On entering my last year as president of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), much on my mind are the lessons I've learned about doing the work of philanthropy. Any attempt at distillation is, of course, tempered by my previous experiences working in health care in the United States and overseas, as well as by the knowledge I have gathered over the past 12 years from wise colleagues and counselors. Other observers—including my philanthropic partners here at RWJF—may well see things differently. That lack of a standard metric is one of the features that makes our work so challenging, as well as so exhilarating.
     I offer the seven lessons that follow—with some advice built around each—in the hope that they will stimulate others to take up the challenge of helping philanthropy achieve its full potential.

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