How to Start Doing Things That Scare You

Fear of the unknown is controlling so many people's lives. They are afraid to speak up or try and take a risk because they do not know what the outcome will be and which will, in turn, lead to external judgment from the people around them. The truth is that this is an inside game. If taking a risk is what feels right to you and makes you happy, don't be afraid to try because other people might think it's stupid. Who cares what they think?
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Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of VaynerMedia, a full-service digital agency servicing Fortune 500 clients across the company’s 5 locations. Gary is also a prolific public speaker, venture capitalist, 4-time New York Times Bestselling Author, and has been named to both Crain’s and Fortune’s 40 Under 40 lists.
Gary is the host of the #AskGaryVee Show, a business and marketing focused Q&A video show and podcast, as well as DailyVee, a docu-series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO, investor, speaker, and public figure in today’s digital age.
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[@Catholicdad_23]

"You aren't really afraid of the unknown, you're just not used to that much possibility, you've gotten used to the certainty of limitations" - Chris Rangel

[@cristinafrw]

Great quote! facts.

[@Catholicdad_23]

@Fishheadmandible Thank you for commenting. It really can be empowering once we see this and try to work through it. Wish you the best

[@IrvOfficial]

That’s 🔥

[@thestarinthesky_]

Wow! That is amazing quote!Blows my mind!very true!

[@wolfofdubai]

Just push your comfort zone a little every day. Small changes, before you do the big one.

[@staarkilla7123]

Wolf of Dubai Stocks Investing Channel facts 💯

[@no-one8494]

Great advice

[@codingwithdidem]

damn it scares me

[@GoalsAndCrows]

Never let fear rule you! Thank you for enabling me to start making videos about routines to help people use them to their advantage.

[@LITTLEBROAL]

I’d watch these man , make 1,000 videos a year and put out 200 of the best one you create. My buddy does KZbin and this seems like the algorithm to success. Another thing would be posting minimum two to three times a week of good content. Don’t give up if you’re at 600 it can easily be 6000, but you have to want it. Set a small goal for your channel and then destroy that goal. 10/10 it’s gonna work and the momentum of the small wins is. Going to blow your mind. Hope all is well man keep doing your thing , hope all works out for the best!

[@MarkedView]

Gary V is so good at what he does and it’s crazy how just being himself and not sugar coating anything to make people successful

[@Thena227]

Gary dropping free game once again. Hearing this made me realize I need to step outside of my comfort zone even if it’s something small it’s practice. Mental privilege is number one 🙌🏽🔥

[@PassiveIncomeTom]

*Mindset is key!* *Stay focused on your goals!* 😉

[@ZephanClark]

first, love all the lessons I learn from you my man!

[@thegabrieljulie]

Who is going to do more uncomfortable things after hearing this out?

[@devotheambivert9875]

Moi

[@thegabrieljulie]

@@devotheambivert9875 hey! Moi aussi l'ami! 😉

[@devotheambivert9875]

@@thegabrieljulie Cool

[@jordantony1796]

Yup instead of using my right hand I used my left

[@graverob871]

@@jordantony1796 LOL

[@loganlaj]

I have been really thinking about this lately, how to push past doing things I’m scared of! Great video Gary, there are so many factors that go into holding us back.

[@aazifahzan]

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson Agree? -then give 👍 Not Agree? - Tell me why in 💬

[@jewelbennett5446]

I say this as much as I get on my 30 yr old about being at home not working. Thought he really did not care. But last night I was not well and was having breathing problems to calm me he played some healing frequency music and then he recorded me omg I never thought about what he might be going through. Most times he acts like he don t care but one time before same thing happened and we play healing tones of God's creation and even I was surprised at the affects. So thank you to my son I love you very much thank you for sitting with me. I'm sorry you had to see that. Hope you like your new job🤗no know i do lol

[@jack3361]

Go wherever the fuck you want to go.

[@PrayWithMeDaily81]

Most times, the way isn’t clear, but you want to start anyway. It is in starting with the first step that other steps become clearer

[@Juice84]

The internet is one of the greatest opportunities to earn extra capital by posting valuable content on KZbin another social media platforms. This practice has helped me gain thousands of subscribers on KZbin and monthly brands deals. This truly the best time to become an entrepreneur. Good luck on your journey everyone. Happy Holidays😊

[@ShonSpeaks]

Damn Gary V I love the rawness and realness so needed

[@Dylan360twisty]

I stopped taking money from my mom at 16 and I’m 20 now, we don’t ask for handouts out here every dollar I made since then has been in my own and that’s facts.

