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Oprah Winfrey: A Successful Woman

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Be thankful and satisfied with what you and you’ll gain more, if you wine and worry about what you don’t have you’ll never have enough because you’ll never be satisfied with what you already have. “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough” Oprah Winfrey. Oprah was thankful to what she had when she almost had nothing. Oprah Winfrey is a significant woman because she’s a role model to all women. She started from zero and became a successful woman. Her childhood was rough, then some challenges following a successful life. Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on the 29th of January 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Oprah’s parents Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey are unmarried and separated soon after she was born. She lived with her mother in Milwaukee, a dangerous neighborhood. In her mother’s absence she was sexually abused by male relatives at young age. The abuse, lasted from age nine to thirteen, it was overwhelming for a teenager. At age fourteen, she …show more content…

She had earned respect from everybody around her. She’s recognized for her humanitarian actions and efforts. She was a sexually abused kid who struggled growing up to being a billionaire. She was educated; she knew what her goal was and strived for the best. Her message to the world can be easily misinterpreted but she made the message go across to millions of people taking full responsibility. Her success is a process she worked on. She’s able to make strangers open up to her and tell them their stories. In her journey to success she was accused of trying to be another ethnicity because of her job. Criticism of people didn’t stop her from what she wanted to be. Oprah changed the way people read, exercise, feel and think about themselves and the people around them. She taught people to accept others that are

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