Foreign Policy Is An Explicitly Amoral Enterprise.

First, Recognize The Mistake. The Main Thing Is Taking Responsibility And Being Authentic.

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.

When I Wake Up In The Middle Of The Night When I Hear One Of My Kids Coughing Or Crying, I Think About Syria.

My Kids Are My Salvation.... It's A Delight To Walk In And Get Charged By A Five-year-old And A Two-year-old. That'll Make You Forget The Darkness.

No More Than A Surgeon Can Operate While Tweeting Can You Reach Your Potential With One Ear In, One Ear Out. You Actually Have To Reacquaint Yourself With Concentration. We All Do.