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Sheri Salata is a writer/producer, co founder of thepillarlife.com and co host of the podcast The Sheri + Nancy Show. Her current ventures are the evolution of her 20-year career with Oprah Winfrey. Her action-packed days as Executive Producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show were chronicled in the acclaimed docuseries Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes.

Sheri also served as Co-President of Harpo Studios and OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. She has been named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Power 100 and the 2017 Feminist Press Power Award winners.

Sheri is a proud Iowa Hawkeye and keeps English bulldogs.

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Sheri Salata I did, in fact, take a long time to write this book. When I was stuck or blocked or uninspired, I put it aside and went and did something entirely dif…moreI did, in fact, take a long time to write this book. When I was stuck or blocked or uninspired, I put it aside and went and did something entirely different. It's Malcolm Gladwell's theory of BLINK. I have used it for used this technique for years (even working at the Oprah show on show scripts) it works every single time.
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Sheri Salata I love words, language. I love making words up. I love storytelling. I have been telling stories since I was old enough to put a sentence together. Th…moreI love words, language. I love making words up. I love storytelling. I have been telling stories since I was old enough to put a sentence together. Then I began to produce them. Now, this book.(less)

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The Beautiful No: And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation

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“I want to be loosed of relationships that no longer serve me. And with this comes an increasing desire, pounding in my heart like a drumbeat, to only do what I want to do, when I want to do it, and with whom I wish to do it. I am not interested in tearing apart others, commiserating over fear and failure (at least, no more than five minutes max), or revisiting tired territory that should have been abandoned years ago. I am tending to my own stuff, and my wish is that everyone in my life do the same. Insecurities, jealousies, and a thousand and one excuses for why someone cannot make better choices is a stew I will simmer in no more. And if you are deceitful or disloyal, then there will be nothing for us to share. I want to revel in possibilities. I want to laugh and dance and sing and drink great wine and celebrate and love and discuss the Universe and all its magic. My bar has just been raised. It’s a new day.”
― Sheri Salata, The Beautiful No: And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation

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“No start. No finish. Just an ongoing becoming.”
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“Though they sometimes balked at my relentless rehearsal schedules, they always loved the standing ovations that came after. Everyone does.”
― Sheri Salata, The Beautiful No: And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation