Alyssa Mastromonaco writes with a sharp, insightful voice about the challenges and triumphs of navigating modern life and career. Drawing from her extensive experience in high-stakes environments, her work offers a candid and often humorous perspective on ambition, leadership, and finding one's footing in demanding professional landscapes. Readers connect with her relatable yet aspirational narratives that explore the realities of achieving success while maintaining personal integrity. Her distinctive style encourages introspection and empowers individuals to tackle their own goals with confidence and a touch of pragmatism.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? comes a fun, frank book of reflections, essays and interviews on topics ranging from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood and making and sustaining relationships of all kinds in the age of social media.
"Alyssa Mastromonaco worked for Barack Obama for almost a decade, and long before his run for president. From the then-senator's early days in Congress to his years in the Oval Office, she made Hope and Change happen through blood, sweat, tears, and lots of briefing binders. But for every historic occasion -- meeting the queen at Buckingham Palace, bursting in on secret climate talks, or nailing a campaign speech in a hailstorm -- there were dozens of less-than-perfect moments. Like the time she learned the hard way that there aren't nearly enough bathrooms at the Vatican. Full of never-before-told stories, this is an intimate portrait of a president, a book about how to get stuff done, and the story of how one woman challenged, again and again, what a "White House official" is supposed to look like. Here Alyssa shares the strategies that made her successful in politics and beyond, including the importance of confidence, the value of not being a jerk, and why ultimately everything comes down to hard work."-- Provided by publisher