This is a short YouTube transcript in which Stephen Catherine and Catherine Bell honor Gary Steven Garcia, Stephen’s financial mentor, celebrating his life and influence. Stephen identifies Gary as born on September 28, 1941 (the silent generation), credits him with mentoring financial decisions and inspiring "compassionate capitalism," and both speakers express gratitude and urge viewers to seek mentors. The piece is a personal tribute and birthday message (not a formal biography).
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September 28, 1941.
His 80th birthday.
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My fellow compassionate capitalist, Stephen Catherine. Coming from. Coming from you, from you to you. We're running away. We don't know where we're at. Live from part of the Northern wall in the Wall Zim. It's so much better than coming to you dead from the wall Zim. I guess we'd be hanging up there if we were. I don't know. Hey, I got to keep things kind of light today and everything, or else I'll get a little emotional. You don't want to see that. I'll run my street cred and everything else like that. I am donning my blue collar work outfit, though. Yes. I got my bobcat hat on. I've got the T shirt. I. I know it's still polo. It's Scottsdale. I moved up in life, what can I say? However, today I. We're gonna. I just want to honor a mentor in my life because today, September 28, 1941, my financial mentor, My Hero Life, Mr. Gary Steven Garcia was born. Now, Gary's a bit of a private guy, so I won't give you any more personal information or show you pictures or anything else like that, but Gary was born what was called the silent generation. This generation was the. The children of the greatest generation who fought in World War I, and also, you know, some of them even fought in World War II. However, they grew up during the Depression and they were just on the onslaught of World War II. It's the smallest generation that was born in the 20th century. However, because they knew about, you know, they lived through the Depression, they lived through World War II and all the subsequent wars since then. Sometimes they can be a little miserly, if you will. They. Some of them may even be called hoarders because they, they like to use. I mean, they like to squeeze every last drop out of what they have because they know what it's like to live without. To have lack in their life. Now, if it wasn't for Gary and for him putting up with me naively and vigorously protesting while on my way to the greatest blessings in my life, I wouldn't have him. I wouldn't have Cibola without Gary. I wouldn't have the Walzim without Gary. And my financial education I received from him actually attracted this lady to me. So. And of course, building an empire with Kathryn is the greatest honor of my life. Having Gary Garcia as my financial mentor. Very, very, very close second. And so I just want to pay honor and tribute to gary today. Happy 80th birthday. Love you, buddy. You know, a generation that had grit. A generation that knew what was important in life. They knew who they were. There was no confusion about that. They knew the difference between right and wrong, between good and bad, good and evil, if you will. And they followed the rules. There's a rule follower right there. They followed the rules, and because of that, they became the parents of the baby boomers, the generation that has amassed the most wealth out of any generation in the history of the world. Anyways, Gary was the one who originally. That I heard originally the term compassionate capitalism from. And so he's the original compassionate capitalist, as far as I'm concerned. He is the original titan of the American dream. And it is a tremendous honor for me to be his protege, to continue his. His legacy on into the future. And that's all that this silent generation ever asked. They just wanted to follow the play by the rules, make their fortunes, and then give it to humanity so that the world would be a better place. And so, with that, before I get too emotional, I'm gonna somehow segue it to Kathryn and let her wrap this up.
So Gary has been a huge inspiration for me as well, and getting to know him has been extraordinary. He's a very humble man and. But extremely, very smart and very generous, and I love the compassionate capitalism. That's exactly who we are and what we stand for. So from us to you, thank you, Gary, for being a giant that we get to stand on your shoulders and carry your legacy forward. It is a true honor and a blessing to know you, to love you, and to have you be a part of our lives and for us to be a small part of your life. So thank you to you and everybody in your generation that has done extraordinary things that allows us to go on and continue forwarding the dream of being compassionate capitalists.
So with that, happy birthday, Gary. Everybody. Go out, get yourself a mentor. There's so many people out there that really do want to just pass on what they have, the knowledge, the wisdom. Amazing. We don't have any problems today if we simply tap into the answers of yesterday. Yeah.
And learn from their history.
Learn from a history.
Yep. So we are the sentinels of the American dream, thanks to Gary. And we leave every person, property, and community better than we found it. And he gets to be a huge part of making that happen. So we love you, we thank you.
And you're extraordinary, and we will set the example of what it takes to never awake from the American dream. Happy 80th birthday, buddy.