[@bananaboiii3960]

Props

[@champion3.179]

10 years been working on self and goal is to mentor kids thank you Gary V

[@PatrickCogen]

We are scared of the unknown. We to need learn to face our fears in order to move up in our lives! Love from a small youtuber :)

[@JessisEnchantedVibes]

Practice. Yep! I am 100% practicing saying yes! It's so new and scary, but that is how I know this is also the beginning of something real and amazing 🙌 Perspective is everything ❤️ Thanks for always speaking the truth Gary Vee

[@noahsoliven6185]

U fr put me onto this way of thinking thank you

[@atemalemnji181]

Gary i really deeply thank you for this and all your words 🙌🏾

[@justinsjackson]

Needed this man. Thank you!

[@Illumibuddy]

Thank you Gary!

[@IrvOfficial]

Keep pushing through

[@BAdventures]

This is the real social education the world needs now. Love it 👍

[@DEE-qu5mc]

Right on Gary, break the pattern.

[@zachsodano]

Have a great day Gary thanks

[@fahmifauzi3274]

you such an inspiration!

[@MarinaValmont]

Great video 👍 if you don’t try things that scare you than you’ll always feel safe and nothing new will come into your life.

[@jdee2229]

Love this!!

[@TechnologyImpossible]

I believe that experience create expectations.

[@NotesofJaz]

yes he's talking about cultivating self trust...and that only comes by taking a risk and then taking another repeat several times

[@TheKatrinaRuthShow]

Great content on overcoming your fears!

[@_r_o_w_]

Is the full interview available anywhere?

[@voltairepabustan]

Such great information!

[@robertspencer8662]

Thank you for the video your the best

[@devotheambivert9875]

Big ups for telling it like it is

[@bielasp]

Im gonna make 30 calls today for my business, this video is keep me going

[@CheHojas]

so true

[@unmiss-com]

Don't be afraid to take a risk. Without risk you can't go ahead. You can't fail, but you can learn. Just start and practice. Then you can improve your approaches.

[@mikepawlikguitar]

D-Rock and Gary, you guys are amazing for making this content. I know you don't have to, and you do anyway.. So it's appreciated. HOWEVER, if you're already going to go to the effort of doing it, why not buy another wireless mic for the interviewer to hook into your audio recording system? Would make what they're saying much easier to hear. Alright, peace and love bros.

[@AnandJ]

Helicopter parenting is what is causing people to feel entitled and lack self-esteem in real life. I'm speaking from personal experience. There is an amazing book called - The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden. One of the pillars is -The Practice of Self-Responsibility. Without this pillar, you will not be able to develop self-esteem.

[@_ConnorEdwardsMusic]

I just started my own KZbin channel and putting videos out there where I'm trying to reach 1,000 Spotify streams. I might get there, but I'm also intimidated by not making it. So this is awesome!!

[@sTyLLzX]

Change the meaning you place on it. That adrenaline rush you get when you do something new is not really fear, its the excitement of the unknown.

[@_ConnorEdwardsMusic]

sTyLLzX thats a good point. I think it’s more about taking a risk and presenting it to everyone, but not knowing the outcome!! But it is exciting, like you said!!

[@harikoa4723]

Hey Connor one of my goals is to also reach 1000 streams (hate seeing that < symbol) on some of my new music im going to be releasing over the next 2 months. Wishing you all the best on this process and i'm excited to see what you do 😇

[@_ConnorEdwardsMusic]

Brody Butler thanks man!! Seeing that less than sign sucks! What are you doing to try and get to your goal?

[@bryan.flores]

Here early, love you Gary

[@tylerburger7485]

The lack of understanding of what really is going on with society is astounding

[@Stefanburakov]

100% in so many ways, so tierd of this stupied left vs right politic talk and behavior, people really focus on the wrong things.. Gary is spot on

[@juliekmunden]

Love this! #breakpatterns

[@MikeStrike-Multipotential]

Got a question to the team. I have so many Ineressts and practice them. I also have two jobs I like. So I can't be professional or specialized in one Project. What I can do? I put everything under one brand? Multitalent? How can I monetize it?

[@sleepnanny]

Fear is what we need to throw away!

[@awakenthegreatnesswithin]

Get comfortable being uncomfortable 👏😃

[@Stefanburakov]

I started with this experiment 20 year ago for some weeks then I stoped but starting again..

[@rickyle3328]

Does anyone know what talk this clip is from?

[@ImBlackIvy]

I skateboard and this says volumes

[@eyesus8165]

For as much as I love Gary I do hope he starts to think those of us who have all the difficulties and have been fighting for years but because of outside forces like racism in the system, or the fact that people won't deal with you simply because of how you look. I know his motto, "if someone like you has made it then you can too." That's not how life actually works. By generalizing like he does he can make people who have been doing the things and not have success feel like a failure. I know his self-awareness speech but I do hope he at some point stops generalizing and start speaking to who he means. Middle-class, white people. I know its hard growing up the way he did but how did he have to worry about being killed? How long did have to deal with a neighborhood that is literally a war zone. Everyone can watch his stuff, so maybe he should act like he truly understands that. This comes from a black man that lives in an area where if I spend my time with black people I have to concern my self with dealing with people who I honestly trust or everyone who is always one moment away from calling the cops because I scare them. Life here and many places around the world is much complicated than his sound bites like to make it. I do hope one day he begins to take this into account when goes one his "you aren't winning because you buy dumb shit," rants. Outside of all that I do love his shit.

