Oprah’s success isn’t just the sum of her strategies. The engine that not only drove those particular strategies, but also made them successful, was a deep sense of identity, authenticity, and purpose that can’t be imitated or crafted through method.

 <a href=http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/lane wallace/2009/11/oprahs chicago school of economics.php>Oprah’s Chicago School of Economics   Lane Wallace</a>
An insightful take on Oprah’s success and why “What Would Oprah Do?” is a question every business leader should ask themselves. Her brand of entrepreneurship is one that’s built on authenticity, first and foremost, and as such, isn’t suited for “scale”, “synergy”, or “shareholder value”.And that’s why it’s worked.

About Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez works in publishing by day, world domination by night. Over the years he’s lived in Staten Island and South Beach Miami; served in the Jehovah’s Witnesses, US Army, and Dennis Kucinich’s ‘04 Presidential Campaign; won poetry slams, founded a reading series, co-authored a book of poetry, and self-published another; prefers Pumpkin and India Pale Ales, Buffalo Trace and Four Roses Bourbons, and Dona Paula Shiraz Malbec. He’s a devout Mets fan from the Bronx now living in New Jersey, and has a beautiful wife and two amazing kids.

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