- I feel like those guys are like Sloth from Goonies.
(Emily laughs)
They're like chained to this weird part.
Jake, Tom do not come out of here.
(group laughter)
Hey, you guys! (group laughter)
("Legendary" by Welshly Arms)
What if I told you this
was the last Monday morning of your life?
- [Gary] Can't believe it's that time of year already.
Not for me I'm usually three weeks early and I'll probably
say happy holidays to you February 29th so be prepared.
Yeah, it's really, you know it's actually I work every day but
I actually, starting Saturday, I actually do take two weeks
with my family so I'm very excited.
How have you been, good?
Good. Sure, makes sense.
Great, well, why don't we get going?
What can I help you with?
I know that the odds of being a
human being are 400 trillion to 1
and so it's not very difficult to get up in the morning when
that's top of mind.
I will always know where
emerging attention is and
I will never ever fear being
a pioneer in setting up shop.
I think, at some level,
I actually think I'm in the real estate business.
And that's how I built Wine Library and that's how
I built my brand and that's how I built VaynerMedia and that's
how I sell books and that's how everything I do is gonna happen.
Yeah, I'm not scared to lose it 'cause I think I can gain it and
I do think this interview's a lot of fun.
I think the interview in 11 years after losing it all
and then bringing it all back would be really fascinating.
I do think battle scars are attractive.
I do think adversity is, you know listen,
I like to tell a good story.
I think stories sell and so you know what's greater than the
climb from little, losing it all and then climbing back up?
I mean that is the apex of a story.
I never say quit your
job unless it's practical, right?
Meaning if you can afford to.
If you are in a place where, and when I say can you afford
I don't mean how much money you make.
I mean, you know, like if you're 20 and if you're willing to work
and live in a basement with three of your buddies and eat
two dollars worth of food a day then in theory you can if you
choose to say that that's what makes you happiest, right?
So I would say, look here's what I will say,
I am absolutely affected heavily
by the 400 trillion to 1 thing.
It's real to me. I think that people make,
I don't know to be very honest with you,
I don't know, Ian, how people if they were practical,
not emotional, not delusional
if they were practical and
understood the 400 trillion to 1 how they can't be on the
offense, how they can't debate
oh my God I won the ultimate lottery?
Why don't I maximize my happiness while
I have my time on Earth?
My '17 goal is to tighten everything up.
To be better at everything that's going.
I had a very good year and the businesses are going well.
My brand and my content is going very well.
My family is going well.
My health is going well so
I really want to have cut 20% of
the baby fat in all of those directions and
become more efficient,
more successful in all those things.
- How are you? - It's good to seeing you.
- You guys all set? - [Gary and DRock] Yeah.
- [Samantha] Awesome.
- [Gary] What up, Facebook? Good morning.
It's me, Gary.
I don't do a lot of Facebook video direct actually ever.
Anyway, good morning.
iHeartRadio Z 100 Elvis Duran.
All you New York and New Jersey peeps especially my age know
exactly what I'm talking about. Tune in right now.
I should be on pretty shortly.
Not exactly sure but what time is it right now?
- [Other Tyler and DRock] 8:06.
- [Gary] Hey, morning. - [Man] Gary!
- [Gary] Hey. I'm gotta tell them what time I'm going on.
- In five minutes. - [Gary] Good. Okay.
8:11 in the morning. Come check me now!
- How are you, Gary? - [Gary] Good, my friend.
I'm promoting like crazy.
I got all sorts of people tuning in.
- [Elvis] Fantastic. - [Gary] How are you?
- We have a bone to pick with you.
- [Gary] You do? - Oh, yeah we do.
- [Gary] Oh, good. - I didn't know.
- I like bones.
- When we leave tell me what bone we're picking.
- [Gary] I can't wait.
Are we gonna do a good amount of call in?
- Oh, God yeah.
- That's what I want to do. - Whatever you want to do.
- It's good to see you.
- You can do whatever you want to do.
We really have no plans on this show.
- [Gary] No wonder you've been successful for so long.
- 'Cause there's no plan.
- [Gary] No, you know that's real, right?
You know that's my entire thesis.
- [Elvis] But it's true though.
- That's the way I used to do tests in high school.
'Member Scantrons? - [Elvis] Yeah.
- No plan. B, C, A, B, C.
I'd be done in three minutes.
- [Man] What are you doing for the holidays?
Saturday, I'm actually leaving in two days to Florida.
Dropping off our kids and
we're going to Antigua for five days, Lizzie and I.
Off the grid, phone in safe, the whole nine.
- [Man] Wait, wait, you're gonna be off the grid for five days?
- 100%. (DRock laughs)
- [Man] Is that possible? - It happens.
It happens.
Every year, that week and then we come home Christmas Eve and
we spend the next seven or eight days in
Naples, Florida with my in-laws. - [Man] That's awesome.
- Yeah, it'll be great.
- [Emily] Samantha's like he got a latte.
I was like that's a new move.
("Arizona" by Common Souls)
- [Elvis] Gary, it's so fantastic to have you here
and you had this idea.
Your parents had a wine store. You took it from a
successful wine store-- - [Gary] Yes.
- [Elvis] into a massive online wine monster.
- [Gary] That's right.
- [Elvis] Because you figured out,
and something we could all figure out,
one little idea can actually be a massive idea if you actually
do a little work and make it happen or a lot of work,
make it happen.
- You just beat me to the punchline.
