Crushed It

I also reach millions of people through my business Q&A YouTube show, #AskGaryVee; my daily video documentary, DailyVee; my role on Planet of the Apps—an Apple reality-TV show about app development—and books like the one you’re holding in your hand.

Don’t become so comfortable on one platform that you don’t take the time to develop solid skills on the others.

Deon says that was kind of his fault. “I was just trying to make deals and make moves for a profit. I wasn’t trying to build a brand. I wasn’t committed to the branding process; I was committed to try to make money.”

But then accept that your ambitions are humbler than you originally thought and be good with it. Not everyone should try to build a business as big as it can get. The truth is that you can’t do it all, so you’re going to have to make choices. Be practical. Raising your self-awareness and suffocating any self-delusion is a crucial piece of keeping you on the path to success, however you define it.

things! Create content daily. Biz-dev daily. Meet with two or three people per day who can get you awareness, distribution, or sales—somehow closer to your goals.

When you first start out, there is no time for leisure

would learn everything I possibly could about the construction industry, read magazines, learn architects’ names. I wanted to have so much information on day one of my business that if I had a conversation with a client, I could deliver so much value. I was trying to learn so much about the product that people would not look at my age and lack of experience as a weak point but overlook that when I told them everything that I know.

wrong call. Get over that quick. I love losing because I learn so much from it. The reason I don’t talk about my failures much is not because I’m hiding anything, but because once I’ve seen I’ve made a mistake, in my mind, it’s over.

You need to constantly be in do mode. I see you out there overthinking your content and agonizing over your decisions, taking forever to make up your mind. Your confidence is low, and you’re worried people will call you a loser if you make the wrong call. Get over that quick.

soon as customers received their order, they’d post a picture to social media. Except, interestingly, sometimes they didn’t post the shirt—they posted the letter, the can, or the dream journal.