From 1986 to 2011, Oprah Winfrey says she interviewed more than 37,000 people on her talk show “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

She’s talked to everyone from Michael Jackson (one of the most-watched interviews in TV history) and President Obama to inmates to average Joes struggling with everyday problems.

Winfrey has pretty much seen it all.

But there is one commonality she’s seen among all her thousands of guests, no matter their place in life or their issues:

“Everyone you meet just wants to be seen and heard,” Winfrey said on Feb. 8 in Brooklyn, New York, during Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life In Focus.

Winfrey said she started to see a thread among her subjects — including even presidents Barack Obama and George Bush and singer Beyonce.

“After every interview, you know what they would say? ‘Was that okay? How was that? How did I do?’ In one form or another, somebody always said that [to me],” Winfrey said.

“So I started to say, ‘Wow, that’s so interesting. Beyonce is asking me if she was okay after she just taught me how to twerk.’”

Winfrey soon realized that every issue or problem on which she did a show was at its root due to someone not being noticed.

“I can tell you, in your daily encounters, in your kitchen, in your conference rooms, in your work, in all of your relationships…that is what every person you encounter is looking to know. Did you see me? Do you hear me? And every argument is about that.”

Since realizing that, Winfrey said she has made a conscious effort to validate the people she interacts with on a daily basis. To do so, she said she has learned to be more present.

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