The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose

by Oprah Winfrey

Everyone has a purpose. And, according to Oprah Winfrey, “Your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you are meant to be, and begin to honor your calling in the best way possible.” That journey starts right here.In her latest book, The Path Made Clear, Oprah shares what she sees as a guide for activating your deepest vision of yourself, offering the framework for creating not just a life of success, but one of significance. The book’s ten chapters are organized to help you recognize the important milestones along the road to self-discovery, laying out what you really need in order to achieve personal contentment, and what life’s detours are there to teach us. Oprah opens each chapter by sharing her own key lessons and the personal stories that helped set the course for her best life. She then brings together wisdom and insights from luminaries in a wide array of fields, inspiring readers to consider what they’re meant to do in the world and how to pursue it with passion and focus. Renowned figures such as Eckhart Tolle, Brene Brown, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jay-Z, and Ellen DeGeneres share the greatest lessons from their own journeys toward a life filled with purpose.Paired with over 100 awe-inspiring photographs to help illuminate the wisdom of these messages, The Path Made Clear provides readers with a beautiful resource for achieving a life lived in service of your calling – whatever it may be.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Audiobook, Personal Development, Spirituality, Inspirational, Philosophy

206 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 26, 2019

About the author

Oprah Gail Winfrey, also known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once the world's only black billionaire. By 2007, she was often ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a single teenage mother and later raised in inner-city Milwaukee. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teenage years and became pregnant at 14; her son was born prematurely and died in infancy. Winfrey was then sent to live with the man she calls her father, Vernon Winfrey, a barber in Nashville, Tennessee, and landed a job in radio while still in high school. By 19, she was a co-anchor for the local evening news. Winfrey's often emotional, extemporaneous delivery eventually led to her transfer to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company.
Credited with creating a more intimate, confessional form of media communication, Winfrey popularized and revolutionized the tabloid talk show genre pioneered by Phil Donahue. By the mid-1990s, Winfrey had reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, mindfulness, and spirituality. Though she has been criticized for unleashing a confession culture, promoting controversial self-help ideas, and having an emotion-centered approach, she has also been praised for overcoming adversity to become a benefactor to others. Winfrey also emerged as a political force in the 2008 presidential race, with her endorsement of Barack Obama estimated to have been worth about one million votes during the 2008 Democratic primaries. In the same year, she formed her own network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). In 2013, Winfrey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
In 1994, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Then in October, she finished the Marine Corps Marathon in less than four and a half hours. She has received honorary doctorate degrees from multiple universities. Winfrey has won many awards throughout her career, including 19 Daytime Emmy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Chairman's Award), two Primetime Emmy Awards (including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award), a Tony Award, a Peabody Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award awarded by the Academy Awards, in addition to two competitive Academy Award nominations. Winfrey was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Public opinion about Oprah Winfrey seems to be all over the place these days, but if you have ever enjoyed her once popular talk show, this book will be a pretty safe read. Full of inspiration and nostalgia, Winfrey showcases multiple stories and pieces of advice from a variety of popular figures that all explore the topic of “discovering your life's direction and purpose.” There's no politics or personal opinions/judgments. No controversy. There's just life lessons and insights. She dedicates her book to teachers, and in doing so she reminds us all that we teach one another just by living with honesty. So share your truth and allow yourself to listen and learn in return. Check it out.

My favorite quote:
“Your life is not static. Every decision, setback, or triumph is an opportunity to identify the seeds of truth that make you the wondrous human being that you are.”

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super Soul Sunday mash up with a meandering path.

This is essentially a collection of quotes that while sometimes poignant and even thought provoking, also felt disjointed. Oprah bookends with an introduction and epilogue and introduces each of the 10 chapters, but what follows are excerpts from interviews with her famous guests and their personal philosophies that never quite build to a greater vision. The promise of a framework for a life of significance or a clear path never materialized for this reader, the parts being more significant than the whole.

