Gratitude Reflections for Business in 2024 - Personal Stories of Gratitude.

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Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to Right About Now. It is November 29th, 2024.
Here closing out the holiday editions here of Right About Now. It's your weekly business and marketing news of the week.
And we'll just say our thank yous, our thankful for's, all of the above. Joined as always by Brianna Hall here at studio.
Hey. Chris Hansen down in Miami.
Hey. Chris is down at his parents' house, I think.
Is that right, Chris? Yeah, that's right. I'm at my folks' house for the holiday.
There it is. So we've got a little makeshift studio going on here.
I like it. I like the lamp and the bong.
Oh, no, that's

whatever

that is in the back. It's a nutcracker.

It's a nutcracker. Yeah.
It looks like a bong

from the other angle. Yeah.

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I might be a 12-year-old boy in a 47-year-old man's body, but even just today saying nutcracker, it kind of makes me laugh. Am I so juvenile? I can't say those things without like, oh, it's a nutcracker.
And my boys do the same thing. I live with, you know, four juveniles.
I think, dude, you're living with four guys. I think that's just the environment.
Yeah, and I live with lots of boys as well. And, you know, my four-year-old is very into all sorts of things right now.
You guys have a lot of nutcracker jokes through this time of year? I don't have a lot of nutcracker jokes yet, but it's like, you know, potty talk. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, potty talk. Classic.
Yeah, that never goes away. You just layer on to the potty talk.
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We're all a little more casual today here on the holiday. We're your after turkey.
We're going to keep it pretty pretty light today i'll just go ahead and give you that uh we're not gonna it's the day after thanksgiving we're thankful you're hopefully out supporting the economy spending way too much money and all the black friday sales so uh brian that brings me the i'll ask you next chris because i think you and i've talked about this Brianna, I don't know that I've talked to you. Are you a Black Friday person? I love Black Friday.
I would prefer to go out and do all of my shopping on Black Friday. I used to go, like, you know, the crack of dawn and go stand in line and all that stuff.
Now, a little bit more online shopping, but trying to get back to supporting the local shops. So are you going to get up at get up at 5am then? No, absolutely not.
All right. Not this year.
No, no, not anymore.

Yeah. Oh, I will be an early black Friday shopping though.
Uh, at a hopefully sponsored to be soon. Uh, saw your head this idea.
You will be hearing from our producer,

Sager today. We talk about it a lot.
I call him out a lot. So you're actually going to hear from

today because we're getting to one of his favorite subjects. And he's a way bigger expert than I am.
But Harbor Freight will be getting, you know, we pre-record this. It's on Wednesday this week.
Typically on Wednesday, sometimes Thursdays for Friday's episode. And it's Wednesday for us.
So I will be Black Friday shopping early to hopefully beat the crowd at Harbor Freight, one of my favorite stores. I'm not a big shopper.
I mean, I'm online when I need stuff. I have my brands.
Okay. T-shirt, black T-shirt, ordering time, my favorite pair of jeans, my Noble tennis shoes are no longer as white as they need to be.

I'm a pretty simple shopper, but I like some Harbor Freight.

I am turning into my dad.

I remember as a kid, literally, he'd go to the hardware store, do whatever.

I was like, God, this is so boring.

Why does he like to do this? And now I find myself at Harbor Freight three to four times a month,

and I don't even need anything.

