Revisiting this. I do, year after year, after year. I'm only 34, but I've watched this video minimum 13 times. It's actually quite many more times than that. I wonder how you feel these days, where you are, how you are doing. I will say this. I hope you have retained the sheer humanity of this video. I hope you are no longer suck in the terrible place between 0 and 1, but that you have not gotten too hung up on numbers to know that integers are not everything. Thank you Ze Frank. Thank you for the invocation for beginnings, even if they come with endings. I'm starting a new job on Monday. This is the season for change. And for the cheese of accomplishment.
Came back 13 years later to say I still think about and miss you. I hope you do ANY follow up to this stuff. Even if it's a yearly message or somesuch.
Ze, I mean this in a Carl Rogers kinda way, but I love you. You truly are a weirdass genius after my own heart, and as Jack Handy would say "you are good enough, smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like you!!!
It was my birthday, today. 7-12-2025. I come here sporadically every few years. "Don't call it a come[comb]back" just randomly popped in my head and I'm so happy to still be able to find my way here. Genuinely one of the most touchingly motivational videos I've ever seen. "There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore". What an incredible way to end tonight.
Thank you, once again, for this video. Thank you so much for sharing it with us, all those years ago. It still holds just as much meaning as it did the first time I heard it, over a decade ago.
I think I come back to this video more than any other, besides music that I put on repeat. However, I usually just watch a music video for a while and then don't come back that often. I come back to this video whenever I'm about to start something big, usually a new job or an interview for a job. I watched this video when it first came out. Today, I came back because I was being insulted and remembered some of the phrases from this video. This video encouraged me after being insulted for things that weren't really my fault. I am thankful that this video is still around, and if it ever disappears, the words are available online. I honestly feel like trying to memorize it someday so I can repeat some of these lines to myself more easily
@coomerman9311
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Things got a lot better!
@shadowdawnl6930
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
😂
Luv u dude
I in such a dark place.
I cant seem to find the part of me that can be kind to me.
So scared
@juancroce9938
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Thank you
@TheStupidDetectiv
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Im still here. I am 40 now. 2 kids. Wife. Im still scared. Thanks Ze
@phenylphenol
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Still a great video.
@aviadshalom66
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
I love you so much!
Thanks for doing this video!
One of my ladders is when I feel I am up for a challenge.
BTW!
I think I am about your age now when you recorded this video – extra symbolic for
@anthropomorphisis
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Revisiting this. I do, year after year, after year. I'm only 34, but I've watched this video minimum 13 times. It's actually quite many more times than that. I wonder how you feel these days, where you are, how you are doing. I will say this. I hope you have retained the sheer humanity of this video. I hope you are no longer suck in the terrible place between 0 and 1, but that you have not gotten too hung up on numbers to know that integers are not everything. Thank you Ze Frank. Thank you for the invocation for beginnings, even if they come with endings. I'm starting a new job on Monday. This is the season for change. And for the cheese of accomplishment.
@DamienEbon
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
I still need and value your wisdom, ze.
@tcf70tyrannosapiensbonsai
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Wow!
Ze Frankü
Du bist einer von einem Kind …
@11mexico
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
9-0 was the hardest for me but we continue don't we/ Much love from the past and the future!
@eirianoboe
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Thank you ZeFrank. I needed this today
@dhesyca4471
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
What does he say at 2:14?
@MattReibs
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
I swear I’ve pulled this up at least once a year since it was originally released…13 years ago somehow.
I get it now. I thought I did then, but I really didn’t. I’ve reached a pivotal point where these words have never driven deeper or meant more.
@scottgraham3942
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
I'm glad I saw this 13 years ago and that its still here to view when I need it.
@AuntieSingeA
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Done 13 years ago and I find it just now?!
@crazybird91
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
It's 2025, and I still use this invocation.
@DisruptiveTactical
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
I think about you, and this video, Every. Single. Day.
Thank you for The Show. Thank you for everything.
@PetiePal
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Came back 13 years later to say I still think about and miss you. I hope you do ANY follow up to this stuff. Even if it's a yearly message or somesuch.
@BurttheBard
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Haven’t visited this video in years, but god I needed it now ❤
@dhesyca4471
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
I watched this for the first time today. I needed this. I'll watch it again.
@mpdelyons
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Ze, it's 2025 and I still listen to this when I need to heal. You have no idea how much it has helped me over the years. ❤
@Featherleigh-e3g
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
Ze, I mean this in a Carl Rogers kinda way, but I love you. You truly are a weirdass genius after my own heart, and as Jack Handy would say "you are good enough, smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like you!!!
@Just.In.His.Teachings
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
13 years later and I still use this when I'm feeling stuck and down on myself. Thank you Ze 😊
@spriwodka
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
It was my birthday, today. 7-12-2025. I come here sporadically every few years. "Don't call it a come[comb]back" just randomly popped in my head and I'm so happy to still be able to find my way here. Genuinely one of the most touchingly motivational videos I've ever seen. "There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore". What an incredible way to end tonight.
Thank you, once again, for this video. Thank you so much for sharing it with us, all those years ago. It still holds just as much meaning as it did the first time I heard it, over a decade ago.
@davidwilliama.7296
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
I think I come back to this video more than any other, besides music that I put on repeat. However, I usually just watch a music video for a while and then don't come back that often. I come back to this video whenever I'm about to start something big, usually a new job or an interview for a job. I watched this video when it first came out. Today, I came back because I was being insulted and remembered some of the phrases from this video. This video encouraged me after being insulted for things that weren't really my fault. I am thankful that this video is still around, and if it ever disappears, the words are available online. I honestly feel like trying to memorize it someday so I can repeat some of these lines to myself more easily
@paulopombal8996
February 26, 2026 at 8:15 am
I came here because of a very old post on Reddit… now, I'm crying… THIS! THIS! THIS! THANK YOU!
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