Hey everyone, it's Dustin from Team Gary Vee. On this episode of the Gary Vee audio experience,

Gary was fortunate enough to be a guest on the diary of a CEO podcast with Stephen Bartlett,

where Stephen really goes deep into Gary's history, his childhood, and how it all shaped him

into the empathetic person he is today. I personally enjoyed his take on competition,

so be on the lookout for that segment. This was one of my favorite podcasts Gary did in 2022, so I think you'll enjoy this one.

Gary loves to read your comments, so tweet at Gary V with your thoughts after you listen to this one.

You've just celebrated your 47th birthday.

Yes.

More energy than ever, shall I say.

But what have you, as you recollect on your childhood from

from that vantage point now, what are the new insights that you've attained about yourself?

Probably the most recent one is like this incredible need to be a superhero. You know, I really

took the being the oldest brother to heart. You know, it's funny, my sister and I have a joke that a lot of people don't know that she exists because obviously me and AJ were in business together and I talk a lot about the Jets and that has AJ. But my relationship with my sister, who's three and a half years younger than me, may be one of the most profound relationships I have.

She undoubtedly was the first person

besides my mother that kind of cheered for me.

You know, she looked up to me.

My mother is incredibly close to her brother,

and so she spent a lot of time building that relationship.

We're incredibly close.

I feel much more kinship to her

when I think about my childhood than AJ

because I was 11 years older.

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