I'm just there because there might be some zip ties or some kind of new, like, my husband is turning into an old man too. He likes to get the newspaper on Thanksgiving day that has all the deals.
And then he'll go through and he'll like read every single page and be like, Oh, look, Home Depot is having a whatever sale. whatever sale yes look that 9,500 watt generator that you don't need is on sale for it's 500 off it's usually like 2,200 which is really cheap anyway 1,700 at Harbor Freight you need it if if a storm like Helene comes back through that's true.
And, you know, like more random lights and it's some random stuff in there. Maybe some Bluetooth speakers if you're lucky.
Yeah. Like more construction site Bluetooth speaker.
I could see. Oh, yeah.
Lots of rollable carts for your like garage, like little carts you can put stuff on and like little tables and chairs and and rollable toolboxes. There's DeWalt rollable toolbox.
Oh, not DeWalt. This is Harbor Freight now.
This is value. This is all straight from China, I think.
But it's the best quality cheap stuff you can find. Anyway, enough for a non-sponsor there.
But that is that is my uh guilty pleasure now is is harbor freight so we'll be there i'm thankful for them i don't know that anybody's put those two things in a guilty pleasure sentence before this is the uh the strange life that i live now only only a man would have harbor fate as a guilty pleasure i can promise you that yes most most purists like mike mike my dad my dad's a true master carpenter and like they don't really like harbor freight because they think it's cheap shit like and it's but it does the job if you're a casual kind of workshop guy and that's me i'm a casual workshop guy like i do little projects and little things and i'm not completely helpless handy enough that's what that should be their tagline if you're handy enough come to harvard freight oh man uh chris any big uh weekend plans for the for thanksgiving just hanging out with the family to be a nice chill weekend with some family and friends.

Nice. Go take Storm

to get a little bath and get his

paws trimmed. That's on the

agenda. That sounds great.

Brianna, what are you guys up to?

Not a whole lot. It's our first Thanksgiving

in the upstate, so we're going to go

to a neighbor's and

that'll be nice, but I think it'll be relatively quiet.

I have some work. Are you cooking? I'm not cooking.
Not? Oh, okay. Nope.
I have some projects I'm going to go to a neighbor's and that'll be nice, but I think it'll be relatively quiet. I have some work.

Are you cooking?

I'm not cooking.

Not?

Oh, okay.

Nope.

I have some projects I'm going to work on though.

Okay.

Like around the house or just like.

No, like a social house marketing.

Oh, okay.

I like you already.

I mean, I tell you what, I like these projects, you know?

Yeah.

All right.

I'll have to buy you something better than I was going to get you.

Oh, my gosh. Yes.
uh sawyer what are your plans we go up to ashville to hang out with my family there we go and is how's what's the recovery like up there i think they're doing a little better they got the uh the boil notice for water was just recently rescinded so

they should have drinkable water now so i think they're getting getting back on their feet it's hard to believe how long the recovery's been that's how you forget this the news cycle makes you forget stuff unless you're around it every day yeah but it's crazy that so be thankful for that and you know just be thankful that for if you live where places where you don't have to deal with that stuff or haven't had to deal with it.

You know, just be thankful that for if you live where places where you don't have to deal with that stuff or haven't had to deal with it, you know, we forget to be thankful for like the simple things. It sort of makes me sad, but it also, you know, reminds me of how well we have it living in this country and being American and, you know, some of our freedoms and some of the you know, the abilities to take care of ourselves and get after things.

And, you know, I don't know.

I think we lose sight of that sometimes.

I think for both you and Chris as entrepreneurs, it's a good like time to reflect on like the

business year and what, you know, went well and things that you learned and, you know,

lessons to be thankful for. But I think ultimately, and i think everybody will have this sentiment health right our health is a big one i'm super happy to be sitting here and be healthy and have healthy kids and healthy family amen to that i mean i had a wife that was diagnosed with cancer in january uh and she's cancer free now so first and and foremost, thankful for that.
But I do have four boys, and we seem to have a sprain every other day. But, you know, but nothing serious to date.
And so can't lose sight of it and definitely appreciative. Chris, what are you thankful for, my friend? Always thankful for my friends and family.
Community, thankful for health, thankful for myself for putting my health more importantly in my life. Yep.
Part of, you know, the wellness journey, I think, you know, Chris and I do another show called Vibe Science, where we're trying to empower people to take control of their own health. And I think, you know, when I think of, you know, things that you can control and things that are, you know, within your power, I think that comes top of mind and doing what you can because we always know, like, and I've lived this this year firsthand, when things are going to strike that are out of your control.
So if you can mitigate that by doing what you can do, that's the best. And if I could stop eating gummy candy, I would really get on fire.
That's my weakness, man. I had some good, good gummy candy bears last night.
They have anything in them or you got to, get the organic fruit snacks that's what i that's my like gummy replacement i've got with your organic fruit snacks to kind of fill the the cravings it's just not where i go when i want something sweet i just go your chocolate rich person yes yeah i can i'm not that guy i there's is it a time and a place for it? But it's just not all the time. I'm not all, like, if you put, like, the right kind of gummy candy in front of me right here, it would be all day, all night.
Like, there's never a time that wouldn't be okay for me. No, I like, like, even, like, the really bitter chocolates.
Oh, no, no. I could put that stuff.
Like heavy with cacao? If I could kick that a mile away from like the 80 percent cacao yeah it's good for you my wife and i use this expression about certain things because we're both health conscious enough and take care of ourselves for the most part we're not perfect but like both fairly in shape and what we use is not worth the calories that's kind of like what we'll say because there's certain things that we both know that we it's worth the calories dark chocolate that's bitter i'd rather not have the calories you know like not worth the calories to me gummy candy absolutely don't even count the calories just give them to me

