WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.680 This show is produced and hosted by Mark Webber. The 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:05.960 show is sponsored by G three of Parol. If he's 3 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.599 expressed in the following program are those of the sponsor 4 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:13.279 and not necessarily the opinion of seven tenor or iHeartMedia. 5 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:18.519 Who is Mark Weber. He's a self made business executive 6 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:21.199 here to help you find your success from the New 7 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.839 York City projects to the Avenue Montaigne in Paris. His 8 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:29.320 global success story in the luxury world of fashion is inspirational. 9 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:34.280 He's gone from clerk to CEO twice. Mark his classic 10 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:38.200 proof that the American dream is alive. And well, here's 11 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.359 your host of Always in Fashion, Mark Weber. 12 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:42.200 Mark Weber. 13 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:46.719 I often wonder whether I should just be quiet. There's 14 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:50.719 no question that in this life. If I just didn't answer, 15 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:56.840 just didn't offer, didn't suggest, refrain from options, kept my 16 00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:00.640 advice to myself, kept my own counsel, I didn't get involved. 17 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.000 I kept my mouth shut. I just might be happier. 18 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:04.640 Now. 19 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.480 I've been working on my happiness, which is more important 20 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:10.519 to me than being heard. And you think, after all 21 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:15.159 this time, I've had learned that no response is a response. 22 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:17.120 You don't have to say anything if you don't want to. 23 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:19.959 Now I have to admit I could be my own 24 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:23.599 worst enemy forgetting humans and their nature. 25 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:26.599 Humans. Many don't wish you well. 26 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.280 Particularly if you talk about yourself. My wife always warned me. 27 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.200 She said, those above you in business mark will love 28 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:35.640 you until you catch up to them. And then I 29 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:37.920 learned on my own that those below you that work 30 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.640 for you will love you for the thousand things you 31 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.840 do for them until you say no once and then 32 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.200 all bets are off. Yet here I am. I'm happy, 33 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:50.640 and when I'm happy, it's makes me funny. And when 34 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:54.040 I'm funny, I talk too much and invariably get into trouble. 35 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:56.200 But I want to talk. I have a show tonight. 36 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:58.159 I have a Radis show talk. So I have things 37 00:01:58.200 --> 00:01:59.879 I want to do. I have stories I want to tell. 38 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:02.920 Now part of what I'm going to do tonight is 39 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:05.319 paint the bullseye on my back. I deserve it. I 40 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:07.760 have some things I have to share. I want to 41 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:10.759 teach some important lessons. But I will tell you from 42 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:12.960 now on in this world, if someone asked me a 43 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:16.759 question and I don't answer, that means that's my answer. 44 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:19.400 And perhaps all of you learned that lesson you too, 45 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:23.479 will realize no response is a response. With that as 46 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:25.800 a back trip, I want to introduce my co host, 47 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.000 my lawyer, and my son, Jesse Webber. Jesse, you haven't 48 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:31.879 been on the show in a while, and now you're back. 49 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:35.879 I know, I know, I know. It's just been incredibly 50 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:38.400 busy in the legal world. Have you seen how many 51 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.719 cases are happening right now, how much Trump legal stuff's 52 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:43.080 been going on. I want to be on the show, 53 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:44.960 but I'll tell you I listened to the show last week. 54 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:46.360 It was great. 55 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:47.719 I thought it was a great show. I did have 56 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:49.960 one question for you. I did have one question for 57 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:52.120 you about the show last week. You gave this great 58 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:56.639 story about Macy's West Macy's East, and I'm not going 59 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:59.919 to summarize the whole thing, but you basically were reassured 60 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:01.919 the guy that ran Macy's East that they were going 61 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.520 to continue to carry the brand. But there was this whole, 62 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.680 big concern about Macy's West not no longer carrying it. 63 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:11.360 The one thing I never understood was what happened after 64 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:13.560 Macy's West said they weren't going to carry You had 65 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.960 to report that back to the board, right. You tried 66 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.080 every which way to make sure the brand was held 67 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.400 by Macy's West. Did the board say, hey, Mark, did 68 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:22.639 you try every which way? I mean, were they What 69 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:25.439 did they say to you when you came back and said, listen, 70 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:28.240 I tried every which way for Macy's West Coast to 71 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.680 keep our brand and they said no. What was the 72 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:32.840 reaction from the company about that? That was the one 73 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:33.680 part I was missing. 