This is a review for the audio version. Perhaps the published version with its luscious photography provides a better backdrop for inspiration or a more contemplative experience. Or maybe it makes for a nice coffee table book with a smattering of philosophy. For me, this wasn’t a substantive read and I find the title rather misleading, but there were still moments that gave me pause and for that it wasn’t a loss.

[*TANYA* · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sigh!! I needed this, it was a breath of fresh air!!! “An aha moment!”

[CM · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book just seemed like a big name drop to me. It really didn't have any interesting content and the description is a bit misleading. It basically just says it is very important to find your true purpose in life and to do what you love. It then has a whole bunch of quick one paragraph quotes from famous people saying things like they always new what they wanted to do and they new right away when they found what was right for them. No real guide or framework or tips. Very surface level. I don't recommend it at all unless it was maybe for a waiting room or something; a place where someone could just pick it up and look at a pretty picture or read a quick positive sounding quote.

[Monica Kim | Musings of Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive. — Oprah Winfrey, The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose
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One of “My Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2019,” “The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose” by Oprah Winfrey. This book wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, but it’s exactly what you’d expect from Oprah. Let me talk about the layout first before I share my thoughts. The introduction & epilogue are written by Oprah, epilogue (and nature photography) being my favorites; then it’s divided into ten chapters, in what Oprah call it the, “important milestones along the road to self-discovery, laying out what you really need in order to achieve personal contentment, and what life's detours are there to teach us.” Oprah opens each chapter with her own stories & lessons, and then rest of the chapters are filled by quotes & snippets of interviews from Super Soul Sunday guests, luminaries in a wide array of fields with stunning photographs of nature as the backdrops. If you are a long-time fan of Oprah (who isn’t?) and/or watch and/or listen to the episodes, all of the contents will sound very familiar to you, as it was for me. It’s basically rehash of those conversations she had on her show.
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“Everyone has a purpose. And, according to Oprah Winfrey, "Your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you are meant to be, and begin to honor your calling in the best way possible."
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Oprah’s goal for this book according to the publisher, “Oprah shares what she sees as a guide for activating your deepest vision of yourself, offering the framework for creating not just a life of success, but one of significance.” So when I saw the title & read the synopsis, I thought it was going to be one of those self-help books where it has exercises & more of a concrete step-by-step guides, but it wasn’t; that is why I said, it wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, but it’s exactly what you’d expect from Oprah. This book is inspiring, nonetheless, but it’s more of getting in tuned with & tapping inside of yourself, more philosophical type of self-help and personal development & growth book than a how-too book. I was just a little disappointed that it was filled with more voices of other people & rehashing of her past conversations than a fresh content per say.
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This book felt like a very appropriately timed book for Oprah for where she is today. I admire and have so much love & respect for Oprah and all that she has accomplished and done for the world. I love her emphasis on “life of significance than life of just success.” It’s a beautiful book, I loved the photos of nature, so beautiful & soothing, it was like a spa time for my busy brain. This would make a great gift, especially for the graduates and definitely a great coffee table book to have. 🤓✌️📖

[Brooke — brooklynnnnereads · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book but at the same time, I don't want people going into this with overly high expectations because it's Oprah.

It's a beautiful coffee table book filled with stunning landscape photographs, inspirational quotations, and small stories from well-known people.

Aside from that, it's nothing really more than can be expected. There doesn't actually seem to be a lot written by Oprah aside from a blurb at the beginning of each section. However, the content is a compilation of quotations from many interviews that she has had with these people.

I really enjoyed this book for the content and the positivity that it promotes. Plus, it's visually beautiful. I think these quotations are inspirational and thought provoking but this isn't really a self-help book if that is what you're looking for.

[Erianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I love me some Oprah, this book was average in that the messages between each piece were so different that I felt I was jumping from conversation to conversation with no common thread. Oprah has different sections and themes within the chapters, and I LOVED hearing her own words and her intro to each chapter, but I felt as if I was thrown into the middle of a conversation for each piece, but given no context about the before or after of the piece I was reading. I believe Oprah may have taken these excerpts from her podcast and put them in a book. I think it would have been more effective had she included longer excerpts or a preface of what they were talking about within each person’s pieces.

