Becoming You with Suzy Welch

By: NYU Stern Professor Suzy Welch
  • Summary

  • Have you ever wondered, “What should I do with my life?” Or, “Should I stay or should I go?” Or, “Is there anyone out there who actually tells the freaking truth about life and work today, but also does not leave me in despair?” Wonder no more! The “Becoming You” podcast has arrived, hosted by Suzy Welch, the business journalist-turned-professor at the helm of NYU’s wildly popular self-discovery class by the same name. A three New York Times best-seller and frequent contributor to the Today Show and the Wall Street Journal, Professor Welch is considered a leading expert on decision-making, and the discovery and pursuit of authentic purpose. But virtually no topic is off-bounds in her irreverent new podcast, from parenting fails (including her own) to perfect poems (none of her own, thank God.) Also included: Pointed opinions on dogs, Gen Z, marriage, credit default swaps, golf skirts, career killing mistakes, and under-appreciated TV shows you really have to see immediately. OK, there is actually nothing in the podcast about credit default swaps. Tune in every week to laugh, learn, get riled up, get calmed down, and basically get closer to becoming you, joyfully, in this crazy, upside-down, scary, messy, and altogether beautiful world we share.
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Episodes
  • Please Stop Taking the Dumbest Advice in the World
    Feb 18 2025

    Every day, we make decisions—big, small, and everything in between, each one shaping our careers and relationships, and sometimes even the course of our entire lives. And yet, most of us were never taught how to actually make a decision. Instead, we accept the conventional wisdom: "Just trust your gut." Too bad that advice is only right half the time. Yep, research shows that gut has a 50% hit rate. So why not just go toss a coin? Or wait -- there's a better way, and it's so easy too. All you have to do it...press play. Because in this episode, Suzy breaks the simple decision-making system that changed her life when everything was falling apart, and then put it into success overdrive when things turned around. It’s called 10-10-10, and it’s not about quick fixes or perfect choices—it’s about clarity, confidence, values (of course!) and making peace with the decisions that define us.

    Becoming You is a methodology for finding our purpose. For answering the question, "What should I do with my life?" In this quick and powerful episode, learn how good decision-making can help turn Becoming You's findings into reality. And as a bonus, find out how 10-10-10 was born one very long, very humiliating day in Hawaii when Suzy's kids themselves decided to go for broke.

    Your own decisions may never be the same.

    Want more Becoming You? Pre-order the Becoming You Book.

    Learn about the Three-Day Becoming You Intensive, and the One-Day Becoming You Intensive.

    You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package.

    Social

    You can follow and tag Suzy on:

    • Instagram: @suzywelch
    • Linkedin: @suzywelch
    • TikTok: @suzywelch
    • YouTube: @suzywelch_
    • X: @SuzyWelch
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    21 mins
  • You’re Fine. You’re Good. You’re…Trapped?
    Feb 11 2025

    The Becoming You method of purpose-discovery is based on the premise that there’s one wild and precious life that we’re each meant to live. But it also acknowledges that there’s real life out there.

    Real life is where we too often cede our hoped-for dreams of purpose and joy to the many seemingly inescapable demands, constraints, obstacles and challenges that come with work and family and well, everything.

    Real life is why so many of us end up living in “The Velvet Coffin,” a term Suzy uses to describe the comfortable accommodation we can make with a life on pause. “It’s OK,” we tell ourselves when that happens. “Sure, I’m making some compromises. Sure, I’m postponing stuff. But this is how it has to be right now.”

    Right now can last a long time, can’t it?

    It doesn’t have to be that way.

    Tune into Becoming You this week as Suzy talks about how and why we end up in the Velvet Coffin – sometimes without even noticing it – and best of all, how we can push our way out before it’s too late. (PS: It’s never too late.)

    Want more Becoming You? Pre-order the Becoming You Book.

    Learn about the Three-Day Becoming You Intensive, and the One-Day Becoming You Intensive.

    You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package.

    Social

    You can follow and tag Suzy on:

    • Instagram: @suzywelch
    • Linkedin: @suzywelch
    • TikTok: @suzywelch
    • YouTube: @suzywelch_
    • X: @SuzyWelch
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    32 mins
  • You Love Your Family. You Love Your Work. You Hate How That Feels.
    Feb 4 2025
    What happens when two forces, your home life and your work life —both central to your identity—need you with equal urgency at the exact same moment? Well, chaos happens. Or guilt. Or angst. Or sheer, utter exhaustion. Or...all of the above. In this episode, Suzy gets into a heart-to-heart with Jennifer, a woman who finds herself caught in a battle between two of her deepest values: her unwavering commitment to work and her devotion to her family. It’s a struggle Suzy knows all too well—because once upon a time, she was Jennifer. Her battle scars lead her to counsel Jennifer with an answer you may not expect.Want more Becoming You? Pre-order the Becoming You Book. Learn about the Three-Day Becoming You Intensive, and the One-Day Becoming You Intensive. You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the Becoming You newsletter for fresh new content in one tidy package. Social You can follow and tag Suzy on: - Instagram: @suzywelch - Linkedin: @suzywelch - TikTok: @suzywelch - YouTube: @suzywelch_ - X: @SuzyWelch
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    29 mins

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