10 of My Top Instagram Quotes That Have Over-Indexed On The Platform

Listen, I don’t love giving general advice without knowing the exact context of the situation. I try to search for general themes that articulate a macro truth. These are 10 quotes that have helped solidify my own thinking about work and life and have, for all intensive purposes, worked for me as a guiding blueprint to navigate my own personal journey. These quotes have also resonated with my incredible community on Instagram who, without which, I would not have the same presence online.

1. Winning Is Not Defined By Me … It’s Defined By YOU!

Stop trying to play by others opinions … it's killing you … how can I help you besides motivating the debate through my words and videos? Please understand how important this photo is … pass it on!

A post shared by Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk (@garyvee) on Mar 5, 2017 at 6:34am PST

The second you let someone else dictate or define your hopes and dreams is the second you lose. You need to define yourself, for yourself, by yourself, as yourself. If I can get one person to understand that “happiness is the metric” then you will win.

2. Focus on Your Own Sh*T!

Enough with the envy .. stunned reading emails tonight about people worrying about what others have … come on … WHO GIVES A FUCK … focus on your own game..

A post shared by Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk (@garyvee) on Mar 24, 2017 at 6:55pm PDT

This is the blueprint. Along with not giving a fuck about anyone else’s opinion, you can’t caught up in what your friends have, parents have, boyfriend, boss or brother does with his or her “wins.” Envy is the fucking enemy and once you let go of everything outside of your control, you can finally focus on your own game and “get yours.”

3. Nothing Beats DOING!

Lets fucking move – nothing beats DOING – perfection, procrastination, pondering all enemies – STOP LOOKING FOR PERMISSION AND WORRYING ABOUT OTHERS. – #MoreMoreMore ..

A post shared by Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk (@garyvee) on Feb 21, 2017 at 1:22pm PST

You have one life. What are you gonna do about it? The reason I preach patience is because we all need more at-bats. Everyone fails, everyone loses, everyone sucks at something. The problem is, you can either ponder and look for permission, or you can execute and do your thing. Nothing beats DOING .. ever.

4. It’s About What You Do When You’re Awake

Don't get it twisted … sleep is super important .. you can be up 22 hrs a day but if you waste it … nothing good is gonna happen! #entrepreneur #hustlehard #execute #selfawareness #sleep

A post shared by Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk (@garyvee) on Jan 19, 2017 at 2:57pm PST

This one is super important and tied to the self-awareness of what makes you tick. Maybe you need to sleep for 10 hours a day .. and that’s fine by me! But if you complain, and you’re awake, and you’re wasting every second playing Fortnite and watching Netflix, you will lose. The best advice I can give is to really audit yourself and how you spend your day. Do your actions map your ambitions? Are you happy with your 4 or 14 hours of sleep or work? If not, take this statement and re-adjust!

5. Eat Shit For 24 Months & Eat Caviar For The Rest of Your Life

You need to be willing to eat shit, bleed, get laughed at, judged, snickered at, whispered behind,bet against, misunderstood … If you believe in yourself and what you are doing and are acting like life is long and if you do the right things it's plays out then DO YOU … I wish you heard and saw what people said about me from 1988-2003 … I knew who I was and I was willing to be patient and work my face off to say "Now what assholes" .. stick it to the world if the world sleeps on you…BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND KNOW .. it's gonna be painful before it's amazing

A post shared by Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk (@garyvee) on Apr 1, 2017 at 7:30am PDT

I’ve seen this first hand, from producing a 1000 episodes of WineLibrary TV to posting 40x a day on Twitter for years before anyone cared.

The fact of the matter is you need to be willing to eat shit, bleed, get laughed at, judged, snickered at, whispered behind, bet against, misunderstood and put down … If you believe in yourself and what you are doing and are acting like life is long and if you do the right things it plays out so DO YOU … I wish you heard and saw what people said about me from 1988–2003 … I knew who I was and I was willing to be patient and work my face off to say “Now what assholes” .. stick it to the world if the world sleeps on you…BUT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND KNOW .. it’s gonna be painful before it’s amazing.

6. Go Take That “Chance”

. #ActionPledge – let’s make a promise right now that after you comment on this post, you will go out and “do” call/ Text/ go/ and do something you’ve been wanting to do. – In this post I talk about relationships but maybe you go now and quit your awful job, start your business, post a Instagram post and speak your truth finally not your PR’d version of your life. – Who’s into doing ? – Who’s into tagging someone who needs this? – Who’s into living Fucking life!

A post shared by Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk (@garyvee) on Mar 20, 2018 at 2:05pm PDT

I need you to take that “chance” .. That girl, that guy, that job, that company, that idea, that friend, that meeting, that moment. I want to be your shield, so you can go out and actually try. If you want to get to the places you’ve never been .. you gotta do the things you’ve never done ..