Likewise, Obama is keenly aware of her privilege and frequently uses it to encourage those less fortunate.

They don’t even know how they got at those seats."

Obama continued, “What I am telling people now is to focus on your ‘small power.’

Michelle Obama smiling

Control the thing that is within your grasp, the thing that it’s possible for you to do.

It’s the power of small.”

However, she also admits to not always having the answers, including when it comes to relationships.

Michelle Obama smiling onstage

But their secret is not expecting perfection.

Key to that, of course, was refusing to dwell on what she couldn’t change.