Sheri Salata was the executive producer for the Oprah Winfrey Show for 26 years and Co-President of Harpo Studios and the OWN Network. After all of her success she realized that the career of her dreams wasn’t leading to the life of her dreams and decided to pivot. Sheri is now an author, speaker, transformational coach and the CEO of her own brand, where she helps women reimagine their lives. In this episode she shares how surrendering led her to the dream opportunity to work for Oprah, how she knew when it was time to walk away from the OWN network, and how she found the next great opportunity.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- What making it “big” really means
- The point in her career where Sheri feels like she made it
- How Sheri persevered through rejection, jobs that weren’t a good fit and times of high stress
- How to adapt your perspective and look at your no’s and rejections differently
- Why it's so difficult for us to leave an opportunity that isn’t a good fit and pursue something else
- How to find dream opportunities and when to make a pivot
- Sheri’s best advice for anyone pursuing their dreams
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