欧普拉温弗里05年斯坦福大学演讲英语全文

欧普拉温弗里05年斯坦福大学演讲英语全文内容摘要：

ack and I39。 d try to give the victims blankets. And I wouldn39。 t be able to sleep at night because of all the things I was covering during the day. And, meanwhile, I was trying to sit gracefully like Barbara and make myself talk like Barbara. And I thought, well, I could make a pretty goofy Barbara. And if I could figure out how to be myself, I could be a pretty good Oprah. I was trying to sound elegant like Barbara. And sometimes I didn39。 t read my copy, because something inside me said, this should be spontaneous. So, I wanted to get the news as I was giving it to the people. So, sometimes, I wouldn39。 t read my copy and it would be, like, six people on a pileup on I40. Oh, my goodness. And sometimes I wouldn39。 t read the copy— because I wanted to be spontaneous— and I39。 d e across a list of words I didn39。 t know and I39。 d mispronounce. And one day I was reading copy and I called Canada ca nada. And I decided, this Barbara thing39。 s not going too well. I should try being myself. But at the same time, my dad was saying, Oprah Gail, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. You better keep that job. And my boss was saying, This is the nightly news. You39。 re an anchor, not a social worker. Just do your job. So, I was juggling these messages of expectation and obligation and feeling really miserable with myself. I39。 d go home at night and fill up my journals, 39。 cause I39。 ve kept a journal since I was 15— so I now have volumes of journals. So, I39。 d go home at night and fill up my journals about how miserable I was and frustrated. Then I39。 d eat my anxiety. That39。 s where I learned that habit. And after eight months, I lost that job. They said I was too emotional. I was too much. But since they didn39。 t want to pay out the contract, they put me on a talk show in Baltimore. And the moment I sat down on that show, the moment I did, I felt like I39。 d e home. I realized that TV could be more than just a playground, but a platform for service, for helping other people lift their lives. And the moment I sat down, doing that talk show, it felt like breathing. It felt right. And that39。 s where everything that followed for me began. And I got that lesson. When you39。 re doing the work you39。 re meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you39。 re getting paid. It39。 s true. And how do you know when you39。 re doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for life. When you39。 re supposed to do something or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead. Every right decision I39。 ve made— every right decision I39。 ve ever made— has e from my gut. And every wrong decision I39。 ve ever made was a result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself. If it doesn39。 t feel right, don39。 t do it. That39。 s the lesson. And that lesson alone will save you, my friends, a lot of grief. Even doubt means don39。 t. This is what I39。 ve learned. There are many times when you don39。 t know what to do. When you don39。 t know what to do, get still, get very still, until you do know what to do. And when you do get still and let your internal motivation be the driver, not only will your personal life improve, but you will gain a petitive edge in the working world as well. Because, as Daniel Pink writes in his bestseller, A Whole New Mind, we39。 re entering a whole new age. And he calls it the Conceptual Age, where traits that set people apart today are going to e from our hearts— right brain— as well as our heads. It39。 s no longer just the logical, linear, rulesbased thinking that matters, he says. It39。 s also empathy and joyfulness and purpose, inner traits that have transcendent worth. These qualities bloom when we39。 re doing what we love, when we39。 re involving the wholeness of ourselves in our work, both our expertise and our emotion. So, I say to you, fet about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart and success will e to you. So, how do I define success? Let me tell you, money39。 s pretty nice. I39。 m not going to stand up here and tell you that it39。 s not about money, 39。 cause money is very nice. I like money. It39。 s good for buying things. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life. What you really want is to be surrounded by people you trust and treasure and by people who cherish you. That39。 s when you39。 re really ri。