subject them i know it's totally subjective everybody different strokes for different folks well speaking about eating things our first article of the day is about a six million dollar banana that the crypto investor who paid six million dollars for it plans to eat it You know, before we go the fact that he's gonna eat it it really shows you know is that a banana in your mouth or uh anyway um sorry the uh marketing and branding this is a story of marketing and branding. Because this guy, the artist, had made his brand artist.
Maurizio Catalan. Catalan? Catalan.
An Italian artist. I just, I'm telling you, like, that you can sort of, it's back to the guy, the artist that does like the, like the most random like drawings or something.
And he did like, he shredded it like when someone bought it. Anyway, all the marketing and branding, when you can create this halo of thought and belief in what you're creating and having this value, I respect.
Now, whether or not I personally would apply that value to it is a whole nother thing. But this is a lesson in marketing and branding more than anything.
Now we can talk about the fact that the guy's going to eat it but that's so crypto investor justin sun purchased a banana duct taped to a wall titled comedian for 6.2 million dollars ownership details include that what he received for his 6.2 million was a roll of duct tape, installation instructions, and a certificate of authenticity, but no banana because it would rot. So, I mean, it's interesting that it's a crypto investor.
I think there's a lot of crypto stuff happening in the world that Chris can speak to, but what do we think about this? It says the banana's value parallels that of NFTs as the certificate holds the true value, not the physical object. So it's the fact that he bought it.
It's kind of like the cred. He bought the cred of the certificate that he bought Maurizio Catalan's art, right? And I guess that has the value.
Yeah, essentially the certificate because you're not paying $60 million for a roll of duct tape and instructions that had to duct tape a banana tool wall. No, but it's still...
And dude, the crypto space has a lot of... You got a lot of guys making a lot of money and it's, I feel like they're almost making a joke in a way of the whole art scene in the old elite wealth society, right? It's like a mockery of it in a way, right? But there is, it's kind of like anything, right? The NFTs, there's only value because there's a big group of people that believe there's value in it and that's it yeah and i do think that crypto and even what happened like right around or during the with all the money in the market with it's it's both it's devalued some things and also made it almost like monopoly money in a way where you're buying and spending it in a way that most people would never think about it you like this way like the way that this guy because he's rolling in money so much thinks about $6 million is the equivalent of probably your average person's thinking about $60 or $6, maybe $6.
But like, you think about it, and it's not, but it's quick. And I think it's more a sign of that.
And then there's, like you said, Chris, this sort of mockery almost that I'm so wealthy that I can do this. And also the cachet.
And, yeah, he could say it's about the NFT certificate and it kind of is. But I feel like it's kind of like its own encapsulation of a metaverse that's not real because it's not normal or attainable for a lot of people i thought this was an interesting quote so justin sun the purchaser of the art said it is not just an artwork it represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art memes and the crypto community yeah i could see that and the reality that there are up shots in crypto that make people that haven't had money have so much money that they devalue it in a way? Or, you know, it's not my job to tell you what you value or not value.
But when someone that doesn't necessarily have a legacy of money, and I have no idea who this person is, but generally speaking, can generate $100 million or something in six months, which some of these crypto dudes have done. Hey, I give them credit, not hating on them.
It creates a false sense of money value concept. I think that's going on here as well.
Would you agree, Chris? Yeah. Then I'm sure part of it's like ego, right? I don't know who this guy guy is but maybe he could probably know he might be one of these big twitter crypto influencers yeah he's a Chinese born cryptocurrency entrepreneur and business executive he's only 34 I mean he was born in 1990 it is like I'm gonna eat the banana I think it's back That's the, like, I was going to eat this shit.
I don't care because it's 6 million, no big deal. I'll make that tomorrow.
Listen to his quote on eating the banana, on the act of eating the banana. I plan to eat the banana as a part of this unique artistic experience, honoring its place in both art history and popular culture.
If he believes that, a fruitcake and if he's what i'm thinking he is he doesn't mean it he's just fucking flaunting he it's this is like this is the ultimate pulling up to your first date in a ferrari yeah he's like he's like trolling i feel like you know yeah it's like peeling the banana he's like oh yeah and yeah I can see it like the six mil right here. See this one, see this one side.

