Jared Kushner

I'm like, yeah, I'm asking everyone.

So books really became an amazing guide for me.

And Ivanka, she's an incredible researcher.

She's just voracious.

And so she gave me some of my best books and some incredible advice as well.

But that was really the process.

And then I think that was kind of the first stage.

And then the second stage was just constant iteration and readjusting plan as you continue to get more learning.

And one story I tell in the book as well is that on my first trip to the Middle East, where I met with Mohammed bin Zayed, who I spoke about earlier, the ruler of UAE, he

I spent two hours with him asking him questions and really going through the Israeli-Palestinian issue, the Israeli-Arab issue.

And he said to me at the end of the meeting, he says, Jared, I think you're going to make peace here in the Middle East.

And I was shocked because, I mean, first of all, he was, you know, at the time, I think one of the most respected leaders in the region.

Somebody who I found to be very wise and super thoughtful and experienced.

And I said to him, why do you say that?

I was flattered, obviously, but not certain why he was saying that based on the fact that I didn't know what my plan was.

I didn't know what I was going to do and I had no pathway to make peace.

And he said, well, the U.S.

usually sends one of three different kinds of people to come see me.

He says the first are people who come and they fall asleep in meetings.

He said the second are people who come and they basically read me notes but have no ability to interact on the message they're there to convey.