Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger Welcome to Becoming You with Suzy Welch
Mar 21, 2026
Suzy Welch, three-time NYT bestselling author, business journalist and NYU professor who teaches self-discovery. She discusses decision-making, choosing between being the author or editor of your life, and how values and aptitudes guide scary but joyful choices. Short, clear, and refreshingly honest.
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Pair Numbers With The Human Question
- Stop treating financial decisions as only math and include the human element in big life choices.
- Jill Schlesinger recommends pairing numerical planning with questions about who you are and what you want.
Most People Live Other Peoples Stories
- Many people follow lives written by others and lack language or data to describe themselves.
- Suzy Welch frames self-discovery as reclaiming authorship by identifying values and aptitudes to generate personal data.
Write Your Life Narrative Weekly
- Write the narrative of your life by taking actionable steps each week toward authorship.
- Suzy Welch promotes weekly practices on Becoming You to move from editor to author of your life.