my family gave me good money relationships Italian family save save a lot of people don't grow up in that world they don't get the luck of that and so the way you get better in life is you find other people that aren't your family and you're up bringing that bring you value I see what you're saying so you're saying like we see you as that someone who's going to give us like inspiration to like how to succeed and all that stuff and not even just you just someone who doesn't have like a family figure giving them good advice I think we're look at some level like when you're in a good place you want to give and like I'm in a good place before I had the money and the recognition like all my homies that I grew up with they'll tell you who I was in high school in college like I was always nice because I was already good I was always happy I wanted I was always that way and so I get a lot of joy out of getting an email or DM from a kid of like this one clip meant this to me it's like you know this you're living the same life and you're doing it from an entertainment standpoint or from a craft standpoint teaching people how to be better or an aspirational standpoint to want to be like you like this is why I think I take a lot of pride in and why I pay attention to you is like kids need people to look up to that are doing it a good way okay I'm seeing that um so for the kids watching my chat right now yep who don't have anything to do they don't want to go to college they don't they want to do social media consecration they watch my streams and all that what is the best advice that you would give them to start or to make their first million thousand dollars and all that because I can't even answer that question when they ask me I like I'm like maybe like start on Tik Tok start doing that but you're business orientated you have that whole entire mind so what would you tell all people in my CH so everybody listen first and foremost and this is like headyy [ __ ] when you're 13 16 12 it's first about being self-aware like if you don't know yourself you're dead so like I get that everybody wishes they were as like they want to be a professional gamer but you happen to be naturally good at it and then you built your skills on top of it and putting the work so natural Talent matters right natural Talent matters and work matters so what I would say to a lot of people is you got to really put in the work but it but deploy it against something you like or you're good at or you're interested in like if you're just doing it for the lambo or the money you're going to get caught because you're not going to like it enough to self- sustain you're still putting in the work to try to be good at a tournament we just talked about that because you [ __ ] like it you just asked me why am I still working because I like it and I'm good at it you like it and good at it are the only two sustainable things you've got to have one of them but the [ __ ] Nirvana the [ __ ] Apex the [ __ ] tippy top is when you got both and everybody who's listening in your world needs to understand right understand that they have to figure that out for themselves they can't want to be you or anybody else they need to be themselves and they got they gotta figure that out they could be inspired by but they're gonna have to figure out their framework on that

that I'm G to be honest that that hit Gary I get that because people look at me and they're like all right they want to become like a fortnite player stuff like that but they grind 12 hours a day and they're still ass at the game so it's like maybe it's just not for them yeah that's exactly what it is like I wish that I was a lot of different thing I wish I could be the quarterback of the Jets so I could win a Super Bowl I want it bad but that's not in it for me and some people want to be standup comics and rappers and comedic influencers but they're not gonna be Shin Gillis they're not as talented right and that's going to be now they could be better at standup like what people don't understand is the hard work is only a piece of the equation but that doesn't mean you can't be better at it for example right you know that if they're 12 hours at it they're ass by your standards because you're [ __ ] one of the best players in the world but they're way better than they were a year ago and they might have went from like the 13th or 90th best kid in their school to the second best kid but that doesn't mean they're gonna win [ __ ] tournaments everybody's got a ceiling and by the way that's okay they could become a professional streamer stick with me on this because this is some [ __ ] that your world's not talking about they could be a streamer that makes 55,000 a year and love life they live within that because there's a lot of people making 55,000 a year being an assistant manager at a Dollar General that it would have but that loves gaming been better that they made 55,000 playing [ __ ] fortnite or whatever the next game's going to be or Call of Duty or whatever so there's levels to this game right [ __ ] Gary levels to the [ __ ] so like look not everyone's going to make millions like you at it but they might make 130,000 a year in twitch revenue and that might be a remarkable life and real talk they may end up being happier than someone who makes 30 million a year 100% like so there's different levels to this [ __ ] yeah no you're right on that you're 100% right um a question for me though aside from the streaming and all that let's just say I have I have a load of money right and I'm already into real estate and I'm already doing stocks and all that what would you invest Millions ofar in right now 2024 that's you think like obviously nothing's promising but that you think is going to go up in the next five years I think um understanding your situation I think a couple things one investing's tricky but like I'm very bullish internet companies like the world is only going more technology and I think they have big advantages so the best 10 companies in the world the apples the Amazon the Facebooks the microsofts they're really nice I don't think there's no such thing as a safe or guaranteed bet but if I was really investing and I didn't have a deep passion for something so let me tell you about me I'm very high risk when I do investment I like investing in early stage companies I'm okay with losing the money to go to zero because I get enjoyment out of that I want to be me but if I was like but what I if you were