[neil · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started doing yoga about a year and a half ago. My favorite class is on Monday mornings with A. At the end of class, she opens up a notebook. The notebook’s pages are tattered, which is the only possibility for a notebook owned by a yoga teacher who wears what I think are floral leggings but might be leggings with cats and spaceships on them. I would know what kind of leggings she wears if I wore my glasses to a yoga class that controversially starts at 6:45 a.m. instead of 6:30 a.m., when it used to start and when the class’s devotees wish it still started. I wanted the class to start at 6:30 because I would like to be a person who goes to a yoga class at 6:30 a.m., but I am perfectly happy for it to start at 6:45.

At the end of class, A opens her notebook and reads a bromide. At least, if you can call a couple lines from Mary Oliver or Sufi a bromide, she reads a bromide. Which I think is a fair description of lines read at 7:35 a.m. as people sit cross-legged in a yoga studio above a Chipotle and lit by morning light as garbage trucks pull up outside. I like this part of class very much. At the beginning of class we set our intentions for class, and I also set my intention for the week, and I very much enjoy hearing A’s bromides at the end of class and sitting cross-legged and having the luxury of living a life where I can be intentional about setting my intentions.

In this book, Oprah talks to many of her friends and tells us about her life, a series of successes earned through hard work and guts and talent. Many of the people she talks to have lived similar lives. Steve Pressfield, who, according to his website, wrote for nearly three decades before publishing his first novel, tells her that “the more important an activity is to your soul’s evolution, the more resistance you will feel to it.” I found this quite profound because sometimes it is fucking hard to write, and I think I would like to be a writer, but I also find many wonderful ways to avoid writing. (My current favorite is to read and drink coffee in the mornings, which I at one time dedicated to writing, but reading and drinking coffee, I tell myself, are important for learning about what good writing is, and thus avoid writing.)

Another of Oprah’s friends asks the question “What is the lesson that took you the longest to learn?” and I think this is an incredible question to ask because it gets at our fears that we’ve overcome. One answer offered in the book is how to be happy alone, which is a hard and wonderful lessen to learn. I do not have any quick answer to this question, but I know that the next time I sit around a table with close friends and drink wine I will ask this question and thus continue to be the friend who’s very bad at simply chatting about the weather.

This book is also woefully ableist at times. One of Oprah’s friends, Deepak Chopra, tells her that “chronic fatigue and depression are ways in which we withhold our full participation in the program of life that we are offered.” It is 2019 and it is too late in the day to forgive this statement. When my mother had cancer in 2006, she was told that God gave it to her because of some fault in her own belief and also that God gave it to her as a way to grow in character. These were shitty statements, and Chopra’s is no better. Illness can limit a person’s ability to search for meaning—because they must, for instance, spend time going to the doctor’s office or managing their pain medication instead of walking around a sunny city and listening to a book by Oprah—and the suggestion that those with illnesses are somehow to blame for the continuation of their illnesses only stigmatizes those people and makes it even harder to find purpose. (One imagines a doctor telling a patient with chronic fatigue that they should just stop “withholding their full participation in the program of life,” whatever that means.)

And the book is also concerningly classist. Oprah, who did not grow up rich but is rich, talks to her friends, who are rich, although some of them note that they’ve fallen from heights they’d once attained (for one, this means falling off of the New York Times bestseller list after many weeks on it, which she was emotionally unprepared for). They talk about how success is not defined by how much money we have but by how closely we live out our life’s purpose. I would like this to be true, and I think it is probably true, but it is also true that for many, if not all, of the people in this book money has accompanied their success. Reading it, I wondered how much happier the world might be if someone were to take most, if not all, of their money and give it to people who must spend their time thinking about how to make rent or feed their kids (or pay for medical treatment for chronic fatigue) instead of what their life’s purpose is.

