I Think A Lot Of Presidents Learn

Every Press Secretary Faces An Enormous Amount Of Information. Events Move Really Fast. You're Responsible For A Tremendous Amount Of Information, And Again, A Tremendous Amount On Competing Agendas. Not Everybody Grease In The White House.

I Know I Made Plenty Of Mistakes In My Tenure. But One Of The Things That You Learn Is To Be Very Careful And To Protect Yourself Down The Road A Little Bit, Which Is To Say You've Got To Think Ahead And Think Where Is The Story Going To Go? What Are All The Possible Outcomes? And How Do I Protect The President From Unexpected Twists And Turns In The Road?

Study After Study Confirms That Even When You Control For Variables Like Profession, Education, Hours Worked, Age, Marital Status, And Children, Men Still Are Compensated Substantially More - Even In Professions, Like Nursing, Dominated By Women. No Wonder There's A Gender Gap.

Campaigns Often Make Standing On Principle The Highest Of Virtues - And Listening To Your Opponents A Sure Sign Of Weakness. It's The Virtual Opposite Of What It Takes To Succeed In Office. Squaring The Circle Takes A Powerful Combination Of Skills. But Presidents Who Can Campaign And Compromise Are Generally The Most Successful.

During My Years As A Press Secretary, I Developed A Powerful Internal Filter, Which Worked To Strip All Things 'off Message' From My Thoughts Before They Came Out Of My Mouth. It Didn't Always Work, Of Course, And I Said More Than A Few Things I Regretted.