Your failures should be your stepping stone to greatness. It doesn't matter if you're poor, your parents are irresponsible you're been sexually abused or people judge you because of your skin color. Don't let these bring you down. Even the most powerful entrepreneurs faced the same dilemma and Oprah Winfrey is a living example. The first African American billionaires.
Most of us had a wonderful childhood; but not Oprah. When she was 9 she'd been sexually abused by her cousins and even the friends of her mom. At the age of 14 she got pregnant and her son died during infancy. However she developed an Oracle gift in church and in 1971 am she entered Tennessee state university.
Landing her first job in radio and television broadcasting. She got her first position as an evening news anchor for Baltimore WJZ TV but got fired shortly. Not because she doesn't Have the talent but because she's unfit for tv. For her this experience was humiliating and embarrassing. She even got sexually harassed. Although she didn't allow these obstacles trials and challenges to defeat her. She converted these misfortunes into great success.
Oprah became a talk show host for AM Chicago and she managed to make the ratings sky rocket in just a months and in 1986 the Oprah Winfrey show came back to life. Back then most talk shows host concentrate on trassy topics. On the other hand , Oprah focused on the middle class, and self help topics. Her witty humor and warm welcome made her gain the sympathy of the crowd.
Her talent as a talk show host combined with her entrepreneurial skills brought her a net worth of more or less 2.9 billion dollars.
