Whether it’s to share your knowledge or to help people, to have fun with a creative outlet or to create community, to build something that leaves a legacy or to make other people enjoy their lives more—these are all great reasons to start a business. Anecdotes and success stories aside, this is almost certainly one of the shortest chapters you’ll ever find. Crushing It was repetitive and a complete bore. I know Gary has a ghostwriter but his books feel like he’s had involvement in it, unlike this one which didn’t even feel like it had any. As we’ve already mentioned in our summary of the first chapter, TV’s got nothing on YouTube, the video platform so big you should not even think about ignoring. But the best advice of the new book is this: start somewhere, just start to build your personal brand.

Talent has little value without patience and persistence. Success takes a shitload of work, and the people who ultimately break through and crush it are those who get all that and go for their dreams anyway. I’m glad I borrowed this and didn’t buy it. Ask Gary Vee felt far more informative and useful than Crushing It.

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Even though this is one of his more time-consuming reading/audio materials, the experience is great, good structure, insightful, with real-life experiences. Creating your personal brand opens countless channels you can use to talk about any topic that inspires you – while you get paid for it. But it won’t come easily. First you must identify and use your skills. Making lots of money requires working nonstop. You can’t copy anyone; you must find your own path and use the principles of personal brand-building to build a following. When it comes to professional opportunities,” Vaynerchuk notes, “this is the best time to be alive in the history of humankind.” one thing that did frustrate me is the main advice about how much time and energy needs to be put into being an entrepreneur. I don't mind the idea of hard work for a long time—I have a disability that strictly dictates my sleep schedu It’s a matter of survival to think beyond your current successes and constantly look for ways to create new ones so that you’re never limited to any one platform or even one topic. How do you do that? By creating a personal brand so powerful that it transcends platforms, products, and even your passion.”We have seen a tremendous surge in business, be it of any kind, in the last two decades. With this growth comes the companion-competition. When this is a boon for the economy, it's not the same for a new entrepreneur. The time that a new enterprise takes to reach the break-even point has increased to twice or three the earlier and many quits trying before that. First, Gary does a very good job in explaining what each media is for. I think that some of them I really understood better (or for the first time) thanks to him.