74 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.120 Yeah, Well, Macy's East decided to stay loyal to the brand. 75 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:39.800 Macy's West ran away. I told the board that this 76 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:42.120 is happening. I told the board, it's not going to work, 77 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.199 the trading off our great brand for some private lebel 78 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:47.319 brand and over time it'll come back and let's just 79 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:49.639 stay the course. And that, in turn, is what happened. 80 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:51.759 So it was really a non entity of the board. 81 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:53.599 But thank you for bringing that up. But what I 82 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:56.240 want to talk about a little differently tonight is the 83 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:59.280 idea of being quiet. You know, when you talk, when 84 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:01.360 you don't talk? What is rule number one? 85 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.199 Keep the mouth closed exactly. 86 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:08.639 Now that began with you jumping in the swimming pool 87 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:11.199 with you little boy, keep the mouth closed, and then 88 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:14.360 in life it's the same thing. Don Corleone said, never 89 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:16.839 let anyone outside the family know what you're thinking. 90 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:17.800 Same thing. 91 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:20.000 You gotta keep the mouth beclouse. I'm always getting in trouble. 92 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.360 But the other day I had a reoccurring thing. I'm 93 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:26.920 going to talk about. Somebody called me eccentric. I'm not eccentric. 94 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:27.800 You are. 95 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.160 But that's not a bad thing. It's not a bad thing. 96 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.879 You should wear it as a badge of honor. It's 97 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:34.240 funny I was talking about somebody. 98 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:37.000 Wait a minute, Wait a minute, I have tape something 99 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:38.480 I want to play for you. 100 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:43.519 What eccentric is Eccentric as an adjective definition one of 101 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:47.639 a person or their behavior unconventional and slightly strange, as 102 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:51.439 in my favorite aunt is very eccentric In a technical sense, 103 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:54.879 definition two of a thing not play centrally, or not 104 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:58.000 having its axis or other part play centrally, as in 105 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:02.480 a servo driving in eccentric cam. As a noun, definition 106 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:07.000 one a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behavior, 107 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:11.519 as in he enjoys a colorful reputation as an engaging eccentric. 108 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:13.600 I thought it was a great thing. Listen to what 109 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.279 it just said. I'm strange on this. 110 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:20.120 That's bad. That's bad. All the great people in this world, 111 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:24.199 so entrepreneurs, the best in industries. They're all unique, they're 112 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.399 all one of a kind. They've all been called different 113 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:29.600 or weird or eccentric. That's not a bad thing. I 114 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:32.680 spoke to somebody today who I work with, and I 115 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:34.600 told him, I said to them, right through his face, 116 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:37.319 I was like, I will never meet anyone like you 117 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:39.639 ever again in my life. I said. There's some people 118 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:41.800 that you meet who are like at of Central Casting. 119 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:46.279 You know exactly what they're about. They're very characteristic of everybody. 120 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:49.439 It's great to be different. That's how you stand out. 121 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:51.639 That's how you stand out. I think you're the same way. 122 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:54.079 Well, I'm going to cover thank you for that. I 123 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:57.439 figured you jump on my head for being weird. 124 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:01.399 No, I mean you're weird. I mean you're weird and 125 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:03.959 good ways and bad ways. There are some things you're 126 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:06.680 weird about a little eccentric about that. I'm like, eh, 127 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:09.480 I don't know. But other than that, it's great. 128 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:12.959 What's the most important case you're covering out? Talking weird? 129 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:17.439 Did he I want to talk weird? Diddy? Diddy's trials 130 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:18.759 about to start, so. 131 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:20.519 It's really I didn't realize. 