Jared Kushner

And again, I say this as somebody who's been so blessed with so many things in life, but, you know, when I've had challenges or things I've wanted to achieve...

I just focus and say, what can I do?

And I'll read everything I can get my hands on.

If I fail at one, the door closes, I'll try the window.

If the window closes, I'll try the chimney.

If the chimney closes, I'll try to dig a tunnel.

It's just, if you want to accomplish something, you just have to go at it.

And I think the most important thing I'll say, sorry, I'm kind of thinking my way into this answer, is just do the right thing.

I think that's also right.

And I saw that in my career, be good to people, be honest, do the right thing.

And if you do that, I think long-term, it does pay off.

Maybe not in politics, but in the world at large, it does.

And my hope is in politics, it will as well.

It really started with just talking to people.

I would try to reach out to people who had been involved in different things and ask them what they did, what they thought of the problem, who they thought was smart on it, what they read that helped them get a better understanding, why they think something had failed.

And then I would just read voraciously on every topic.

Washington, it was harder to get advice from humans because I found humans had this weird tendency to talk to the media.

And so I talked to somebody and I'd ask advice.

And then the next thing I know is the Washington Post would call and say, Jared's an idiot, doesn't know what he's doing.

And he's even going to this person to get advice.