But I liked this book a lot. I drank it up in a day while walking around a sunny city on a lazy Saturday when I had nothing to do but go to a yoga class (not A’s, sadly) and meet a friend for a drink. Oprah and her interviewees live lives focused on their purpose, and a joy radiates from the voice of people who believe in purpose and who’ve managed to find purpose and live out that purpose. It is inspiring and hopeful to hear this. I, and most people, would be happier if we found purpose and lived close to that purpose. And it is a gift that I am mindful of to have the luxury of wandering on a lazy Saturday and being able to think about purpose.

[Moonkiszt · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose

I think this might be one book that needs to be hardcopy, and in hand, because evidently there are beautiful pictures included, to truly appreciate all of it. I listened to an audiobook thru Libby (yay! Libby!), and it was a quick listen – like listening to inspiration, spiritual books – such as scripture where every word is as light as feathers and you need to sort them into various bouquets, in various colors, in order see full meaning. The Path Made Clear could be read every day, regularly and your day will be a better one. I could listen to little bits of this every day.

All at once it’s a big philosophical bite. I think there needs to be time between sections to ponder and think and practice and meditate.

Re-readable, so 5 stars for sure.

[Mari Carroll · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes the right book comes along at JUST the right time and it makes a really good book even better. With a lot of uncertainty and decisions with my current job, this was the perfect avenue to remember that though we don't always have complete control over our destiny, we do have the tools to guide it and make the decisions for our best path and purpose. Nothing in the book is "rocket science" - we all know what we need to do in order to live more meaningful lives. But the way this book is put together is brilliant. Oprah provides the introduction of several pages to introduce the concept of each chapter. She has then compiled stories from famous authors, musicians, actors, etc and ties those in with her words.

I found myself googling those I wasn't familiar with and enjoyed getting to know a little bit about them before reading their contributions. I was touched, moved and awestruck by the powerful prose and the incredible photographs that are throughout the book. I already sent this book to my sister and loaned my copy to my daughter. I told my daughter that if she loves it, she can keep it and I'll order myself another one. This will be a "go to" gift for others as well. I can only hope that those who may not agree with Oprah's beliefs and politics put that aside because to me, this has nothing to do with politics. This is a beautiful collection of ways individuals have faced adversity and how they have made decisions and chosen their paths. I would highly recommend it to "non-readers" - the pages include stories the size of postcards so they will not be overwhelmed by a lengthy book chock full of words.

[Kym Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all, the mere cover presentation of this book draws you into discovering its contents. The cover has a tranquil organic, scrapbook kind of feels that impresses the senses.

The compilation of personal discoveries Oprah Winfrey shares, along with other noteworthy narratives by her well-known contributors are encouraging and motivating. These messages encourage you to stop, pay attention to your life's journey, and to make the types of choices that will inspire you to discover your life's direction and purpose, regardless of your age. Thanks, Ms. O!

[Angela · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t finish it. The book was filled with random pieces of advice - some good, some filled with flighty words mixed together that didn’t really make sense. As with many false teachers, there is some truth to what is said. I enjoyed some of it and didn’t like a lot of it. Sorta my feeling on Oprah’s advice, in general.

[Shilpa Harry · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read by one of my favourite social influencers - Oprah Winfrey emphasizes that an individual's real job is to figure out their life purpose here. What are you good at doing? what are you meant to be? and how to honour your soul calling to attain your desires? It is a must for all of us to plunge into our own soul calling!

[Colleen Fauchelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have always liked Oprah. I did think about buying this book but my daughter in law had a copy and I borrowed it off her.
These self help / self encouragement books I do find interesting and you just take what you need from them and discard the rest. This book as lots of different people in it and what they have learnt along the way and at the back of the book is a blurb of each person.
This is a pretty book and one that you could dip in and out of, I won't buy my own copy. I filled up a couple of pages in my journal of the things that spoke to me and things I need to put into my life.
This was good.