132 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:25.720 Yeah, this past week perspective, jurors were brought into the courtroom, 133 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:30.920 not for individual questioning. They filled out questionnaires, forms about 134 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:34.240 what's your age, where do you live, have you heard 135 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:35.680 anything about the case, And then they're going to be 136 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:38.000 whittled down and we're going to have real jury selection 137 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:41.079 beginning next week. I think it's gonna be very tough 138 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:43.720 to find the jury in this case. But remember, he's 139 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:48.319 going to trial federal court facing five sex crimes charges, 140 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.560 faces potentially the rest of his life in prison. All 141 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:54.040 eyes are going to be on this trial. And you 142 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:57.800 want to talk weird. He's accused of doing a lot 143 00:06:57.800 --> 00:06:58.560 of weird things. 144 00:06:59.199 --> 00:06:59.920 Is he going down? 145 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:04.600 Hard to say? I'll say this much. What he's charged 146 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:10.199 with are very specific crimes. So if we're talking sex trafficking, 147 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:14.319 there are very specific elements that the prosecution has to prove, 148 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.040 And I gotta say, I'll see what the evidence is, 149 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:19.879 but I think the defense can make an argument that 150 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:23.680 this is not a classic example of that. That he 151 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:27.000 might have had relationships with girlfriends and was flying them 152 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:30.360 out and paying them and buying gifts for them. Is 153 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.199 that really what sex trafficking is? Did he run a 154 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:39.199 criminal enterprise? For a racketeering charge. I know why they 155 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:41.680 charged them the way they did, but I don't know 156 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:43.680 if a jury's going to accept it. This is not 157 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:47.839 a case of did Sean Combs abuse anyone or engage 158 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.439 in sexual assault? That's not what this is. It's very, 159 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:53.959 very different. It's beyond that. And I think the prosecution, 160 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:56.720 though this is the Southern District of New York federal prosecutors, 161 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:58.759 they wouldn't move forward with the case unless they felt 162 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:01.240 they had the goods. There's talk about whether or not 163 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:04.399 they offered a plea deal and Shawn Combs rejected it. 164 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:07.720 I'm gonna be very curious to see how everything's argued 165 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:11.800 and who ends up testifying. But it's gonna be quite 166 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.240 the case. And by the way, it's by the way, 167 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:17.279 it's very rare for a federal case like this to 168 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.720 go to trial and very rare for it to go 169 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:23.040 to trial within a year of when someone's arrested. But 170 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.800 Shawn Colmbs wants to go full speed ahead. He wants 171 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:28.160 us to go to trial. It seems like he believes 172 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:31.360 he can be acquitted in this case. Very interesting. 173 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:34.960 When you said the jury, what are the criteria for jury? 174 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:36.759 How are they going to find a jury that doesn't 175 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:37.639 know anything about this. 176 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:39.879 They're not going to try to find a jury that 177 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:41.840 doesn't know anything about this. It's going to be, first 178 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:43.720 of all, impossible to find a jury that doesn't know 179 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.159 who Sean Combs is. Okay, that's going to be number one. 180 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:48.759 But to find a jury that hasn't heard something about 181 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:52.080 the charges or the criminal case, or seen that really 182 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:56.639 really bad video of him allegedly beating up an ex girlfriend. No, 183 00:08:57.039 --> 00:09:00.279 The question is can the jurors who are seated, can 184 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.600 they put aside whatever they've seen about the case. Can 185 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:06.080 they put aside whatever opinions they have and say I 186 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:09.799 promise to make a decision purely based on the facts 187 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:14.519 and the evidence presented in this courtroom. Easier said than done. 188 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:17.799 You have to take their word for it. Sometimes their 189 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:19.960 backgrounds are going to be looked into. Did they post 190 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:22.360 anything on social media about it in the past year? 191 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.320 But that's what you're looking for, and you better have alternates. 192 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:28.840 You better have a lot of alternates, because during the 193 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.919 course of what could be an eight week trial, things happened, 194 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:35.279 jurors could say things, they might be approached. You want 195 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:36.960 to make sure you have enough because if you run 196 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.519 out of jurors, then you have a mistrial. So you 197 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:41.279 want to make sure you have enough jurors and jurors 198 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:44.519 who can look at this case impartially. 