"I came to see the presidency like a game of Pac-Man,” Obama told Rhodes at the time. "Sometimes I felt like I was just outrunning people, trying to avoid getting tripped up before I got to the end of the board."

Rhodes then asked Obama what he was going to do next, to which he replied: "Sleep in."

"The World as it Is" was officially released on Tuesday and covers Rhodes's years in the Obama administration as a top aide to the former president.

Rhodes has published a number of excerpts ahead of his memoir's release.

The book is described as "the most vivid portrayal yet of Obama’s worldview and presidency," by publisher Penguin Random House.