[@cIiffe]

once you get that first bit of positive feedback you get addicted to discomfort

[@Ho11is2Ho11ywood]

For me, I'm incredibly introverted and used to get ridiculed for it as a kid. It carried over into adulthood which led to me being scared to make a mistake. Therefore, I always take the safe route but it's created a glass ceiling. I also have kids, and while they're my greatest blessing, I'm also afraid to take risk out of fear of fucking things up for them. I can deal with things not going well for me but I can't see my kids struggle even for a minute. I don't know what to do honestly. Tired of being "doing ok." Not sure what possessed me to vent this in a youtube comment section by the way lol

[@mollyerickson4897]

I hear either/or thinking which I recognize because it, too, has plagued me all my life. I have spent many hours thinking about this and can trace this back to growing up hearing criticism, never praise. Not "great job on all of your A's" but "Why did you get that one "B"? I believe this drives me to do what I feel certain about so I won't make a mistake and won't risk being criticized. It also caused me to see things in black and white and I've worked hard to edge into the grey zone in-between. That, to me, is taking a risk. And that is how I'm learning to get past the "do it all the way or nothing" mentality that held me back in fear. I'm not going to quit my job and risk my financial future on a dream, but I can begin taking steps in that direction WHILE working. And damn it's a lot harder later in life than earlier but at least it gives me hope. Maybe the same is true for you. You don't have to look at it as fucking up your kids' lives by leaping out into something but rather, ask yourself what steps can you take in that direction while ensuring your kids are financially secure. It's hard, I'm not gonna lie. But it is what makes me come alive and feel hopeful and also in recently taking a big risk at work that got rejected, I discovered it didn't knock me down, it made me more determined to keep moving in the direction I want to go. I surprised myself by that reaction. By taking small risks, we stretch our comfort zone and grow our resilience. That is what I have learned. Good luck in your journey.

[@robertobarrientosmartinez3711]

Hahahaha what happened there Gary 3:19 I love you man it is not hate, just found it funny

[@robertobarrientosmartinez3711]

I know it's because you think faster than you can talk

[@OfficialControl]

GOAT

[@FreedomMarketer]

I wish so many more would do what they love instead of what someone else wants of them. It may take a while, but if you can get it to where you do what you love every day then you'll never work another day in your life. It's soooo worth the wait though right?

[@anthonypvp420]

I have the fear of making the choice to not go to work, and the payment I’m making because of this fear is that I don’t get to stay home and play video games

[@dailywisdomwordsshirleysat4005]

Dear Gary I did have something happen today that scared the living daylights out of me. I was contacted by an individual from Iran who presented himself as an Islamic convert to Christianity who was in danger of losing his life, and he wanted me to self-publish a book for him here in the United States that has political overtones. And first I said yes and then I changed my mind and said no, it’s too risky for the both of us. Because if he is the real deal, he could lose his life, and if not, and he is really an agent trying to publish Iranian propaganda, I could lose my freedom. There are some things that are too risky, and I think this is one of them.

[@AaronBowley]

whenever I think of the thing that gives me anxiety or makes me wanna hide I just ask myself am I afraid and I laugh and I go and attack it

[@jordantony1796]

The worst people are people that make fun of u when u live at ur parents house when their parents are paying for their rent watch out for them

[@PAINVALENTINO]

Fucking needed this I need to break these barriers !

[@Stolasupremecy]

Today I did something that scared me and it's still scared and it wasn't on purpose After wrestling practice:I though I told my step dad to pick me up somewhere but there was miscommunication. And this place was like in the back. Back.and he wasn't there but the doors were locked so I went around the building and tried some more doors. I was by one door and I saw my 6th grade Ela teacher. I banged on the door shouting her name and just when I was about to give up she turned around and I was able to get back I'm charge my phone and call my step dad the kinda funny thing was when I was in her room when I called my step dad he goes "WHERE THE **** ARE YOU"

[@Clothestrap]

This my guy str8 the fuck up💪🏿💪🏿

[@acharich]

Spot on.. 💯💯💯 Peeps are afraid to take risks, yet envy those that take them.. 👀👀👀 And many try to guilt trip us into celebrating for mediocrity & affirming foolishness.. ⚡⚠️⚡ There is more, so much more..! 🔥🙇🏾‍♂️🔥 - @Acharich

[@HandsOnDismantler]

Ego clouds disrupts everything.” - Jocko

[@maggiemooz]

Why were people laugjing in the end when Gary mentioned getting an award for coming in 9th (aka, being mediocre)?

