Words Of Wisdom From Oprah

It’s been hard pondering the meaning of the universe without Oprah Winfrey dutifully on our television guiding the way. We’ve felt lost the last three months. Our hearts are heavy. We feel a tear coming on…

Buck up, everyone. All is not lost. The Mighty Big O is still with us. In fact, she’s written us all a little letter on her Facebook page to let us all know what she is up to and how we can better ourselves in these last summer days. You can read the full letter after the jump, but here are just a few of the gems of wisdom she imparts on her loyal readers:

“I will say this; it’s 10 times harder than doing my daily show. Doing that show felt like breathing everyday. Now I’m in so many meetings I sometimes have to step out and catch a breath.

But I see every challenge as an opportunity. So no shortage of opportunities here.

I know the same is true for your life.

My experience is a network, yours is whatever is calling you right now.

Get clarity. Don’t allow yourself to be overwhelmed. Don’t be defeated by mistakes. Learn from them.

We have a new motto…”The next right decision”…what is it?”

Deep. DEEP! We love how Oprah makes us THINK, you know???

The next right decision? What will it be for U?

Friends of Summer,

Can you believe it’s August already? “Hot August nights with the leaves hanging down and the grass on the ground smelling so sweet”…thank you Neil Diamond. I always want to play that song this month.

I am digitally, technically, challenged but learned a great new thing yesterday.

Please don’t LOL, but I did not know that you could play music wirelessly thru the speakers in your house directly from your iPad. And can upload movies directly to your tv screen and the movies maintain their HD quality.

I still think that iPad is a magic box.

I spent my first full week at OWN merging new staff with Harpo folks. Alignment is the first step in getting anything to work. We all had a great week. Although if you saw my tweet, you noticed I could use some better office furniture.

We’re working on new shows for fall. ROSIE’s on at 7pm ET/PT. I watched in awe this past Friday as she sat in a room full of critics, (Television Critics Association) and made them actually LOL.

OWN YOUR LIFE (the oprah class) will be at 8pm ET/PT. Sign up if you’re interested in having a better life at Oprah.com.

By the way did you see the show SERVING LIFE on OWN it reairs this Wednesday night 9pm and 12am ET/PT. Produced and narrated by Forest Whitaker. If you didn’t see and can’t see when it reairs…DVR. It’s worth your time.

I’ve been emailing Forest all weekend. I can’t stop thinking about it. It was really, REALLY good. And a tough subject. But opened my heart and made me drop a lot of preconceived notions and judgment.

It is great television I’m proud to platform on OWN.

@Woodsy1069 asked me on Twitter yesterday if I was “frazzled” by OWN’s performance thus far.

Nope, not frazzled. And I have faith that if I do what I’m supposed to├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥allow it to serve my purpose, and you, the viewer├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥it will succeed.

Everyone in the cable business told me it would take 3 years. Some said 5. I’ve been here a week.

Lorne Michaels, master creator/producer told me months ago, “it won’t start to come together until you’re there.”

So I made myself CEO and now in the trenches with Erik and Sheri who’ve masterfully run Harpo, now also Presidents of OWN. We’re uniting and building our team.

I will say this; it’s 10 times harder than doing my daily show. Doing that show felt like breathing everyday. Now I’m in so many meetings I sometimes have to step out and catch a breath.

But I see every challenge as an opportunity. So no shortage of opportunities here.

I know the same is true for your life.

My experience is a network, yours is whatever is calling you right now.

Get clarity. Don’t allow yourself to be overwhelmed. Don’t be defeated by mistakes. Learn from them.

We have a new motto…”The next right decision”…what is it?

Onward!

Oprah Winfrey