Photo: Courtesy of U.S. Department of
and Human Services
Kathleen Sebelius
Former Governor of Kansas, Now Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
I am a believer in the need to take a few risks. You don't get a new job unless you put yourself out there. I'm not suggesting jumping off the tops of buildings without parachutes, but having some willingness to say, I don't know everything about this, but, boy, I can learn it as well as anybody, and I can roll up my sleeves and work really hard. So I'm going to walk through that door, and if it's not open I might kick it a little bit and then walk through.
From the
November 2009 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
