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    What I Know For Sure
    What I Know For Sure
    What I Know For Sure
    Audiobook3 hours

    What I Know For Sure

    Written by Oprah Winfrey

    Narrated by Oprah Winfrey

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    About this audiobook

    The inspirational wisdom Oprah Winfrey shares in her monthly O., The Oprah Magazine column updated, curated, and collected for the first time in a beautiful keepsake book.

    After film critic Gene Siskel asked her, "What do you know for sure?" Oprah Winfrey began writing the "What I Know For Sure" column in O, The Oprah Magazine. Saying that the question offered her a way to take "stock of her life," Oprah has penned one column a month over the last fourteen years, years in which she retired The Oprah Winfrey Show (the highest-rated program of its kind in history), launched her own television network, became America's only black billionaire, was awarded an honorary degree from Harvard University and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, watched friends and colleagues come and go, lost beloved pets and adopted new ones, and celebrated milestone birthdays. Throughout it all, she's continued to offer her profound and inspiring words of wisdom in her "What I Know For Sure" column in O, The Oprah Magazine.

    Now, for the first time, these thoughtful gems have been revised, updated, and collected in What I Know For Sure, a beautiful audiobook packed with insight and revelation from Oprah Winfrey. Organized by theme—joy, resilience, connection, gratitude, possibility, awe, clarity, and power—these essays offer a rare and powerful glimpse into the mind of one of the world's most extraordinary women. Candid, moving, exhilarating, uplifting, and dynamic, the words Oprah shares in What I Know For Sure shimmer with the sort of wisdom and truth that listeners will turn to again and again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateSep 2, 2014
    ISBN9781427258274
    What I Know For Sure
    Author

    Oprah Winfrey

    Through the power of media, Oprah Winfrey has created an unparalleled connection with people around the world. As host and supervising producer of the history-making The Oprah Winfrey Show, editorial director of O, The Oprah Magazine, and the CEO of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, she has entertained, enlightened, and uplifted millions of viewers for more than twenty-five years. Her accomplishments as a global media leader and philanthropist have established her as one of the most respected and admired public figures today. She is the author of What I Know For Sure, a collection of her contributions to her widely popular column in O, The Oprah Magazine.

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    • 5/5
      I hate to jump on the Oprah bandwagon but, this was really good. I listened to it because I needed something positive to listen too and it didn't disappoint.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I loved every second of this book. It's a must read.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great words of wisdom from Oprah as always. A reminder of things we often forget in the chaos of life. Another perspective on how to get through each day.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It's like Oprah's own bible... One of my all time favorite books

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I listened to this book not only with an open mind but an open heart. And because of that, I was able to receive all of its wisdom. One of the most valuable lessons that I took from the book is to be grateful for every expression of beauty from making a cup of tea to sitting under a tree and reading a great book. What I Know for Sure is a feast for the intellect, spirit, emotional, and the physical. Give it a listen while listening to the music of Snatam Kaur.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I enjoyed hearing the stories from Oprah! Some I remember from her show and some were new to me.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Very insightful. Young people should hear these tidbits of wisdom. It could save them some unnecessary drama in life.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I Loved this book! Well written splendid job excellent read!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This book awakens my inner child! It changes my perspective of life. What I know for sure is that I need to be mindful of each moment so that when my journey is over, I'll know that I LIVED! ~vns

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      What a beautiful book! I will reread this now and again just to remind myself never to lose sight of the beauty of life.
      It's full of great advice, life experiences and inspiration.
      If you listen to it, read by Oprah herself, in her warm and calm voice, you can feel her honesty and the heartfelt manner in which she expressed her experiences and views.
      Beautiful, simply beautiful!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Oprah vacillates wildly between spirituality as hedonism and vague, new agey platitudes. She hasn't gone deep enough with any of it to share any deep spiritual insights or "truths." Perhaps that's one of the consequences of great material success.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Sooo inspiring! This will def be a refresher that I listen to again and again.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Oprah is my hero !!!!! Forever & always!!! Thank You! So much wisdom & truth a feel good hear felt book everyone needs to read and share ! Xoxo

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Life changing for sure! I enjoyed every moment of this book!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      When I die I also want my aura to be bright??

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Painful! She only does things she loves with every fiber of her being? So she won’t take a meeting or make a phone call or write a check unless she feels the love?!? Give me a break!!! Most of us have jobs and don’t have this luxury. We must write checks to pay our bills and attend mind numbing meetings to earn our pay. Sheesh!! Rein it in, would ya?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Very Good book,
      Thank you Oprah for all of your advice and insights

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I felt like Oprah was talking to just me

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      What a terrific book! Always uplifting and upbeat, wise and wonderful Oprah Winfrey! I just love Oprah!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Such a good inspirational book. Short, sweet and to the point. I looooves the last 2 chapters about weight! So insightful.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great book by an amazing teacher & human being,OPRAH! Highly recommend!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Oprah’s honestly and insight is like a breath of fresh air. I will listen to it again...... starting now.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Good book, for sure. It's easy to see why OW has done so well.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Fantastic! Great thoughts and tips to live by. Love my Oprah!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      My constant companion and source of applicable and timely life skills!
      Salamat, Oprah!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book gave me so much guidance! Oprah is ❤️
    • 5/5
      Excellent life lessons in small bites. An excellent listen for men and women of all ages.
    • 5/5
      Full of great insights of life of how a person who has it all lives and enjoys life...
      What is more precious then just wealth.
    • 5/5
      Wow. I now reeled compelled to ask myself this question: What do you know for sure? I could answer this question previously, but Oprah makes me want to dive deeper and expound upon those once simple thoughts. Oprah takes the reader along the journey of her life, fromngrowing up as a child in Mississippi, to the high school years in Nashville, to her adult years in Chicago and to her current years in California. She pours into us, her wisdom, insight, and life-lessons that she has learned along her journey. From Jessie Jackson to Maya Angelou, Oprah's teachers instilled periods of instruction that she so graciously shared with readers. What I know for sure is that everyone should read this book and then ask themselves that question; what do I know for sure.
    • 5/5
      This was a great book to listen too. Oprah's voice is very soothing. This book just felt good for my soul! So many good tidbits that had me rewinding to listen again. I can't count the number of times that I nodded my head or said "yes!" out loud. I look forward to picking up a copy of this so I can underline and go back to it over and over again!