199 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:47.759 Well, here's the deal. I'm glad we have a little 200 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:49.960 current events. I'm glad we're going to talk about this. 201 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:52.679 That might be very helpful for everybody to watch. But 202 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:55.200 here's the case I'm going to build right now, you're ready. 203 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:01.240 I've been accused of being eccentric, and point out and 204 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:04.440 prove that I'm not with that of mine. I hate 205 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:09.720 talking about myself. In all my formal lives. My former reiterations, 206 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:12.679 I talked about brands. I talked about the companies I 207 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:16.440 work for, the brands I represent. Now the brands that 208 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.480 I'm representing is always in fashion, and I'm a point 209 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:22.080 and I set the stage, and I have to talk 210 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:26.080 about me. It isn't easy being me, but I like it. 211 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:29.360 I have to admit, I'm always concerned that when I 212 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:33.639 talk about my own personal successes, it could be considered 213 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:38.519 as bravado or bragging full of myself, and therefore I 214 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:41.759 try and offset it with some humility and reality and 215 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:44.559 to yours truly, if you ask me. Hey, I think 216 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:47.039 I'm a great guy. I'm well thought out. Everything I 217 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:50.200 say is with common sense. Everything I say makes sense 218 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:53.559 and well. What I also say is I may not 219 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:57.320 always be right, but I'm never wrong, which is backed 220 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:00.559 up by I don't know if I'm smart. That's for 221 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:03.559 others to decide, but I know I'm well trained. But 222 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:06.080 this is where I want to go. And I have 223 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:07.799 a story I want to tell you that happened a 224 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.960 while ago, but reoccurred last week. I was cold eccentric. 225 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:15.759 I always wore eccentric as a badge of honor. I 226 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:19.279 thought it was cool to be eccentric. But let me 227 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:21.799 play it for you again. This is what eccentric is. 228 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:26.320 Eccentric as an adjective definition one of a person or 229 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:30.519 their behavior unconventional and slightly strange, as in my favorite 230 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:34.399 aunt is very eccentric. In a technical sense, definition two 231 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:37.519 of a thing not play centrally, or not having its 232 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:40.799 axis or other part play centrally, as in a servo 233 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:45.440 driving an eccentric ham. As a noun definition, one a 234 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:49.600 person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behavior, as 235 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:53.600 in he enjoys a colorful reputation. As an engaging, eccentric. 236 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:57.480 So I'll say I've always been different. Some would say 237 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:01.200 I beat to my own drum. Others I'd say I'm up. 238 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.000 I don't know what do I say? 239 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:05.840 Now? 240 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:08.919 You know I'm not full of myself. I'm not apologizing. 241 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.440 I was with a group of people the other night 242 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:15.279 and were shooting the breeze, and I decided to hold court, talking, 243 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:19.080 you know, okay about my wardrobe. And one woman said 244 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:21.480 to me, you don't mark. Every time I see you, 245 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:24.639 you're wearing a navy suit. So I decided to be playful. 246 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:28.399 How do I look? She says, you always look great 247 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:31.120 to me. Now I'm thinking, is this where I'm going 248 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:32.039 to get into trouble? 249 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:32.679 Now? 250 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:35.320 I look at her and say, well, how good is good? 251 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:37.519 And she says you look great? 252 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:39.080 Why? Ass? 253 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:44.000 She said? Seriously? Yeah, you said I look good. I'm curious. 254 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:46.519 Are you fishing for compliments? 255 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:46.840 Mark? 256 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:50.759 No, I'm interested in what you have to say. Now 257 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:53.039 I'm being charming, or at least I think I am. 258 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:57.080 I I'm watching what's going on the table and I'm 259 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.440 liking this. And she says, okay, I'll answer you. First 260 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:00.480 of all, you're handsome. 