. >> harvey mackay wrote a very good book about getting fired. other chapters say things like remain dignified even when you are justified. loose lips sink ships, get in where you fit in. failing is part of the process. if you cannot sell yourself, no one else will buy it. do you think you are selling yourself all the time? tavis: i hope not. i am trying to get people to wrestle with ideas. i think public television is at its best when we challenged folks to reexamine the assumptions they hold, when we help them expand their inventory of ideas, when we use these platforms to help introduce people to ideas they never thought they would even consider. i hope that what i am selling is the notion of people reexamining their assumptions, not tavis smiley perc se. i believe we have to allow space for breaks. >> meaning? tavis: meaning that you cannot back people into corners. there have been points in my life where i have learned that when you back people into corners -- my dad once told me, did you ever see a cat back into a corner? they are going to