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July's book club pick, Suzy Welch's 'Becoming You,' helps you answer: 'What should I do with my life?'
It's a simple question without an easy answer: "What should I do with my life?" "Most of us struggle with this our whole lives," writes Suzy Welch in the introduction to her recent book, "Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career." Her goal — as it is in the similarly named course she teaches at NYU Stern School of Business — is to help people answer this "pesky" question. CNBC Make It tends to draw an audience of young professionals who want to be smarter, more successful, and happier with their work, money, and lives. That's why we, with input from our community, chose "Becoming You" as our July book club pick. "It's about self-discovery and career development," says Welch, who will be joining us to discuss the book and answer your questions at the end of this month. The book "presents you with a methodology where you excavate your values, your deeply held beliefs. [You] identify your aptitudes, what you're really really good at. And you narrow in on what kind of work calls you emotionally and intellectually," she says. "You put it together and you pretty much land at your purpose. That's what 'Becoming You' is all about." Welch, a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Business School, has spent over 15 years developing the Becoming You methodology, and more than 10,000 people have used it. Watching so many people grapple with that eternal question, "What should I do with my life?" she's found that "discovering your purpose is a journey. Hard, messy, joyful, exhausting, exhilarating, bumpy, scary, life-giving, and — did I mention — ," she writes. But it's worth the work, because "what a relief it can be to finally figure out the answer! And then, over time, to actually do the thing you're meant to do!" she writes. "It's about you waking up, opening your eyes, and thinking, " Ready to dive in? Start reading, request to join our LinkedIn group, and come chat with us and Welch on Wednesday, July 30, at 10 a.m. ET, at our next CNBC Make It Book Club discussion. In the meantime, you can also read Welch's recent articles, including on signs you're living a "B+ life" and the No. 1 question you should ask in a job interview that "cuts through the BS." Any questions for the author? Email them to us in advance at askmakeit@ using the subject line "Question for Suzy Welch." Hoping to get ahead on the next book? Our August pick is "Rich AF: The Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life" by Vivian Tu. Have suggestions for future picks? Send them to us at askmakeit@ using the subject line "Make It book club suggestion."
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Job interview tip: This one question can reveal a company's true workplace culture, says NYU professor
When it comes to job hunting , most people know what they're good at and what excites them. But very few — only about 7% of adults, according to research — can clearly articulate their personal values . That's a problem, because while your skills may land you the job, your values are what determine whether you'll thrive in it. According to a report from CNBC Make It, Suzy Welch, a professor at NYU Stern School of Business and renowned author, has spent years helping students align their career paths with their core values. The goal, she says, is not just to find a job, but to find the right job — one that aligns not only with what you can do, but also with what matters to you. The Truth Behind Company Values In her class 'Becoming You,' Welch asks students to dig deep into their values, and encourages them to look beyond the glossy words in corporate brochures. 'Nearly every company says it values empowerment, innovation, and excellence,' Welch explains. 'But those are just platitudes. Real values are reflected in how work actually gets done.' Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. According to Welch, companies often present one version of themselves in public and live out a completely different one behind closed doors. So how can a job seeker figure out a company's real culture? The Question That Cuts Through the Noise Welch recommends one deceptively simple yet highly effective interview question: You Might Also Like: He once gave jobs to many. Now he is struggling to find a job for himself, even begging for interview chances 'What kind of person should not work at this company?' The beauty of this question lies in its ability to catch hiring managers off guard — which, Welch says, leads to far more honest responses than the usual 'we value teamwork' spiel. Her students have reported answers ranging from 'a person who doesn't want to text on weekends' to 'someone who's too social' or 'anyone who likes to work on their own too much.' Each of these answers tells a revealing story. A company that says 'we respect boundaries' but expects weekend texts might not walk its talk. Another might discourage extroversion despite claiming to celebrate collaboration. These responses expose the actual culture — for better or worse. When and How to Ask It This isn't a question to ask right out of the gate. Welch advises saving it for later in the interview process, ideally after you've built rapport and are closer to an offer. Delivery is everything — approach it with genuine curiosity, not confrontation. After all, you're trying to learn, not interrogate. You Might Also Like: Can resume gap from decades ago affect job chances? HR's bizzare interview question to techie sparks Reddit debate Getting Clear on Your Own Values Of course, none of this works if you don't know your own values to begin with. That's why Welch developed a diagnostic tool called The Values Bridge, aimed at helping people identify and rank their personal values. She distinguishes between virtues — broad ideals like honesty or fairness that most people endorse — and values, which are more individualized and actionable. For instance, someone with high 'Scope' values seeks stimulation and novelty, while someone with low Scope might prefer predictability and calm. There are 15 such values in total, including Affluence, Familycentrism, Achievement, and Radius — and knowing where you fall can make all the difference when evaluating a company's culture. In today's competitive job market, finding a company that fits you is just as important as being the right fit for the company. As Welch puts it, 'Values are choices about how we want to live and work. They're not good or bad — just right or wrong for you.' So the next time you're sitting across from a hiring manager, don't just ask what the company stands for. Ask what it doesn't. The answer might just tell you everything you need to know.
