THE ONE WORD THAT BUILT MY SUCCESS | A Gary Vaynerchuk Original

all right let's get started why Vayner media what made you think well I think you remember this everybody was weirded out that AJ and I started Vayner media cuz everybody was building big tech apps what I knew was I was building a foundation for my future it wasn't hard for me the first 13 years of my life weren't sexy I was quiet and I built an actual business I was a 22-year-old kid and I worked every minute we're building businesses I used to work in a liquor store from 7: in the morning to 10: at night for 7 straight years and the only days off I took were to watch the New York Jets you know I took over my family business I was doing a couple million dollars a year and over a 7-year period I built it up to a $50 million company turned 30 freaked out and decided I wanted to do something else 17 months I did Wine Library TV 5 days a week I walked away from being CEO of my company hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Wine Library TV I'm your host Gary vay it was just that drive that I just knew that I had to do something different and I did I wish all of you 13 16 19 and 24 year olds could feel how young I am in my soul right now it would change everything you do you would become dramatically more patient which would mean that you would make a lot more of the successes that you want to happen most of you will lose because you're trying to take shortcuts slow and steady wins the race you're only competing with yourself 25 just keep doing it for 5 years you'll be a young man and it'll be there patience I mean it when I say patience when I was 25 years old I thought a 40-year-old was finished I don't even feel like I'm stared I recommend it very seriously that you go home and think about the fact that you should probably allocate the next 3 to four years of your life to try to execute on the thing that you want to do for the [ __ ] rest of your life just put in work and enjoy that enjoy eating [ __ ] and dirt and bleeding and the grind and don't give a [ __ ] about what anybody else thinks why you haven't done it why are you doing that have four jobs [ __ ] Wendy's Walmart your side hustle work train learn when you're 19 and you can spend seven full Years Learning your craft meeting people that are mentors being patient and you wake up and you're 26 years old you have your entire life in front of you and you've done great foundational work to go on and then be successful what I gave was my time when you don't have money you give your time that was my patience that was my giving back it's a balance of regret and patience like you can go hard for 3 years do nothing right wake up and be young as [ __ ] I am convinced that people do not understand that it takes patience and a long time to build a real business