On My Mind: Gary V & Me. New York vs. Miami

Gary Vaynerchuk (who I love btw) said Miami is the G League and New York is the NBA. He’s right. If the game you’re playing is working yourself to death in a city that rewards suffering as a virtue then yes Miami is not that league.

Because New York isn’t the NBA. New York is the Big Lie. The lie that grinding harder in a harder place makes you more serious more successful more real. The lie that cold weather high taxes and two hours on the subway is the price of admission to a meaningful life.

Miami is the Masters. Not the minor leagues it’s the graduate degree. You come here when you’ve figured life out. When you understand that life is not the thing that happens after the work is done. Life is the work. The relationships the journey the weather the water the culture that’s the point.

The people who moved here from New York they graduated. To something better something their parents nearly killed themselves to enjoy for maybe 5-10 years.

Gary with love you built your whole brand telling people to outwork everyone. I respect that. But you’re playing the wrong game.

Winning is working your ass off AND swimming in the ocean before your 9am call. Being present for your kids. No property tax. No income tax. Earning big and living a life you don’t have to vacation from.

The people who left New York didn’t give up. They graduated.

Miami figured it out. The rest of the country and the world is catching up.

That’s What’s Good Miami.

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