Bethenny Frankel Interview Power Of Women 2019

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00:00So we have a bowl filled with quotes from empowering, powerful, wonderful women.

00:05And so we're having everyone pick one out and read it and react to it.

00:12Oh, wow. Perfect. This is perfect for me.

00:15Words have power. TV has power. My pen has power.

00:19Shonda Rhimes. Truth.

00:21So words have power because people can be so cruel these days on social media.

00:26People are crowdsourcing hate.

00:28If I don't like you or something you did, people are crowdsourcing other people to then go against someone.

00:33And I'm not into that. And particularly on television, women are doing that now.

00:37They're using the Internet and social media for evil and not for good.

00:42I don't like that at all. TV has power.

00:45I've taken camera crews to Puerto Rico, to North Carolina, you know, raised millions of dollars and helped thousands of people.

00:51So that's using. And I've also experienced grief on television.

00:55And I think that's helping people. That's connecting. That's showing.

00:59And I've raised a lot of money because of television.

01:01That's a good use of power. It's like a superhero.

01:04Exactly.

01:04Okay. And my pen has power.

01:06You know, I've written 10 books. I've written a children's book.

01:10I've written a book called The Place of Yes to help people at a crossroads.

01:13And I'm, you know, in ways at a crossroads. I'm always at a crossroads.

01:15So the pen has a lot of power, too, in writing to communicate.

01:19And also because kids don't really read as much now.

01:22Also because they're always on their phones and they're looking everything up.

01:26So I think writing is important because people need to still be reading.

01:30So I like that quote.

01:31And now how do you balance it all? TV, books, you know, your business? So successful.

01:38I balance it all because I'm a homebody and I'm most of the time home with my daughter.

01:42And my daughter gives me balance because when I'm with her, I don't have a nanny.

01:47And I'm at pick up and drop off every day, albeit in pajamas.

01:50But I am at pick up and drop off.

01:51When we're together, we're totally together.

01:53We spend quality time together.

01:55I don't, if I work, which is very rare, I would go to HSN and spend an hour selling

01:59and then three hours with her, three days with her wakeboarding and having fun.

02:03So that's my place of, yes, that balance.

02:06I don't have a big social life.

02:07I don't really go out.

02:08So my life is with her and then the rest is work.

02:13But I have a pretty good balance with work because I'm reducing, I don't have as many buckets.

02:18It's fewer buckets full.

02:19Mark Burnett would be a bucket.

02:21HSN would be a bucket.

02:22So doing, you know, this is a, I don't come out that much.

02:25This was a reason to get out of pajamas.

02:27A good reason.

02:28Do you enjoy it, what you do?

02:30Oh, do I enjoy, yes.

02:32Now I really do because I'm really picking and choosing.

02:34And it's very hard to say no because there's so many interesting things.

02:39But there is a power in saying no, just as powerful as saying yes.

02:42And I want to enjoy my life.

02:43I want to be happy.

02:44I don't want to be, I don't, my life is not defined by how full my calendar is.

02:47That sounds dreadful.

02:48Thank you so much, Bethany.

02:53Philanthropy gives you balance because you meet so many interesting people.

02:56So it feels like you're being social because you're connecting.

02:59And it gives you a purpose.

03:00You're doing many things at the same time.

03:02You're getting enriched personally and you're helping other people.

03:04Amazing.

03:05Thank you, Bethany.

03:06Thank you, too.

03:06Thank you, Bethany.

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