That's,

that's at least. Controlling, I feel like.
It's like peeling the banana. Yeah, I can see it like on the six mil right here.

See this one side?

That's at least 500 thou.

Back to the IOUs and Dumb and Dumber.

Hey, that's a Ferrari.

Might want to throw away that one, the piece of paper.

I'm not a big banana fan, so it would be hard for me to see the value in eating a $6 million banana.

I mean, he should pay like a supermodel to eat it. Yeah.
So that way it's like seductive or something. It's an ad.
Exactly. See? And start his own company behind it.
See? Now we're getting something. Like this $6 million banana was eaten.
High-end production. saw you're filming it like he's filming it it's a produced commercial and just super artistic and she's eating the six million dollar banana and then but then they're called actions like crypto.com you know yeah i could see that see that's how you should have done.
Ah, there we go. Add mine in overdrive.
Yeah, there we go. It's Thanksgiving, people.
I'm drunk on turkey early. I'm so excited to eat turkey.
What we got next? This is funny. Drake filed a lawsuit umg and spotify because he is accusing them of artificially inflating his rival kendrick lamar's not like us so on monday at november 25th he filed a uh a lawsuit against them and i don't know if it's just that he got his feelings hurt or if he has anything to back up this lawsuit.
Every musician I know uses bots on their music. So I would be very careful I was Drake because someone could come back and do the same thing and prove he's doing the same thing.
Mm-hmm. Yeah, so he's basically saying that they paid currently unknown parties to use bots to artificially inflate Kendrick's new song.
But you also saw it going viral over the internet, right? Like people doing dances and TikTok and stuff. I think he's in his feelings.
Yeah. These guys both have a lot of money.
And it's just like, and it's like, why do you figure this out in private? Yeah. Why do you need a feud? Like, come on.
I'm sorry. I just don't have money.
Because it keeps their name in the press. That's why.
Yeah. Yeah.
Like, is it PR stupid? And maybe both. Yeah.
And like, do I give a shit? Yeah. Like, I either like music or I don't like the music.
I don't give a shit if it's inflated or not. No.
I mean, I listened to Nicki Minaj all morning working out today. Like, I don't know.
How 2014 of you. I know.
See? Her re-released album. You know? Like, it's good shit.
You know? At least it wasn't Taylor Swift. Absolutely not.
Yes. What do we got? Oh, good.
All right. Our final topic today.
I'm not, I am not, this is not my topic. I'm staying out of this one other than, like, on my plans moving forward.
So I'll let you tee it up. All right.
General Motors agrees to a deal to enter Formula One F1 in 2026. So General Motors through Cadillac brand is going to be emerging on the scene of F1 starting in 2026.

So we thought this would be interesting kind of for some of our younger listeners.

F1 is, you know, really big in the 25 to 35 age range.

I'm not an expert on it either.

I know my husband's super into it.

He talks about it sometimes while I'm making dinner and I tune out what he's talking about.

But our producer Sawyer is a fan.

