Gary Vaynerchuk grew his wine business from $3M to $60M, but people call it luck. He's been working since age 14. The video argues success isn't chance—it's relentless effort, timing, and mindset, not the external factors people mistake for luck.
If you're an Olympic athlete or something like that, you get to the high— you also have to peak at the time it's an Olympic year. You know, you could be the fastest runner in the world and it's an off year, and so, you know, by the time you get to the Olympics 3 years later, you know, you aren't anymore. So there's a lot of luck involved in things in the world.
So at 30, I started Wine Library TV. YouTube blows up. At 31, I'm on Conan O'Brien, Ellen. There's articles being written about me. Now they're writing that the business grew from $3 to $60 million in sales. I'm becoming this guy. I got so many goddamn emails from friends in high school during that period when I was showing up in all these magazines and TV shows, and every single one of them was like, hey Gary, you remember me from high school? Oh my God, You're so lucky. I wrote back every single one of them and said, let me just clarify one thing. I'm not lucky. I worked. I worked every goddamn weekend and every holiday since I was 14 years old. So you can keep that luck shit in your pocket.
My intention with this video was to spread understanding, not fighting. I want you to see that it's not one point of view or the other. You can pull and learn from both, especially the one that you don't immediately resonate with. Embrace the genius of the The end.
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