00:00In the book you share a lot of really personal details.
00:02What made you want to open up now, and do you regret not letting that guard down a little
00:06bit earlier?
00:07This book is my most candid explanation of not only my life, but what I believe that
00:17I've ever tried to do.
00:18It was hard, and I'm very proud of the outcome because it was kind of cathartic.
00:25Everybody has losses.
00:26Not everybody will lose a presidential campaign, but there will be all kinds of losses and
00:31disappointments that are just part of human nature and life.
00:36So I wanted to share my story on a very personal level, behind the scenes, pulling back the
00:44curtain.
00:45I think a lot of people did criticize you on the campaign trail for not doing that a little
00:50bit sooner.
00:50Do you ever regret that?
00:51Being a woman in public life is like being on a high wire with no net.
00:56And I have been involved in public service and in politics for much of my adult life.
01:04And there is a double standard about women.
01:07And I try to explain that.
01:10And I consulted a friend of mine, Sheryl Sandberg, who, as you know, is the COO of Facebook.
01:17And so she and two of her top researchers came to brief me before the election really got
01:23started.
01:24They said, all the research shows that the more successful a man becomes, the more
01:29likable he becomes.
01:37And when you are in service for someone else, you can go and advocate.
01:42And people will accept that.
01:44But when you are trying to advocate for yourself as a woman, you are held to such a different
01:51standard than when men do the very same thing.
01:54Because we know ambition is a double-edged sword.
01:59It's fine for a young man or a man of any age to be ambitious, but a young woman or
02:04a woman
02:04of any age to be ambitious raises all kinds of dissonance in people's minds.
