2. Deliberate practice
Worked hard to improve her host
abilities
Practiced scripts and communication
skills
Worked on appealing to a large target
audience
3. Grit
Household of single mother
Lived in abusive household
Molested by uncle
Poverty
Constantly changed schools
4. Oprah on the come up
News for WVOL in high school and
college
Communication degree
Hosted AM Chicago
Oprah Winfrey show
5. Demonstrating Grit
Overcame adversities of being poor,
abused, and molested
Started entertainment career and
worked her way up to having one of the
most viewed shows on television
6. Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
Never allowed herself to get in the
mindset of being stuck in the life she
was given
Even once starting her communication
career, she had to work from the bottom
Constantly aspiring to become better
Improving herself and her show
7. Development of the Growth Mindset
Oprah was sent to live with her father.
"As strict as he was, he had some
concerns about me making the best of
my life, and would not accept anything
less than what he thought was my best,”
said Oprah.
Under his strict, yet secure, household,
Oprah became an honor student and
won awards for her speeches.
8. “Few people would have bet on Oprah Winfrey's
swift rise to host of the most popular talk show on
TV. In a field dominated by white males, she is a
black female of ample bulk. As interviewers go,
she is no match for, say, Phil Donahue [...] What
she lacks in journalistic toughness, she makes up
for in plainspoken curiosity, robust humor and,
above all empathy.”
10. Quotes by Oprah
“If you want your life to be more
rewarding, you have to change the way
you think.”
“Doing the best at this moment puts you
in the best place for the next moment.”