[Chaitanya Sethi · Rating 1 out of 5]

I realized today the importance of circumstances in which you read a book. Had I read this book any other time, I would have found the open ended quotes and mantras a lot more palatable. But to read this book in the middle of a global pandemic when people are struggling just to make ends meet, made this book an annoyingly obtuse read. Imagine going up to someone whose family is afflicted by Coronavirus and telling them that if you lend them money now, they won't learn what life wants to teach them(it was one of the 'lessons' in the book). At this point, I can only dismiss the sayings in this book as the privileged mumbo jumbo of the elite and financially secure.

[Nima Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for everyone.

[Christopher Lewis Kozoriz · Rating 3 out of 5]

"One of the reasons I have enjoyed financial success is because my focus has never been on money." (Oprah Winfrey, The Path Made Clear)

I listened to the audio version of this book because I wanted to hear the Author, Oprah Winfrey, express her book with her own voice. She starts off every chapter with her own thoughts on the different chapters, then shares interviews with others that she has previously interviewed that relate to that specific topic. If you get the audio version, it is actually has the live interviews.

The chapters and topics discussed in this book are:

1. The Seeds;
2. The Roots;
3. The Whispers;
4. The Clouds;
5. The Map;
6. The Road;
7. The Climb;
8. The Give;
9. The Reward;
10. Home.

I thought there was truth in this book; however, God is hardly mentioned. Humanism, human philosophy, explanations and self-willpower are. In other words, trying to do things in the flesh, rather than through the power of the Holy Spirit. She says she believes in Jesus Christ, and even in the program, she talks about being your authentic self. However, how are you being your authentic self if you do not acknowledge Jesus as your Savior and Lord before men? Jesus said,

“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 10:32-33)

Another thing I noticed is that most of her guest speakers are democrats or liberals. No republicans. Other than Joel Osteen. Some of the guests on this program are:

-Joe Biden
-Stephen Colbert
-Rupal (Rupal's Drag Race host)
-Trevor Noah
-Jimmy Carter
-Ellen Degeneres...Would it have hurt you Oprah to interview at least one Republican. I guess only democrats, liberals and the Hollywood elite know how to discover direction and life purpose? The rest have no clue. (I say this sarcastically, but this should be discerned as one goes through this program)


The following are some notes I wrote down from this book. Please note: I didn't indicate whether she said these things or the interviewee said these things. In retrospect, I should have indicated this somehow when I was taking notes:

• There is no greater gift to give or receive then to honour your calling. It's why you were born, and how you become most truly alive.

• Each one of us has an essential role in all of humanity. All you have to do is follow your path to answer the call.

• In this world, there is no real doing, without first being.

• Committing to a life of purpose takes courage.

• The journey to lasting change begins with defining: what matters most to you?

• Your life is not static, every decision, set-back, or triumph is an opportunity to identify the seeds of truth that make the wonderous human being that you are.

• When you pay attention to what feeds your energy, you move in the direction that feeds your life for which you were intended.

• What I know for sure is that "you become what you believe."

• The pursuit is the beginning of the journey.

• If you have life, you have purpose.

• What an unbelievable world we would live in if everyone was doing exactly what they were created to do.

• Whatever your calling, those roots are within you. And these roots can be trampled, tugged at, but never removed. They grow stronger only when attended, nurtured, and most important shared with others.

• When you align your personality with your purpose, no one can touch you.

• Your life is always speaking to you. It speaks in whispers, guiding you to your next right steps. And in many situations, the whisper is also the first warning. It a quiet nudge from deep within saying, "hmmmmm something feels off." It is a small voice that tells you, "this is no longer your place of belonging."

• Your life is trying to tell you something. Heeding these signs can open the doors to your own personal evolution. Pushing you towards your life's purpose. Ignoring them, sleep walking through your life, is an invitation to choas.

• Life is about growth, and change. And when you are no longer doing either, you've received your first whisper.

• Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated, follow your intuition. Do what you love, and you will do more than succeed, you will soar.

