Gary, I watched both episodes, as I have watched many of your the Ask Gary Vee Show podcast episodes since I stumbled upon it, which was around the time when you invited Casey Neistat onto the show for an episode.

As I already commented on your new vlog a couple of times, it is pretty good that it well documents what kind of crazy day you have on daily basis, which portrays what kind of hard work you actually put in in a 18-hour work day. It is a grind, to say the least, and it kind of laughs at Tim Ferriss’s 4 Hour Work Week idea (no pun intended), but it isn’t that I am not familiar with such work ethic and schedule day in and day out.

Not me, but my boss whom I have so much respect in terms of vision and work ethic jokes once in a blue moon that she is married to work (yes, as a female entrepreneur she works harder than any man I’ve known), and that is literal.

No ‘typical’ fun time exists for her, meaning she always works, and every subject revolves around work even when she is ‘not’ working. She is constantly engaged in developing current and new ideas and executing her tasks and communicating with many, like you are in the vlog. So, I was able to relate to what kind of each day you’re having, or I should say I could relate to what kind of workload you have each day.

And like I noted in your YouTube channel comment section, I have so much respect for you. (By the way, as you put it, our comments are your oxygen — I think that is a brilliant way to say to have people leave comments and makes them feel as if they really matter. I am sure they do to a degree, but you know what I am getting at).

Then…

But it got me thinking yesterday.

And then I read this part in your writing.

The only thing you truly have control over in your life is time, and most importantly, how you spend it.

I am at the brink of the moment where I am going to follow my passion, dream, ideas, or whatever people may call it for themselves nowadays. I am about to go solo and delve into this entrepreneurship, which means I must spare no time for myself or for ‘fun’ or distraction and adapt to this change so that I can make my whatever come true soon. If not sooner.

And we all know that we don’t know how long it would take, as in you didn’t know at first how long it would take for you to get your Wine Library somewhere you were proud of, or as in you don’t know how long it will take for you to buy the Jets (if that happens).

You noted several times upon answering questions on your podcast that there’s no plan b or that you’re just not wired to think otherwise. You were saying that you are so focused on what you’re interested in accomplishing, you do not think about failure, and better yet, the fear of failing propels you to work even harder. For that, I remember you specifically referring to your family and also Vaynur Media employees — one of the reasons why you strive forward so hard is because you are fearful of failing them as a leader, which is very noble and admirable. That is the kind of leader who anyone wants to work for. How long or short it may be.

I may have side tracked a bit, but what I was going to say is that I got the gist of what entrepreneurs, like you and Casey, and even my boss, first hand, are made of. I just never thought that this is what I wanted, and now I do. Hence, I must act on it. Because it is my time that I am wasting by not acting upon it. My life energy (borrowed from YMOYL) is precious, and I must use it wisely.

Oh, by the way, I will always remember the two things you said — Self awareness and reverse engineering.

And most of all, thank you for being an inspiration at a time when I needed it.