“Art of the Deal” coauthor Tony Schwartz goes deep on the spiritual holes of modern life — and ways to transcend the current societal pressure to constantly focus on yourself, brand yourself and seek fame, power and fortune at the expense of others, a process that he argues ultimately leaves people feeling inadequate and empty. In this interview on the roof of NBC's iconic 30 Rockefeller building, a special Thanksgiving segment on "The Beat with Ari Melber," Schwartz explores how people try to fill their “inner deficit,” a theme he has often discussed as applying to his prior writing collaborator Donald Trump, and how to pursue a more spiritual focus. Aired on 11/27/19.
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Turning On Trump, 'Art Of The Deal' Coauthor Says Inner Hole Drives Lust For Fame, Power | MSNBC
Chump your going down…
Truth be told…. If I learned anything from his presidency is, the USA is more divided and corrupt than I thought… either you’re on the left or the right…. No in between???
Down with corrupt Trump!
I LUV Tony…he’s a balanced,wise man….I strive to be what he’s talking about! tRUMP IS an empty shell….
It would be great if everyone had your attitude too, Cathy…
Hi from Ireland.
Chatty Cathy, *useful as a soggy taco shell!!
This is a great interview. Watch it and try to take something from it.
This is on so many levels 👍
My official attempt to break Mohammad Ali’s record: “I, my.” © November 27, 2019
Marius Thefaker
😆👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hard to believe this man was associated with Trump in any way. Maybe he had a turn around later in his life.
He did an interview explaining that he was fairly desperate when he took the job to write Art of the (dishonest) Deal and he has regretted it ever since, because he says it was all fake so he feels responsible for the rise of Trump. It’s why he is fighting so hard to get the truth about trump out to the world. It’s his penance.
We all gotta eat.
A big black hole threatens to devour the world. It’s called Donald Trump.
The world will go on just fine without the United States, and probably for the better.
Man will come and go but Earth abides.
“A man who is empty on the inside must decorate himself on the outside.”
– Bruce Lee
David Gainey Like Bruce Lee? Ali? Ghandi? Dalai Lama? Horrible people like these?
David Gainey Your energies must be so dark and shrivelled.
@fried spaghetti Indeed! The Patent for “A tooth powder in the form of paste and enclosed in a collapsible enclosure” was requested in 1886, by the Honorable Dr. Sheffield. However, 60 years prior, the brother of the esteemed writer and poet Bellford Williams, Sandal Rotham Williams invented a “lead” tube one could extrude tooth powder/paste. wha-la! A Tooth paste tube.
@Tycondaroga100, ty, amazing how long some of the things we take for granted have been around, &, grateful our toothpaste is no longer in lead tubes!!
I like this convo, but wish it wasn’t edited.
” I like this convo, but wish it wasn’t edited. ”
I understand making a shorter version, but it would indeed be good to have the full version available. On the other and, it may be that not much was left out, as Ari Melber seems to appreciate what Tony Schwartz has to say.
Same.
Checking around MSNBC website, they do have transcripts, but at the moment not one more recent than at this url: http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/msnbc-live-with-ari-melber/2019-11-25 I suggest checking out that site for full transcripts for Nov 27 (date of above video) and maybe you’ll find something interesting 🙂 They do provide transcripts (plus timeline notes) of Rachel’s shows.
@DebbyAbqNM Thanks!
“Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that they should be so burdened. Neither is it well for the state. Beyond providing for the wife and daughters moderate sources of income, and very moderate allowances indeed, if any, for the sons, men may well hesitate, for it is no longer questionable that great sums bequeathed oftener work more for the injury than for the good of the recipients. Wise men will soon conclude that, for the best interests of the members of their families and of the state, such bequests are an improper use of their means.”
– Andrew Carnegie, Gospel of Wealth
Tony is a likeable guy..still trying to atone for helping to promote the Pigman so long ago.
Getting to the <3 of the matter! Thank you, Ari Melber!
Wow, Ari!
A really meaningful Thanksgiving conversation!
Co-author?? Bet he wrote whole book
He did write the book, You can see past interviews of Tony speaking about the time he spent with trump.
More money does not mean more happy. “Contentment makes a poor man rich and discontentment makes a rich man poor.”
Simon and Garfunkel “Richard Corey”
I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you!
When you do not love there is a hole not filled!! Soul is doomed!.
2:22
“A lot of people say,
‘Don’t glorify money, but if I had a Iot more money, everything would be better.’ ”
I think if we had a more solid support system here in the USA, money wouldn’t be as big of our focus, if you didn’t have to worry about education, medical and retirement costs.
The “only me” decade.
Yeah, that’s probably about right unfortunately….