Becoming You with Suzy Welch Two Truths and a Lie About Becoming You
Mar 31, 2026
A playful retelling of how a life-design method was born, using two truths and a lie. She walks through mapping values, aptitudes, and viable interests to reveal a career path. The conversation debunks a common self-discovery myth and explains who this approach actually serves. It stresses that meaningful change takes sustained, rigorous work rather than quick fixes.
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How Becoming You Began As Suzy's Own Rescue
- Suzy Welch created Becoming You originally to solve her own midlife purpose crisis after Jack's illness and death during the pandemic.
- She excavated her values, aptitudes, and interests, realized teaching fit the overlap, and proposed the class to NYU where it grew into a global program.
Purpose Lies At Three Overlapping Data Sets
- Purpose emerges at the intersection of three data sets: values, aptitudes, and economically viable interests.
- Suzy used validated assessments and external feedback (friends, work history) to map those three and identify teaching as her purpose.
Identify Hidden Aptitudes By Asking Others
- Ask trusted people bluntly what you're good at to reveal aptitudes you may miss.
- Suzy learned
