The One Thing I Would Teach Everyone

Our reading notes on Gary Vaynerchuk

• Why You Need to Forget Your “Mistakes” and Focus on Your Next Thing

  The episode listing describes Vaynerchuk’s conversation with CRWD founder Ryan Chen about paying people to try products, visit a store and give feedback. For someone planning a sampling day, that raises two separate questions. Did someone take the free sample, and did the experience give them a reason to look for the product again?

• Alternative Sports’ Future Rise and What It Means to Everyone

  Vaynerchuk connects the growth of emerging sports to the experience of their earliest fans. The notes name two ways into a league, an individual athlete’s personality and attachment to a team. Those entry points call for different introductions even when they lead to the same match.

• The One Thing I Didn’t Clarify Enough in Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook

  Vaynerchuk revisits his book’s distinction between doing something useful for an audience and asking for a sale. His clarification addresses a mistaken expectation that giving entitles the seller to a response. He also discusses reducing friction when a reader does choose to act.