My whole career has been marked by taking on the toughest problems, bringing people together, creating uncommon coalitions to ultimately produce uncommon results - things that people said couldn't be done.
I'm not sure people would think of me in this light, but frankly, what I enjoyed most about Bain & Company, the consulting firm, was the analytical process of solving tough problems.
I'm a policy guy, believe it or not. I love policy. I love solving tough problems.
I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.
We believe the world changes when the boldest thinking is directed at the toughest problems
I don't believe there's any problem in this country, no matter how tough it is, that Americans, when they roll up their sleeves, can't completely ignore.
Often times, we think of girls as soft and vulnerable. And we don't really think of them as possibly being the solutions to some of the world's toughest problems, but they really are.
There are various tough problems yet to solve, and we must shift to live, betwixt spirit and matter, such a human life as we can.