really asking me and I'm answering you if it was just me and you and dinner and I'm letting everybody watch yep I you know I like internet companies because they have big advantages because the world's going more technology not less okay so you're saying startup companies are you companies that are already big and you see already becoming more big I feel like you're asking the question from your point of view like actually you so I'm giving you an answer of what I probably do to diversify if I was you I would say like you know you're obviously getting your money probably managed at this point given the size and scale that you're at but y it like if you're asking me like real there's things that are tried and true the best Innovative companies as public stocks that are mature companies tend to do well if the world keeps heading in a technology place and I think we're going to have acceleration I think the big tech companies are going to have big advantages in AI because I think the government's going to want to regulate it and they're so like so I'm just trying to think through that stuff but like the reality is investing is always hard and by the way for the first time you have money at a very good time clicks you could actually make money on your money t bills you can get real interest on your money that didn't exist five years ago but Gary this is the thing dude this is like I'm just g f be myself like dude I'm investing all my money and I'm getting like a 6% return on my money right which is good right which is really good my dad and my team always says that's really good transparently I don't see it as good like I want to be making a lot more do you get what I'm saying of course I do so then because you're trying to do what I'm trying to do you should te tell your parents or your dad and the people that you should literally take a percentage of that a small percentage like you should be allowed to take a million and invest it in very early stage companies and try to get a 8,000% return that's what I'm talking about that [ __ ] would be the [ __ ] that gets me going but by the way to make 8,000 or 800 or 500% 5x 15x 50x that means it's very likely very likely that it's GNA go to zero yeah so then I'm going should lose a mill well that and you know again and for everybody whether it's $5 or million dollars if it's a percentage that you're

able to lose that's when you go highrisk high reward when it's not then you just take your small b g I'm not on your level yet you know if I lose a mill let me tell you I need to get out of here so then maybe you need to decide to only put 100,000 into ridiculous High I'm messing you're right I know you're messing I know exactly I don't want to blow up your spot I'm keeping it humble for you bro I know exactly where you're at Hey listen dude I'm trying to become you Gary I'm going to be honest you have the point where you love life and you have [ __ ] you money bro respect like when you this is not about the money but when you walk in that room bro the amount of times where I'm with you I'm gonna suck you off for a second amount of times where you go in a room and every [ __ ] shuts the [ __ ] up and just looks at you is actually insane like CH I be going to events with Gary and the amount of respect that he gets it's like you feel like here you go in that room I feel your aura like I feel the the changes in the room I wish I was joking I'm being dead ass Gary how do I get like that dude you're not even tall though that's the thing it's not height either bro listen I'm six foot are you yeah I'm six foot come on bro wait you want to make a real bet that you have to come and we measure you officially in you're 5'11 uh every dude that says their six foot on the dot is 5'11 something yeah I might be five I might be 5'11 but hey I'm there I'm almost there so that's what matters but back to the question bro the question is you keep doing things look one of the things you do well and I see how you move with these kids you keep giving a [ __ ] about others instead of just yourself and not exactly that same thing's gonna happen with you and you're G to go there wait you just said give a [ __ ] about don't myself but give a [ __ ] about others that's right I mean it's not don't give a [ __ ] about yourself but the reason you're going to be respected too is when actually care about other people and you've put W's on the board then you're that perfect mix of when you walk into a room and good [ __ ] happens they either like you for who you are or what they've heard about how you actually move behind the scenes or they like you for being actually accomplished for doing things but when you can combine them both it creates that level of Aura yo you just said some y you need to repeat that because I thought it's the opposite Gary I thought it's [ __ ] what people say about you bro just keep on standing in your line to do you that's no don't value other people's opinions so that you be because it's triggering insecurity that's right but caring actually care caring about others is exactly right not being affected by judgment by people who don't know you that's a different play okay I get it yeah I get it now I get I'm gonna bounce new book is coming the followup to jab jab right hook originally called jab jab left hook but I finally captured what I've been doing for the last 20 years as an entrepreneur as a Creator and influencer as an operator of a marketing company that works with Fortune 5,500 companies and really the punchline of what I'm seeing in society which is day trading attention how to actually build brand and sales in the new social media world I'm really proud of this book it goes so detailed it goes macro and micro as I like to roll and so if you've not picked up a copy yet go to Gary ve. com DTA which stands for day trading attention the updated version of the marketing manual for your marketing team definitely if you have a social media person that runs your stuff you need to get a book for them and definitely the uh marketers in Fortune 500 for your staff and the entrepreneurs and creators and influencers who are trying to build something for themselves so proud of it hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting it together the manual that we are going to give to everybody when they join Vayner media to read and hopefully the manual to the modern marketing world and especially social media first world day trading attention out this may 2024 pre-order your copy now