What I'm scared about is everybody's driving right now,
everybody's in the office right now,
everybody's sitting at home right now and I was listening as
you are prepping me to come in here and I'm like okay I see how
Elvis is setting this up but I hope that everybody
understands that the next thing I'm gonna say is you have to
work until your eyes are bleeding.
- [Elvis] Hmmm. - I mean that.
Look, great you have an idea and yes if you call in now I can
give you four to seven bullet points that you can dig into
that will probably put you in a better position to succeed but
I want to make this analogy.
You call in and say I want to lose weight.
I will give you exactly what you have to do,
here's the problem.
You have to work out every day.
Here's a good thing 'cause I always think of this show
'cause I used to listen to it
as a kid growing up in Jersey driving.
I kind of weirdly want people to pull over right now.
I realize if you get letters or calls that people got
into accidents, that's on you guys.
I'm waiving all my liability. - Thank you, Gary.
- I want to pull over.
I want you look at that mirror, rearview mirror that's what
it's called, right? - [Woman] Yeah.
- Thank you.
I want you to look at it, you need to understand if you
look at it, it's your fault. - [Elvis] What do you mean?
- Everything in life is on you. - [Elvis] Right.
- It's not your dad's fault who was a drinker.
It's not your boyfriend that you know cheated on you.
It's not your girlfriend who's always putting you down.
It is your fundamental fault.
The second you make that decision
then you can go on the offense.
Do you know, Michael, do you know the odds of becoming a
human being are? 400 trillion to 1.
Everybody who's listening if you want to
get real motivated, you want to become real grateful if you
start realizing that you're more likely to win the Mega Millions
seven times in your life than even having a life all of a
sudden you don't waste three, four years pondering.
Michael, you're scared of something.
You need to figure that out.
Go make a video right now, post it and see what happens and if
the world doesn't want that electronic product
come up with something else.
Thing for me, like I've already made my thing.
I'm gonna buy the New York Jets and there'll be a movie and it's
gonna be great. (group laughter)
At this point, Joe,
this phone call means the world to me.
You have to understand why this matters.
If you actually believe what you just said,
if this is not a fleeting moment of the energy of this show and
you're able to maintain that feeling you cannot imagine how
much better your life is going to be.
- [Elvis] Wow.
So everyone listening must apply it constantly,
not only today but for the rest of your life.
Stop complaining and take control of the things you
actually have control of.
You have more control than you think you do it's frightening
sometimes but it's true.
- Elvis, Joe, I have to say this it's the internet.
It gave us options and that's what eliminated the complaints.
It's the options of the internet
that are practical that gave us this shot.
We have to milk this opportunity
'cause we're all pioneers in the early internet.
It's gonna be harder 20, 40 and 60 years from now.
Right now it's practical.
This is our shot. - We love you, Joe.
Thanks for listening and GaryVee you're fabulous.
- I love you. (group cheering)
- You're the best. GaryVee!
(group applause and cheering)
Stop complaining. Excellent. - That was so awesome.
Like she might literally, her life may be better.
That's real. - She--
- She's like wait a minute.
("Intro" by Common Souls)
- [Man 2] Thanks for your time, Gary.
- [Gary] Thank you. Take care. Happy Holidays.
- [Man] This is great, Gary. - [Man 3] Thank you.
- [Woman] Thank you for coming in.
- [Gary] It was great to see you.
Thank you so much.
- [Woman 2] Thank you, thank you.
Have a wonderful vacation.
- [Gary] A girl that I liked and she liked me,
a junior in high school,-- - [Emily] Yeah.
- she sent me a message saying
I actually do know that you worked all the time.
(group laughter)
- [Gary] Oh wait, where's my coat?
- [DRock] We got it. - [Gary] You got it?
Thank you.
How funny is that?
(indistinct conversations)
This is how it ends. (Emily laughs)
- [Man 3] This is going to live on ElvisDuran.com and
we're doing, it's going to be a quick thing about
New Year's resolutions. - [Gary] Got it. Okay.
- [Man 3] Start off, should people make
New Year's resolutions? - Yes.
- [Man 3] Your answer is yes I'm assuming.
- I don't know. - [Man 3] Okay.
- But we're about to find out. - [Man 3] Yeah.
(group laughter) - Okay.
- [Man 3] Should people make New Year's resolutions?
- People should make New Year's resolutions if they're actually
watching this video on January 1st.
If they're watching it on December 23rd they should make
December 23rd resolutions.
Waiting miraculously to when the calendar flips to start making
your life better is silly at best and pisses me off at worst.
And so, whenever you're watching this because it was on the
internet and thus that means you could watch this on
June 17, 2017 make a resolution every day
of your life 'cause you only get one at-bat.
Hope you guys have a great holiday.
- [Man 3] Yeah.
You too, thank you so much. - Yeah, real pleasure.
- [Man 4] Thank you. - Thank you. Take care.
- [Samantha] That was awesome. - [Gary] I like the snake.
I feel like those guys are like Sloth from Goonies.
(Emily laughs)
They're like chained to this weird part.
Jake, Tom do not come out of here.
(group laughter)
Hey, you guys! (group laughter)
See ya. Thank you.
Yo, am I going to the airport now?
Just early and I'll make content there,
might as well. Alright.
Hey guys, it's me, Gary.
Actually perfect.
These guys, this one and this one just came in here and said
hey, this episode is so iconic
you should chop it up into three episodes.
So this is not something I want to do.
I'm blaming these two characters right here.
And so we're gonna do this three part episode.
Did you have the audio?
Am I mic'd? Oh, is that what it is?
-Yep. - [Gary] Good.
Alright, we'll see what you think.
("Legendary" by Welshly Arms)