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Ben — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:18:36 -0000

I agree with Critical Truth. Leonardo da Vinci was multi-dimensional. Benjamin Franklin was multi-dimensional. They DID stuff. They didn't blog about doing stuff. Gary Vaynerchuk can barely form grammatically correct sentences. A hustler, yes. Multi-dimensional, no. Hell then my dog is multi-dimensional. She likes eating, chasing squirrels, sleeping and taking long walks in the woods. She's a real polyglot, she is. 100% authentic.

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Ben — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:58:12 -0000

Ben Franklin did many things, but he did them one at a time. That dude did not fuck around.

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Daniel Delaney — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:12:21 -0000

Well Sir I think it's an interesting point. But I'm not quite sure about how you propose the interplay. For example, what happens in the case of James Gandolfini? How do you escape such dogma?

This reminds me of a recent episode of This American Life where they spoke of Jerry Springer and his attempts at going back into politics. Worth a listen!

http://thislife.org/Radio_E...

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kaysha — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:53:01 -0000

So totally true...
Make stuff for the people and the people will love you if it comes from the heart

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Cheri Sigmon, CISSP — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:02:00 -0000

Gary, you're "spot on," again. I like to see the good guys like you and Jason win also. Keep on keepin' it real, dude.

You always give me something to THINK about and I like that!

Regards,
@DoxieDenDiva

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Ben F — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:51:20 -0000

You Rock!!

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Bobby B — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:49:31 -0000

Another good blog but I would like to make one point on your side note.
Good people dont finish last, nice people do. Good guys kill the bad guy in movies, thats not NICE is it. Good guys can also be ass holes to bad people. Nice guys dont have the guts. Thats why NICE guys finish last and the good guy always wins.

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Ian Muir — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:36:20 -0000

Gary, you kick ass. I honestly don't know a single person I would call a one trick pony. Life would be pretty boring if each of us only had one thing to bring to the table.

Our unique combination passions and skills is what makes us who we are. It's what makes us great. We should all strive to be polymaths and celebrate our talents.

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Greg — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:32:11 -0000

hey, good points--all made from the stairwell of an NY walk-up! Cool. oh, and checked out 37 Signals--very cool. Writeboard looks awesome. Cheers.

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NeutralAngel — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:56:32 -0000

sorry about the typos... sheesh... must be ME keepin' it real!

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NeutralAngel — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:54:11 -0000

Gary, you are so very right on every level! Concerning you, and WLTV, it your multi-dimensionality and way of "keepin' it real", just as much as the real wine content, that keeps me coming back for me. Please don't let any of the 1-trick pony nay-sayers bring you down! Keep it real, keep it passionate, and above all, KEEP IT COMING!

Nathan Nontell

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Andrew H. — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:50:46 -0000

Gary, it's funny that you did an episode on this topic today. I was thinking.. it would be awesome if you came out with a book on wine and cheese. Come on Gary V!

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Mary Beth — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:06:30 -0000

Gary.. all I can say is you nailed it. AUTHENTICITY!! people know it when they see it. We have all been around people that are selling you their one liner over and over again. YAWNNNN.. but when you can relate to people on variosu levels that relationship is sooo much more real. it is all about how can I conect with you?.. what are you about? how can I realate to you? By sharing those other aspects of oirselves we put ourselves out there for people to connect.

You are a Jets fan .. and so I am . it intrigues me..so that pulls me into giving you my attention as oposed to another wine expert. I love when I have an aquantice and I find out that they also have this other skill, passion, and gift. Sure it is great to pursue your given natural talent, but if you think that is all you are about you are soo sadly mistaken.

Thanks gary!!

mary beth

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Ján Sokoly — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:21:08 -0000

Wow, you're so damn right buddy.

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Thomas V. — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:17:14 -0000

You nailed it GV!!

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Anonymous — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:17:41 -0000

I think it depends on your branding strategy. Ben Franklin did pretty well with the 'Eclectic Genius' thing. For others, it might dilute one's expertise in the event that the multiplicity doesn't sparkle as brightly as one wishes it would.

