Oprah admitted that for years she'd confused her mentees by talking about passion and purpose, setting their expectations unrealistically high. She told the story of one of her 'daughter-girls' who graduated, got a job, bought a used car, shared an apartment — all independently — then called six months later saying she didn't want a promotion because it didn't 'fulfill her purpose.' Oprah's response was blunt: 'Your purpose right now is to keep that job.' She borrowed the line from the film 'The Great Debaters' and shared her own version of this lesson — she had a job in television from age 19 that never felt quite right. She was demoted from the news for being 'too emotional' (she'd cry when covering stories about people losing their homes). That demotion to a talk show 'actually worked out' and became her life's calling. The message: sometimes you have to grind through the practical before the purposeful reveals itself.