A young female worker looking at her work calendar.

Like so many women, only through trial and error am I learning to cultivate work/life balance. Doing so has required me to reorient my priorities from work/life to life/work. And, that has made all the difference.

One female hiker is trying to help another female hiker up a hill.

Speaking to students at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Oprah’s career advice runs counter to conventional wisdom. Focus on being before doing. Step up rather than lean in.