You Don’t Need to Have It All Figured Out | GaryVee Keynote
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode is a talk I gave at Newtown High School — and honestly, the themes apply to anyone at any stage of life. We get into the real stuff: self-awareness, dealing with pressure, making decisions for yourself, and tuning out opinions that don’t matter.
Whether you're 18, 28, or 48 — this is about getting clear on who you are and where you're going, without letting the noise steer the ship. I answer real questions from the audience and go deep on things like building confidence, starting from zero, and the long-term mindset that leads to actual fulfillment — not just quick wins.
We talk about:
🧠 How to build confidence from the inside out
🧭 Making decisions without chasing outside validation
👨👩👧👦 Handling pressure from family or society
💡 Why self-awareness is the real unlock
💵 Starting businesses with no money
🔁 The power of changing your mind
📱 Social media, mental health, and not getting caught in the trap
⏳ Why you’ve got more time than you think
This is one of those timeless convos — real questions, real answers, and real energy. If you're in the middle of figuring things out... you’ll want to hear this one.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, you're about to listen to a talk I gave to a bunch of teenagers in Queens, right? |
| 0:05.0 | Newtown. |
| 0:06.0 | I hope you enjoy this. |
| 0:07.0 | This is a fun keynote, especially good to turn up loud if you got some kids in the back seats right now |
| 0:12.0 | or if you want to send to a 15, 16 year old, especially one that's maybe in a, you know, |
| 0:17.0 | environment that is a little bit more challenging financially and literally what's going on |
| 0:22.1 | around their house and the hood. And so, yeah, I was really proud of this. I was really looking |
| 0:27.9 | forward to doing it and I hope you get some value out of it in any age that you are. Also, |
| 0:33.3 | if you're listening to this early in the morning, I'm on 9 to 11 a.m. live right now, on tea with Gary B. |
| 0:38.9 | See you there. |
| 0:40.3 | Bye. |
| 0:41.3 | When I thought about what I wanted to talk about this morning, |
| 0:43.7 | probably the biggest thing I thought about is |
| 0:46.3 | how do I get these kids to realize that success |
| 0:51.3 | that is being pushed on them? |
| 0:52.9 | What success is, is incredibly twisted. |
| 0:58.0 | You know, I know that so many people view success |
| 1:03.0 | from a money place, from a fame place, from a followers place, |
| 1:08.0 | all the shit that's being put into your head from the outside world is confusing. |
| 1:15.1 | And I say that because the only mark of success |
| 1:22.5 | as you get older is just sheer happiness, simplicity, joy. |
| 1:30.5 | When you're 17, when you're 15, |
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