Sawyer, hop in. Yeah, I mean i mean i'm business side of this formula one is trying to expand more into america so having an american car manufacturer brand is uh is good for them uh they've been expanding their american audience for the past four or five years really successfully they added the las vegas uh grand prix which happens in Las Vegas with the cars racing on the strip.
That was a big part of that, big investment there. And then this is a play for GM to get more recognition overseas.
They're one of the largest car manufacturers in America, but overseas, European, international recognition isn't as popular, so they're trying to get their name out there to get more car export sales. And then they're using Cadillac as their high end.
Yeah, exactly. I mean, that's a lot of brands do that where they'll have the manufacturer support, but they'll put the name of kind of their luxury car brand on it.
So Alpine is one that does that. I'm not sure who they're owned by, but Alpine is a French luxury car brand there.
And they're a team in Formula One, but they're owned by a bigger

manufacturer. So I think Renault, I think they're owned by Renault.
So it's the same thing. GM,

they take one of their nicer car brands, Cadillac, put that on there. But so it'd be Cadillac racing there's actually a lot of controversy getting this team into the sport was a real challenge um a lot of other teams don't want another team because there's a prize pool and so the more teams there are the more diluted that prize pool gets so there's a there's kind of a pushback against uh getting this team on there and it ended up the department of of Justice ended up doing like an investigation about antitrust monopoly laws because they were blocking a team from getting in.
And then shortly after they kind of reorganized the deal and they got them in this past week. Great analysis.
Yes, I like it. Yes.
That was more effective. It's more analysis here.
I like it. I need to, I'm going to spend the next month, I like it.
Yes. That was more than effective, right?

Analysis here. I like it.
I need to, I'm going to spend the next month, I've made this because I, you know, I do not want to be outside the trend box looking in. I refuse to be outside, so I'm going to go watch the Netflix special and see if I can get my arms.
And look, I like fast cars.

I just have never gotten and have owned probably almost every brand you can name. But I just have never gotten into F1.
So here's some bonus news. F1 has been making an F1 movie for this exact reason, Ryan.
Trying to get more people into the F1 ecosystem. Yes.
They've been making a movie for the last year. It's going to be called Just F1.
It is the director of the newest, that Top Gun Maverick. It's the same director.
And they have been, for the past two years, since 2023, they've been on the grid with a car. It's not, it's like a, it's a lower grade car that they've made look like an F1 car.
And so like they've been going around like on the formation laps when all the cars are lining up they're out there uh driving it on track to get footage um just recently at the las vegas f1 race they filmed a scene where they they had the crash version of the car they brought on track they had their actor get out of the car and he's walking there's all this smoke and they asked the crowd to uh react in the background like there was a big crash so they've been filming the movie at real F1 races. It's got Brad Pitt and some other big actors.
Um,

and, the crowd to react in the background like there was a big crash so they've been filming the movie at real f1 races it's got brad pitt and some other big actors um that's cool so we'll see how that turns out it's supposed to be coming out in 2025 so hopefully that'll be sick hey i like it i need applause you know for uh the f1 insights here and i i like that that maverick movie is good yeah so yeah the trailer is out you can look it's got it's it's similar you know the way1 insights here. And I like that.
That Maverick movie is good. Yeah.
The trailer is out. You can look.
It's similar, you know, the way Maverick had those shots of the actors in the jets for like really flying the jets. They've got similar type of F1 shots of Brad Pitt and everything.
And they were really at the track driving fast cars around the track. So I thought that was cool.
I mean, look, as a business and marketing show, no one respects the fact that there isn't much more bigger as far as sponsorship goes than what this is. NASCAR was hot like 10 years ago.
And before everybody rolls their eyes, they did have a moment like 10 or 15 years ago that has definitely passed, by the way. I don't know how they're going to get that thunder back uh pun intended but f1 it definitely feels like the more sophisticated you know version yeah yeah it's the most complex right it's like a those cars are basically like airplanes upside down they are so aerodynamic that you know airplane uses lift to go up f1 cars use lift to push themselves in the track giving them insane amounts of grip and being able to go around corners like no other car yeah i mean driving chris's ferrari i can attest yeah it's like the same thing down the the freeway in miami uh it's uh the sound of those cars alone is kind of worth the price you know know, like the cars that drive, you know, especially in South Carolina, you know, you got these kids that drive around like with the Honda, with the bad muffler or whatever.
And you're just like, oh, my God. And versus hearing like a real rumble.
And my Audi has a pretty ballsy little rumble itself. But I'm just saying, like the difference when you hear those machines

is there's a certain,

I don't know.

Yeah.

I don't know if it's a guy thing.