261 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:02.519 I start to walk thank you. 262 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:05.720 You have great hair and your shirt serves you well. 263 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:08.240 Now I'm feeling like Brad Pitten. I go to the 264 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:11.759 Larry David mode with that. You like the navy, I 265 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.559 love it, And here we go. I have a story 266 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:17.120 to tell, and I start to tell the story, and 267 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:20.720 the story goes. I'm thinking, how I tell you. I 268 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.240 had been in the industry for a while, and I 269 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.960 tried very different things. I was a fashionable kind of 270 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:29.080 guy and I was following fashion, or should I say 271 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.879 I was chasing it, and I literally was chasing it 272 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.440 down the wrong street. I got myself into fashion faux pars, 273 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:38.159 and I wore banded collars with a suit, you know 274 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:40.720 those dress shirts without a collar buttons, and then I 275 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.720 can look out fool. I went to a charity event 276 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:46.600 and I wore an orange shirt. At the time, my 277 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:49.600 company was making shirts out of nylon dress shirts. They 278 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:51.879 were cold Kiana, they came in different colors. They are 279 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:54.799 very silky looking. But I bought an orange one with 280 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.120 an orange white and navy print tie with a navy suit. 281 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:00.559 And that night I took a picture with the then 282 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:02.679 Governor of New York and I brought it home and 283 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:05.080 I opened up. I looked at the picture, says, what 284 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:09.200 an idiot? I look like an idiot. I can't believe 285 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:11.360 I did this. I was so upset with myself, and 286 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.720 I realized right then and there, I had to change 287 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:16.440 my look. And I started struggling. And it went on 288 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:18.360 for about a week. I would never wear a colored 289 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:21.519 shirt again. One day I put on a navy suit, 290 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:27.080 white shirt, navy blue tie, black tesseled loaf for Sterling 291 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:31.919 silver cuff links, and a Sterling silver Rolex watch. And 292 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.240 I look in the mirror and I think, for me, 293 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:38.200 I look amazing. I call over my wife and I said, 294 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.159 look in the mirror, Sue, what do you see? She 295 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:43.679 looks at me, says you. I said, no, no, what 296 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.879 do you see? She says, help me here? I said, 297 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:48.960 I'll tell you what you see. You see me looking 298 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:52.799 the best I possibly could look. I am never going 299 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:56.840 to wear anything but a navy blue suit. And for 300 00:14:56.960 --> 00:15:00.600 twenty years I had all my suits made to order. 301 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:03.840 They were all navy blue. They were different ways somewhere 302 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:07.440 to winter, they were single breasted and double breasted. Every 303 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:12.000 single day for twenty years, I wore navy blue suit, 304 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:17.080 white shirts, Sterling silver cofflings, navy tie, black tauseil loafers, 305 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:20.720 and stain the steel rollers watch. And I explained that 306 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:22.559 when I met people who didn't know me, or we 307 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:24.480 hired new people to work, I'd have to take them 308 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:28.279 aside and say to them, listen, you're gonna see me 309 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:31.120 what you think is the same thing every day. And 310 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:34.559 I do wear a uniform. This is it that you're 311 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:36.240 looking at it. But I want you to know all 312 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:38.600 the suits are numbered, all the shoes and number, the 313 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.200 shirts and number. They're all different. But I believe I 314 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.399 look best this way, and that's what you're going to 315 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:45.120 see every day. But I didn't want you to think 316 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:52.279 I'm slovenly and I you know, and I told this story, 317 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:55.240 which I think is funny. After all, we all struggle 318 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:57.159 to look our best. We all want to look our best. 319 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:59.480 The show package yourself as important as the products. 320 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:01.399 Your package. I'm a product. I want to look the 321 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:02.000 best I can. 322 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:04.679 I found out what I look best in and I 323 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:06.960 wanted to wear it every day. And the woman at 324 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:09.320 the table who before was telling me how good I look. 325 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:13.399 I'm feeling really proud, and she says to me, I 326 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:17.840 didn't know you were in eccentric, I said, thank you. 327 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.679 Is that good? Well, it means you're different, different in 328 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:26.080 a good way. And she pauses and says, you want 329 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.559 me to be honest? I said what I always would. 