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Andrew — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:49:03 -0000

Dude. You are awesome.

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Brit Hammer — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:08:41 -0000

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I can't tell you how many times I got the same reaction when I left working in "supply chain" to create cool glass art. Turns out I'm also a pretty good cook...and I give great hugs, too! Where does this primieval fear of being multi-dimensional and authentic come from anyway?

Btw our interview is coming - as soon as I can get it uploaded to Viddler or Blip or whatever site that doesn't give me "encoding error", whatever that means....

Namaste,
B

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Alex D — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:35:40 -0000

WORD!

Just thought about this the last week.

On my blog I write about anything and everything that interest me and that I'm passionate about. When I first was deciding on a theme for my blog I initially wanted to go with only writing about eMarketing related stuff, but since I realised there is more to me than just an interest in media and marketing, I went all out.

Everybody should follow this advice.

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tursiops — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:32:08 -0000

Absolutely agree! Because it's not only about trusting your own pallet and trying new things wine related, but it's about trying new things period.
For example my mother cannot understand how I can listen to such different music, I mean I wanna hear what's out there, not only what's on TV (and BTW I don't even have a TV).
I mean I could go on and on forever and ever with examples but I think I'll stop there.

Keep up the good work!

Cheers!

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Sasha Fornari — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:23:06 -0000

nice post! are you in the stairwell of the hotel or something? nice insights and very cool to hear about Jason's B-Day :)

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Sharon — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:34:51 -0000

I agree that the most interesting people are multi-dimensional/faceted, and one shouldn't feel threatened if they choose to express these differing and or seemingly incompatible interests/talents. I do think you GV are clearly that way, and cheers to you! Please continue with the GV.com videos when you feel inspired. My faves were the DNA and the 80/20 videos. You are clearly the most real/transparent celebrity I can think of. Is 'celebrity' too tacky? 'well-known personality'
ps: My daughter received her wristband - thanks! I nagged her (nicely) to send in a photo, but you know how teenagers are. I'll post one in her stead.

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Genghis Philip — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:14:14 -0000

I actually don't agree on your 'authenticity' and 'real' points, but I think that's a matter of semantics more than actual disagreement.

I think pushing the idea of "authentic" and "real" lead to the kind of hipster snobbery that, say, WLTV strives to break down. By claiming that there's an essential nature to an interest, action, or person-- that is, that you can have an authentic self, or present an image that's 'real'-- we construct a space where it's POSSIBLE to be pigeonholed. Because if we act outside of what's seen as our essential pigeonhole, we aren't being our 'real' selves.

That said, I'm not sure what you're talking about is necessarily related to authenticity at all. There's a lot of identity theory out there, but if you haven't read up on Judith Butler, I suggest you do-- she's the one who popularized the idea of gender (and by extension, identity in general) as 'performative.' That is, identity is -made real- by bearing said identity.

Thanks for sparking my thoughts on this, Gary. There'll be another Theory Schmucks article on this point tonight. Keep up the good work!

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Merlene — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:45:58 -0000

Gary, great video!
There seems to be something in the air lately... a return of the Renaissance Soul. More and more I'm seeing people realize that they can be and do different things. For so many years (and generations) people did indeed pigeon hole themselves.

I think we all have so many years ahead of us, so much potential. We (society) use only 5% of what we're truly capable of.

I'm nearly 40 and I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up because I want to do it all!

Can't wait to see what the 21st Century Human has in store.

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Kathleen Lisson — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:34:51 -0000

Yes, you taste wine, but you taste wine ON A SHOW ON THE INTERNET and it's wine pulled off the shelf from your SUCCESSFUL WINE BUSINESS. It's shortsighted for people to only see the wine part and not the method of delivery
and the source of the show itself.

There have been several really successful examples of transending the familiar pigeonhole - was Ronald Reagan the President of the United States or an actor? He was both.

This episode topic begs another 120 on the topic of how to successfully build your personal brand in two different segments of expertise. Should we have two blogs, two twitter accounts, etc. to appeal to the two different demographics or should we mix it up by exposing both parts of our expertise to all?

Kathleen Lisson