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Why Gary Vaynerchuk’s Perspective On Meditation Is Everything That’s Wrong With Mindfulness In Entrepreneurship
The first time I was introduced to Gary Vaynerchuk’s brash and oddly likable personality was through a video of his in which he described himself as “a wine that takes some getting used to.”
It’s an acquired taste.
In my search for knowledge and desire to learn from those ahead of me in the Game of Entrepreneurship, I acquired that taste. There were some weeks where my morning ritual began with listening to a GaryVee video while I cooked myself breakfast. And every morning I did this, the result was the same: I started my day hyped and ready to kill it.
As I began to introduce my friends to his content, he always inspired the same result. One of my closest friends, Matthew Jones, and I would spend hours consuming and then debating the new lessons we were learning on what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur — a winner of The Game.
The 1 thing I always really respected about Gary Vaynerchuk was his ability to stay within his realm of expertise.
I never watched Gary Vaynerchuk to learn how to improve my personal health, or to get insights on which hockey team I thought was…
