How to Build Resilience and Accountability in Business
4/17/202629 min
In this episode, I sit down to discuss the critical challenges facing modern men and boys in an era of unlimited optionality and extreme insecurity. I encourage you to take your foot off the pedal as a parent and allow your children to face the "jungle" of real-world consequences. I also discuss why financial enabling is destroying the self-esteem of young adults and why true success is measured by peace of mind.
You’ll learn about:
- The Danger of "Eighth-Place Trophies"
- Why Your Kid is Not Your Friend
- How to Use Sports to Teach Humility
- The Importance of Dealing with "Sucky Authority"
- Why Financial Independence is the Key to Self-Respect
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First 90 secondsGary Vaynerchuk· Host0:00
I think if you have a kid that cries when they lose in sports, you've been given a blessing, and I think you should compound that, not suppress it teaching your kids that nothing matters is a bad idea. Leads to depression so it's just a game. Fuck you, you say that to me. I'm 50 right now, bro. If someone said to me around a game of Monopoly tonight, let's say me, you, Train, who's filming me right now, and you brought a friend and the four of us played Monopoly, and I started getting a little kooky because you made a trade that was inappropriate 'cause, you know, Monopoly gets weird. And, and, and I was starting to get cooking a little angry, and one of you are like, "Bro, it's just a game." I'm like, "Fuck you, man. This is life." This is the Gary Vee audio experience I thought maybe I'd start it off with, um, talking about men.
Speaker 1· Guest0:45
Uh, uh, I, I know right now there's just, there's just so, there's so much noise, frankly- Yes ... um, about talking about men and boys struggling right now. Um, and, um, I was wondering your thought, like in, e- especially when it comes to employment i- in a, you know, in an era when, um, I know you said, uh, you've called anyone can build an individual empire.
Gary Vaynerchuk· Host1:07
Yes.
Speaker 1· Guest1:07
Um, what, what do you believe given, given all of our, the possibilities and, um, what the internet has brought us, um, what, what, what do you think, uh, is the real reason people are checking out, um, in, from the workforce? And how can we inoculate our kids, and especially boys against,