Success Is Not About Who Never Fails.

From Richard Holbrooke - And I Miss Him Every Day - I Learned Two Things. One, Prioritization: Never Take Your Eye Off The Longer-term Reforms. The Other Thing Is, He Was A Hell Of A Schmoozer! So I Should Take Advantage Of My Irish Love Of Beer And Gift Of The Gab, And Build Relationships. That's A Cherished Part Of The Job, Asking Someone, "how Did You Get To Be The Rwandan Ambassador?" I Try To Take Advantage Of The Fact That I Hope To Be Here At Least Until The President's Term Ends Getting To Know My Colleagues.

There's Something Beautiful About Working In The One Place In The World Where The World Is Present, Like United Nations. Otherwise, One Would Have To Go To Each Of These Countries To Negotiate.

You Could Be In The United Nations Office All Night Every Night And Still Feel Like You Were Not Making A Sufficient Dent In The World's Problems. I Think The Key Is Prioritization. But Every Job Presents The Tyranny Of The Inbox, Of Allowing The Urgent To Crowd Out The Important. So We Have To Have Our Lodestars.

As A Journalist, I've Felt As If It's A Privilege That People Share Their Stories And Want You To Be The Messenger.... Even In My Current Job, When I Go Abroad, I'm Racing To Get Back To The President And The Secretary To Share What I've Seen.

Success Is Not About Who Never Fails. It Is About Who Can Spring - Or Even Stagger - Back Up.