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Oprah Winfrey on Career, Life, and Leadership

During a student-led interview at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Oprah Winfrey shares seminal moments of her career journey and the importance of listening to your instincts.

Oprah WinfreyguestStudent interviewerhostStudent interviewercameo
Apr 28, 20141h 4mWatch on YouTube

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Episode Details

EPISODE INFO

Released
April 28, 2014
Duration
1h 4m
Channel
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

During a student-led interview at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Oprah Winfrey shares seminal moments of her career journey and the importance of listening to your instincts. Winfrey also offers advice to students on how to find their calling: "Align your personality with your purpose, and no one can touch you." Listen to Oprah on "View From The Top: The Podcast." https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/view-top-podcast

SPEAKERS

  • Oprah Winfrey

    guest

    Media executive and talk-show host; founder of Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and host of “Super Soul Sunday.”

  • Student interviewer

    host

    Stanford Graduate School of Business student moderator/interviewer facilitating the on-stage conversation and Q&A.

  • Student interviewer

    cameo

    Stanford Graduate School of Business student moderator assisting with audience/Twitter questions.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Stanford Graduate School of Business, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Student interviewer, Oprah Winfrey on Career, Life, and Leadership explores Oprah Winfrey on instinct-led career moves and intention-driven leadership Oprah Winfrey recounts how she moved from intending to be a teacher to entering television after early radio work, then learning through experience that news reporting felt unnatural while talk felt like “home.”

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