Have you ever wondered how certain people achieve great success while others fall short? Are these successful people necessarily luckier or are there many factors that contribute to their success? To me‚ Oprah Winfrey’s famous quote says it best‚ “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”. The speaker is trying to convey that people must work extremely hard and prepare thoroughly in order to gain the opportunities and experience that is needed to thrive in life and not just depend on
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didn’t happen overnight. It took great determination and focus. Oprah Winfrey’s success began with her broadcasting career‚ which she began at the age of 17‚ when she was hired to read news on the air. After high school‚ she received a four-year scholarship to Tennessee State University‚ where she majored in Speech Communication and Performing Arts. The main reason of the Oprah Winfrey Show’s success is due to the fact that Oprah can relate to her audience. She isn’t just another famous entertainer
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Week 5 Final Project tanya Walden University “Teachers have a lot to do with their students ’ motivational level. A student may arrive in class with a certain degree of motivation. But the teacher ’s behavior and teaching style‚ the structure of the course‚ the nature of the assignments and informal interactions with students all have a large effect on student motivation”(Wirth‚ 2007). Students may have the will to learn but it’s up to the teachers to help motivate them. Students
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During the childhood of Winfrey‚ unfortunately she was a victim of many accounts of sexual abuse/molestation by those men which she trusted‚ and valued; her cousin‚ uncle and a family friend. Furthermore‚ she became pregnant at the young age of 14‚ only to soon realize that her
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Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi‚ on January 29‚ 1954. Best known for hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show‚ she is an actress‚ a media proprietor‚ a philanthropist‚ a talk show host‚ as well as a producer. With a projected net worth of USD $2.9 billion‚ she is the first African-American woman to become a billionaire. At the age of 17‚ Oprah came first in the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant and was proffered an opportunity to join WVOL‚ a radio station serving the African American in
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Oprah Gail Winfrey is the true embodiment of “I am woman‚ hear me roar”. Oprah Winfrey believe in the American dream‚ that with hard work and dedication we can be successful in every aspect of our life. Oprah Winfrey is an inspiration to myself and millions of people around the world; by overcoming her challenges of childhood abuse‚ adversity and poverty. Winfrey didn’t know that her journey to success would began when her grandmother Hattie Mae Lee‚ who taught her how to read at the age of three
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A biographical sketch on Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey‚ born Orpah Gail Winfrey (Harpo productions 2013)‚ a top American talk show host‚ actress‚ producer‚ entrepreneur and philanthropist‚ was born on January 29 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi (A +E television networks‚ 1996). She lived in this small rural community with her mother‚ and underwent a troubled adolescent life experiencing sexual harassment from close male relatives and family friends. It is after her adolescent troubles that she moved
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Very much like Oprah Winfrey‚ whom hit rock bottom before soaring to the top. Oprah‚ an American television host‚ actress‚ producer‚ philanthropist and
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Oprah Winfrey is an actress‚ a talk show host‚ producer‚ and a philanthropist. Oprah’s fame started around when she was only 17 years old. Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant and was offered an on-air job at a radio station called WVOL‚ serving the African American community. After leaving Tennessee State University-where she was majoring in Speech Communication and Performing Arts-Oprah signed on with a local television station as a reporter and anchor. In 1976‚ she moved off to
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shape the personality of an individual. There are different theories of growth of personality of an individual. In this assignment‚ I will take up the case of well-known figure Oprah Winfrey. Based on different theories of personality‚ I will study the factors which contributed to the growth of personality of Oprah Winfrey. Experts have worked on the science of personality development. They have presented the various theories of growth of a personality. The term personality is the product of learned
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