I don't know if it's,

but it's,

there's a sound that's like,

yeah.

I don't know.

I'm surprised they have Brad Pitt

playing in this.

He seems a little old

to be racing.

That's part of the,

that's part of it.

He's an old,

he's an old retired racing driver

who's come back to a new team. They needed an experience.
So he's, that's part of the, that's part of the story. Tale as old as time.
Right. I will say this.
I see the new Cadillacs do look definitely more. Yeah.
Like if you, one goes by you, even me, like you used to always know the difference. Okay.
There's Okay, there's a Cadillac versus a Ferrari or whatever. Now one goes, they have that exotic look.
And I give them credit for that because they're pretty badass. If you didn't, if you took all the emblems off of it, you wouldn't know.
Especially, I mean, once you know the look, of course, but I'm just saying in general, like if you line them up like three or four years ago, you would not go, oh, that's the definitive GM Chevy. They all look the same to me.
You don't notice the nuance? Come on. We like, in my house, we watch a lot of those like car flipping shows.
So like Borderland Customs, Rust Valley, like all of those types of shows. I really.
At first, I thought you meant like jumping, like flipping. I was like, wow, I haven't seen that yet.
And now I'm like, oh, like flipping, like selling. Yeah.
Yeah. So I was like, damn, I want to see some cars flipping.
No, they're all rusty. Then they fix them up and sell them for 50, 60 grand.
My father-in-law fixes up cars. He has like a 65 Mustang that's like immaculate.
He has, you wouldn't believe what Broncos. You're priced an old Ford Bronco.
Dude, that figure is easy. Oh, yeah.
He's got one he has the original jeep stars like stars and stripes like the cj5 that's like got the stars on it there's a name something yeah but it's like stars and stripes something like that he had a guy and he's owned it it's all original paint and it's not in perfect condition i mean it's in good condition but's not perfect. He was at a gas station and what looked to be a well-to-do guy that was in a really nice car, came up and told him and offered him $50,000 on the spot for that Jeep.
And he literally gave him the card. I mean, yeah, until the money's in your hand, you't know but pretty freaking legit often i'm like

for that jeep and like if you looked at this jeep you'd be like uh maybe 15 grand you know but i mean it's crazy what some of these classic cars are worth and what people pay for i couldn't believe the broncos like 200 grand like they're so pretty though i love an old bronco old bronco Mustang, Jeeps, all that stuff.

So anyway, now F1 coming to America and 47-year-olds like me. I got to get in it.
I could get into this. This is something I could.
I've always felt like I should be into this. But I'd watch a race, and I'd kind of fall asleep.
You need to go. They got the race in Miami.
You need to go go down you and Chris do a little content shoot go to the F1 race see all the fancy cars I bet that I bet that would get you into it I think that'll get you into it real quick yeah yeah I mean this feels like me it's bougie it's just wait till you get one when you get one episode in the Netflix series you're gonna be to be like. I do have some Ferrari gear, you know.

You're going to be like, you know what, I think I'm going to trade an Audi and get something else now. Yeah.
Audi actually is joining the sport. They bought a team.
They're joining the sport. Ryan's going to show up with a new exhaust system, pull it up to the office.
I think maybe I've been protecting myself from myself, like not getting into this. because my wallet gets protected protected for the gear and the going to it and then the cars and then the, you know, oh, we're going to helicopter into our private island where F1's going on or whatever happens when you get into this whole shit.

I don't even know what.

I need to focus on business and make some more money if we're going to get into this.

Yes, I love it. All right.
F1 it is. Any final thoughts, final thank yous? I do want to send a

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Final thoughts from the team here? Happy Thanksgiving, happy holidays, and Merry Christmas.

There you go.

It's officially Christmas.

Officially Christmas.

Now after Thanksgiving.

Yes.

Cheers.

It's been Christmas

with the offers for a month now.

We got six, seven trees up.

Everything else,

hey, we're ready

for the holiday party.

Christy, you need to come up

for the holiday party

December 7th.

I would love to,

but I cannot that weekend.

Oh, come on. I got to go to Houston, remember? to, but I cannot that weekend.
Oh,

come on.

I got to go to Houston.

Remember?

Oh yeah.

That's right.

Yeah.

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