330 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.960 I said, no, I want you to lie to me. 331 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:36.279 She said, eccentric means you're strange. Now how did I 332 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:39.559 go from being really good looking with great hair and 333 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:44.320 interesting to strange in the next minute? How because I 334 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:50.039 opened my big mouth? Like I said earlier, talking gets 335 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:54.159 me in trouble. Now, I don't think I'm eccentric. In fact, 336 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:56.360 you know, I struggled with it for many years, thinking 337 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:58.840 about me in the same suit every day, until one 338 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:02.039 day I read an article about Alblet Einstein, who wore 339 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:04.079 the same suit every day. I don't know if he 340 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:06.759 had more than one, but when asked about he said, look, 341 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:08.240 I don't want to think about clothes. I want to 342 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:11.160 think about relativity. And kind of made me feel good. 343 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.839 But I'll double back down on this. 344 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.319 Okay. 345 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:16.359 I have a bunch of cars. I have two sports 346 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:20.640 cars and a bunch of SUVs, and they're all black. 347 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:24.240 And you would ask, why would you buy all the 348 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:27.319 same cars that are black? The two sports cars look 349 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:30.160 alike the two SUVs will look alike. Why all black, 350 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:32.640 I said, because it came to me one day after 351 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:35.519 I tried gray, I've tried white that I like black 352 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:38.079 best of all. Black is my favorite color in the car, 353 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:40.960 no matter which car I'm driving, I wanted to look 354 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:45.079 my favorite, which is black. You're eccentric again, I'm eccentric, 355 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:47.599 which got me to the other thing. I don't know 356 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.720 about the rest of you. Those of you married your 357 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:52.480 significant other sessue what you want for dinner that night? 358 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:54.960 My wife at six in the morning, I'm getting dressed, 359 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.720 What do you want for dinner? 360 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.119 At night? 361 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:58.359 I don't know what I want for dinner. I haven't 362 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:01.039 even brushed my teeth yet. She is, what I have 363 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:03.160 to prepare? What do you want? I said, I don't know. 364 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:05.079 So every night I would have something different. And one 365 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:09.319 night in particular, my wife made roasted chicken. The minute 366 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:13.319 I walked in the house. It smelled unbelievable. I ate 367 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:15.920 it the way she prepared it was so delicious. The 368 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:18.759 chicken was falling off the bones. And at dinner, I 369 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:22.839 said to her, Sue, no matter what happens, don't ask 370 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.200 me what I want for dinner anymore. This is what 371 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:27.400 I want for dinner every night. She said, what do 372 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:29.640 you mean every night? I want this for dinner every 373 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:34.440 single night. You ever see the army and they show 374 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.200 you how a guy could take his rifle apart and 375 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.680 put it back together his eyes closed. My wife got 376 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:42.079 to the point where she can clean the chicken without looking. 377 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:44.319 She knew how to do it because every night, and 378 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:48.319 for five years running, I had the same thing every night, 379 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:51.839 roasted chicken. Now I tell this story and people think 380 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:54.960 I'm crazy. They'll tell me I'm eccentric. I don't know 381 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.480 why I loved it. 382 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:56.960 Now. 383 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.559 It got to a point at one time that I 384 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:02.000 wanted to lose weight. I said, you know, I want 385 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:04.559 to try fish. My wife made salmon three years in 386 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.759 a row, every night salmon until one day the fish 387 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:10.200 market where she bought the salmon didn't have salmon, so 388 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:14.160 she bought halibu. Two years of halibu. That's been my thing. Now, 389 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:16.880 if that's eccentric, I could live with it. If you're 390 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:19.880 using it when you tell me that I am eccentric 391 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:22.119 as a weapon against me, you're putting a bull's eye 392 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.759 on my back and you're telling me, here's what I 393 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.000 want to tell you, every one of us needs to 394 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:28.319 know what we like best. Every one of us needs 395 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:30.480 to know how we look best. Every one of us 396 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.920 needs to know what makes us happy. So, Jesse, you 397 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:36.240 could be the judge and jury. I'm gonna end this 398 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:39.799 segment with you. Am I or Am I not eccentric? 399 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:42.480 I think you are. I think you're an interesting guy. 400 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:45.240 I think I've never I will never meet anybody in 401 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:49.160