• The more important an activity to your soul's evolution, the more resistance you will feel to it.
• No matter the dream, the shadow of resistance is inevitable.

• For every dream, there is automatically going to be resistance, but sheer will and desire can be stronger than the shadow. You get to decide, you get to declare, "I want this" and confront the fear head-on.

• Although often well-intentioned, even your closest allies are usually operating with their own agenda, whether they are aware of it or not.

• To true meaning of courage is to be afraid, and then with knees knocking and your heart racing, take the leap anyway.

• When you want something, all the universe conspires to helping you achieve it.

• Before you embark on any quest, you must first articulate your vision, set your course, it doesn't have to be a public or formal declaration, but it does need to be clear.

• Most importantly, you must believe with your whole heart, that you are capable of achieving your goal. If not, your path becomes murky, and the goal stays out of reach.

• You are not your circumstances, you are your possibilities.

• Discovering your purpose begins by holding to your course.

• The vision will pull your forward.

• Affirm your vision.

• Clarify your vision.

• Know what you're doing.

• Why you are doing it.

• And how you are doing it. Day by day, and moment by moment. And sometimes, the how only shows up on a need-to-know basis.

• Don't wait for the how until you start pursuing your vision.

• Sometimes you just have to walk blindly.

• But if you just do your vision, every single day, putting one foot in front of the other, committed to your desires, being obedient, walking through your fears, the vision will unfold much grandeur than you could have ever even imagined or asked for.

• Management is telling someone what to do; leadership is inspiring them to do it.

• It's not the things that happen that determine your life, it's ultimately how do I respond to what happens, and let this be your area of freedom. You can choose to respond consciously to what happens, then you not at the mercy to what happens to you.

• If you don't get happy where you are, I don't think you will get where you want to be.

• If you trust life, it will always give you good things.

• …whenever I encounter a disruption, rather than allowing it to rattle me, I ask myself one of the most meaningful and productive questions there is: What is this here to teach me?

• Humans don't grow except through going through the challenges and the crisis's.

• If you don't transform your suffering, you will always transmit it. With 100% certainty, you will transmit your suffering to your family, your neighbours, your country.

• My life's goal is to be of service to the greater good.

• People may not remember what you did, or what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel.

• When you know: teach; when you get: give.

• You are the totality of your relationships.

• Everything you do to the world is what will come back to you.

• Everything that is happening to the world is happening to us.

• When you share it, it gets bigger.

• What you appreciate, appreciates!

• What you focus on expands.

• Wealth is a tool that gives you choices, but it can't compensate for a life not fully lived.
• I am not my salary.

• Sometimes know what you don't want is as valuable as knowing what you do.

• Know the joy of doing what you love, and never stop pursuing it.

• One of the reasons I have enjoyed financial success is because my focus has never been on money.

• The way people handle money reflects the way people see themselves.

• What I know for sure is no matter how much wealth you come to possess, everything passes and changes in time. What is real, what is forever is who you are and what you are meant to share with the world. That is your true treasure.

• The only thing wrong with being no. 1 is eventually you have to no. 2, 3 and 4…cause life moves on.

• Life is cyclical. Success goes in cycles.

• The real need for all of us is to connect with the person we really are. And we all disown parts of ourselves, whether it's our emotions, whether it's our spirituality, we all go about hiding parts of ourselves…

• You have the power to discover your purpose and live your greatest truth.

• Nourish what makes you feel confident, connected, contented. Opportunity will rise to meet you.


I am amazed at how much toil people go through to live their lives apart from God. If you are living your life apart of God, you are living a delusion. You are the product of your Creator.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you liked the previous book, “The Wisdom of Sundays”, then you will like this also. More inspiring quotes—although some of the people featured are not exactly my idea of sages.

[Sarah Obsesses over Books & Cookies · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yes it's full of great insights but because it's just a book of quotes it's hard to really apply anything. It's as if you were in a writing class and the teacher stands up and says, this is a book it's it pretty? the summary is nice too. Now you go and write yourself one.

