We have greater awareness of where we're falling short than we used to. Just take the example of community police relations.

Rather than double-down on the top-down economics that let a fortunate few play by their own rules, let’s embrace an economic patriotism that says we rise or fall together, as one nation, and as one people.

I think part of the reason that I have been successful, though, despite maybe not always fitting my message into the pre-packaged formulas, is there is this whole other media ecology out there of the Internet and Instagram and memes and talk shows and comedy, and I'm pretty good at that.

In sectors like energy, I haven't been arguing for more spending per se; I've been arguing that it doesn't make sense for us to spend $4 billion subsidizing an oil industry that's mature and very profitable. We should be using that money to finance clean energy of the future.

The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us all.

There's no doubt that probably at least once a week, maybe once a day, I said, "Ah, I should have done that better."

We remember, we rebuild, we come back stronger.