Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci Scott Galloway RETURNS: Men Are Struggling More Than Ever – Here’s the Brutal Truth
Dec 2, 2025
Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at NYU and best-selling author, shares insights on the struggles of modern men. He discusses alarming trends in isolation among young men and reflects on his own childhood challenges. Galloway emphasizes the importance of emotional expression and encourages men to build resilience through fitness, financial stability, and community. He argues that kindness in familial relationships sets a positive example for future generations. Ultimately, he redefines masculinity as a commitment to giving more than receiving.
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Generation Of Sequestered Young Men
- Young men today show alarming disengagement: rising suicide, low relationship rates, and many NEETs.
- Scott Galloway links this to social sequestering and lack of male mentorship harming a generation.
Growing Up With Economic Shame
- Scott recounts growing up economically strained and feeling a ghost whispering that he wasn't worthy.
- He attributes lifelong confidence gaps and some early selfishness to that upbringing and later reflects on character-driven failures.
Confidence From A Late Blooming Relationship
- Scott describes late-blooming confidence after physical changes and a loving relationship at UCLA.
- That relationship gave him a new sense of self-worth he had not experienced before.