You miss the exercises and the practical information to guide you. Yes to write you just need pen and paper and to just put down words but it would be a near impossibility to create something readable without the first notion of how to do it.

I didn't realize it wouldn't be Oprah's take on how to have a purpose but listened to it anyway (all the quotes are clips so you get their own voices which was ice) since I couldn't return it. It was good enough, as I love a little (if not a lot) of positivity in my life. But just know that it might not be what you expect.

And if it's not clear yet: I NEED HELP!!!! I wanted you to tell me what to do, Oprah!!!!

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oprah is seeking the meaning of life just like the rest of us! She surrounds herself with amazing creatives who have so much knowledge to share about fulfillment, happiness, growth, and life lessons. I listened to the audio which was great because many of the people were interviewed by Oprah and you could listen to their voices. My few notes:
*When you know, teach, when you get, give. Maya Angelou
*If you don't transform suffering you will transmit suffering.
*Fail up, reach for a better self
*Recognition be defined as re cognition! So very cool!
I also liked that Oprah named out loud incidents in her life (especially well publicized ones) where she was considered to be "failing". She took those moments and turned them around into lessons. We all need to hear that it is challenging but anyone can transform "fails" into successes.

[BookOfCinz · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive. —Oprah

I re-read Oprah Winfrey's What I Know For Sure every single year because it is packed with insights and the perfect way to get motivated if you are feeling lost. I decided to give The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose because I was hoping it would give insights based on the title. It fell short based on the title but it is still packed with a lot of inspiring and life stories by influential and motivating persons.

I did enjoy this read and I think it is a book I will re-read in the future.

[Kris (My Novelesque Life) · Rating 3 out of 5]

RATING: 3 STARS
(Review Not on Blog)

This was hard to rate as it is pretty and has great quotes from famous people, but there isn't much in there for the cost of the book. I would definitely recommend checking it out from the library first to see if this is the book is right for you.

[Valentina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oprah je u ovoj knjižici skupila mudrost iz iskustva vizionara, umjetnika, učitelja i drugih slavnih osoba, koji su s njom podijelili svoja iskustva onoga što ih je nadahnulo i što su naučili uz život.
Inspirativna knjiga uz jutarnju kavu, za dnevnu dozu energije i optimizma, prepuna prelijepih fotografija krajolika i lijepih citata.
Idealna kao coffee tablee book.

[pəˈteɪtəʊ · Rating 4 out of 5]

When you don't know what to do, do nothing and the answer will come.

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

four stars might be a bit generous but this book was perfect for a busy time in my life as I get ready to go into the last weeks of school and finals. The book is well-organized, short, and uplifting.

[Nisha B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

So many nuggets to digest. I heart Oprah and what she shares with the world. I’m thankful for such a gift. 😀

[Mehrsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a nice collection of Oprah interviews with some good people. It's a short book and it's about what you'd expect from Oprah.

[Jane Gakere · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was like a breath of fresh air.
Every time I listen to this I get new nuggets of wisdom 😊

[Peivand · Rating 5 out of 5]

کتاب پر از جمله های ناب از زبان آدمهایی به درد بخوره
این جمله رو از آخرین بخش کتاب برای یادآوری میذارم :

-چه چیزی شناحته و پیدا کرده ای که قبلا نمیدانستی؟

-متوجه شده ام که می توانم به طور کامل از خودم مراقبت کنم . توانسته ام خودم را پیدا کنم ؛ خودی را که گم کرده بودم بازیابم ، من از نظر احساسی انسانی بالغ و مسئول شدم
-و میدانی هرچه پیش آید مسکلی نخواهی داشت .
- بله ، مشکل ندارم . و حالم خوب خواهد بود ...

[Rowan Elkasas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is not a typical self-help book , it's enthusiastic in a simple way .I loved how to live life was explained in a relaxing way. I listened to the audio book incredible .Oprah is just genius.