[@noahsoliven6185]

Yessir

[@chris-palmer]

*DOES GARY VEE HAVE A CRAPPY VIDEO?* Love you brother #chrispalmerseo

[@Wilson_Cool]

0:40

[@mslikenootha]

Yeah these millennials really do feel entitled. My daughter is 13 and an only child by me, she lives with me. She’s an A student self motivated on the dance team and junior honors society at school and she has her moments of feeling entitled 🤨 so started her volunteering at the age of 11 she loves it 🤔 she now wants to start babysitting or making lip gloss to sell. I told her sure over the Christmas break I will her with making and selling lipgloss. I don’t think she’d even have those thoughts if she didn’t first start with volunteer work. So I’m happy that she’s trying to create opportunity for herself at 13.

[@RSVDCN]

ok boomer

[@DrawingTatto]

fear of ..... is the real danger here.

[@baskeyvision9952]

When you wake up in the morning... Eggs

[@shinebabyshine.]

Positive thought patterns aren’t a privilege - it’s leverage. Privilege is usually something you’re born with or born into, that affords you more power and opportunity than others.

[@pranavsudhir7645]

Get comfortable with the uncomfortable..

[@joyceadegboyega8524]

How do people with Learning Disabilitys try new things and how they understand in that way you are saying.

[@alan2102X]

The "entitlement mentality" is to a large extent justified. We ARE entitled to (a sliver of) the fruits of our society's success. That's what UBI is about -- Universal Basic Income. This idea has grown by leaps and bounds over just the last year. Now everyone is talking about it, suddenly! And they are RIGHT.

[@champion3.179]

Thank you , pimp life I'll pimp myself meaning put in my Perspective that's your perspective , everything starts in the mind ... I been mind fucked for 37 years

[@deansworld2047]

Anybody else miss the old woosht sound tag?

[@BENI_MMNA]

So many statements but I actually feel like so little is elaborated. "Mental privilige" of what?

[@gavinyates9189]

Less billionaires more millionaires.

[@MainCourseEncouragement]

Fear and comfort is the two worse things to be used by the human race.

[@ladaemon__]

They're essential survival instincts but I agree, can't let them control your life!

[@MainCourseEncouragement]

@@ladaemon__ You 're right as well. You can"t, fear is a natural instinct, but the way the masses use fear its almost as if its unnatural. The instinct to know not to go down that alley is real but fear is created when we expect something to happen if you walked down there. When, in reality, you know that you shouldn't common sense.

[@serenitycook8788]

I want to be an famous actress but I’m afraid I won’t succeed as well as the others😔

[@julz9363]

Serenity Cook hell no girl you gotta go for that shit and do it w all you can yolo

[@aquarius2284]

Shitting on millenials, new parents and the concept of empathy while trying to make a point about going outside your comfort zone. Great message. Do you ever go outside of your comfort zone of believing you're always right while everyone else must be wrong, Gary? Because last time I checked, no generation is superior. They just have different challenges, different perspectives, which is why they don't always understand each other. Perfect example right here. Maybe young people started following you and watching your content because you say bold black and white things and display a vast array of silly gestures in a very short amount of time. But word of advice, I would seriously rethink that strategy. It's funny to a point, until people start to question your intelligence.

[@pixelpuff]

Nobody thinks that 9th place is good. How stupid do you think millennials are? The fact that even Gary Vee is out of touch with the real challenges of millennials today is shocking to me. My friend's mom bought a house and a piece of land in her 20's by owning a very small, very humble, moderately priced, food store. Today, millennials can't even RENT a house on the same amount of money. When our parents graduated, they had lifetime well- paying, salary jobs, if they went to college and felt like getting one. Sometimes not even if they got to college. Now, for millennials college educated and non- college educated, everyone is expected to have had 7 jobs before they retire, according to an authority publication on careers in America. High high level of uncertainty compared to our parents.

[@pixelpuff]

You are basically guaranteed to be in and out of work whether you went to college or not of you are a millennial. High high level of uncertainty compared to our parents.

[@cebuitparkproperties9411]

Ok boomer

[@DavronKarimov]

On some Real shit Gary does talk about the same stuff all the time

[@CalebRoyal]

The Money Guy - Davron Karimov because it’s the truth.

[@Xk_Mike]

what the fuck is this gon do.

[@AdamDylanFoley]

dan pena has been talking about accountability and rubbish parenting for 3 decades

[@gavinyates9189]

Lesbians are has more millionaires this will help Society tremendously. Pass it on if you have the guts. And you're not scared.

[@elmaschingon5481]

Gary why you move your hands so much

[@iamasmurf1122]

This just sounds like ego talking

[@TECHNONIXMALAYALAM]

It's boaring Mark Manson is interesting and realistic than this guy.