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Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

The whole game was about confidence, as it always was. Everything was fine—until it wasn't.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

The problems afflicting a nation are always in equal measure spiritual crises.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

Summers was simply a master explainer, able to deftly boil down the complexities of economic and financial, and to put them in terms the non-expert could understand. He was brilliant at cultivating a sense of control, even as events spun far beyond w...

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

If the breadth of perspectives is wide enough to represent the fullest range of views, consensus is unlikely. If consensus is swiftly achieved, it probably means too few voices have been heard.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

If the opposite of certainty is doubt, humility must lie somewhere between the two,

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

A little known area often defines the fortunes of leaders -- management skills.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President