When I first got to the White House, I was super anxious all the time about not knowing the answer to every question. And Obama was actually the person who let me be me. He was like, "Alyssa's not the… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
I think that if you look at all of the books that have ever been written about people working in the White House, they're sort of the opposite of my book. And I think that so many people want to write a book that sort of memorializes their place in history. And I wanted to write something for all of… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share
“If you do it responsibly, quitting something that isn’t benefiting you—whether it’s dance classes that “everyone is taking” or a soul-sucking job that has… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
Because as much as the world loves you one minute, it can be way down on you the next. — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
“What you realize is that everyone has her own priorities—her own constituency. Often, being a leader is not about making grand proclamations or telling… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
I don't think that Donald Trump treated Hillary any differently than he treated Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. He is a deeply disrespectful person… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
I wanted young women to know that I was very lucky that I worked for people who literally let me be me. If I had ever been anyone other than me, I would have come off as a fake, a phony, a fraud, and never would have gotten where I ultimately ended up. You can be yourself and be in… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share
“Whatever anyone tells you about how technology and social media have made us disconnected from reality is probably right, but I think you can boil all these kinds of arguments down to the fact that people are no longer chill. They are goal-oriented. They are aware of all the things they could or believe they should have. They are aware… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share
“There are certain lesson you pick up gradually as you go, letting them accumulate after a series of similar mistakes or experiences until you finally realize you've been a fool al along. And then there are lessons that are so massive they smack you in the face - you don't reflect on a period of your life and realize, 'Oh,… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share
I think you can't dip your toe in and dip your toe out. I think either you're in it or you're not. — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
“Part of knowing how to be prepared comes from being self-aware—being able to anticipate what you’ll need (or screw up) and planning accordingly. I… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
Find someone who you really believe in - that can be at a state level. The one thing I can encourage women to do… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
“When the White House got news of the disaster, POTUS coordinated a relief effort pretty much immediately. According to the ticktock, the minute-by-minute outline of an event that the White House comms team would send out afterward, POTUS heard about the quake at 5:52 PM in the Oval Office on January 12, and by 9:00 PM he was in the… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share