Boston Globe
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Suzy Welch wants to help you live a more authentic life
Suzy Welch's "Becoming You" students get a keychain of values, named by Welch. On the right is "Non Sibi" (Latin for "not for self"), representing a "life-organizing principle of altruism." Courtesy Suzy Welch My favorite is eudemonia , for the principle of self-care, recreation, and pleasure. Welch, a these 15 values after years of studying academic research, observing how people make choices, and paying attention to what stops them from living the life they want. No value is good or bad, she says; they're only a problem when we don't acknowledge and live by the ones we care the most about. 'We come loaded with personal values in a certain ranking, and yet, 99.9 percent of us are not fully expressing the values we hold,' said Welch, 65, a Harvard Business School grad, known for her columns, 'Today' show appearances, books such as ' Get Love Letters: The Newsletter A weekly dispatch with all the best relationship content and commentary – plus exclusive content for fans of Love Letters, Dinner With Cupid, weddings, therapy talk, and more. Enter Email Sign Up She began working on 'Becoming You' — a method for figuring out what you're meant to do with yourself — in 2020, not long after the death of her husband Advertisement She was grieving while trying to figure out what was next and what was important to her. 'I was trying to become me. It's the most meta story in the world. … I think this is why, when I see somebody have a 'Becoming You' breakthrough … it's so personal for me. It's like, 'Fellow traveler — hi .' Advertisement Welch launched her 'Becoming You' methodology with MBA and In May, she released a book, 'Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career.' (She'll talk about the book with CEO of Boston Globe Media Linda Henry at the Welch wants to reach as many people as possible with 'Becoming You,' which also has a Later this month, she'll host her first people like educators, life coaches, and financial planners, who can use the work with their own students and clients. 'People kept on saying to me … can I get certified in this?," Watch said. 'Finally we went to NYU and said, 'Can we set up a certification program? And NYU was wonderful and said 'sure.'' Suzy Welch's "Becoming You" at a local book event. Aram Boghosian 'There's a whole section in the book about aptitudes and what you're good at. I think there's been a Advertisement As Welch puts it, 'If you're going to live and support yourself, pay the mortgage, and all the other things, you've got to know what you're good at — and your economically viable interests." There are obstacles, of course. Welch devotes a section of the book to 'The Four Horsemen of Values Destruction,' what she calls the roadblocks that stop us from staying true to what we want. More on that later, too. Welch happened to be unfurling her 'Becoming You' classes as people came out of COVID lockdown, questioning why they made certain choices. They were introspective and ready to do some work. As an advice columnist and relationship writer, I'm interested in how and where people find help, whether it's through therapy, books, counseling, coaching, or other avenues. Suzy Welch lectures during her "Becoming You" seminar at New York University in June, 2024. Vincent Tullo After jumping into Welch's work, I did have, as Oprah might say, an A month ago, I bought a bike. I'd realized, after a few vacations, that I enjoy biking on a safe and scenic path. The other day, I rode my brand new bike in great weather; I felt like I was 6 years old, with no cares in the world. I was shocked at how free — and myself — I felt on this bike. Later, I felt guilty. Who was I to be running around — on a Wednesday! — on this bike? How dare I not be working or helping my loved ones? Advertisement Welch's book and method had an answer for that. After taking Welch's questionnaire, I learned a big, maybe simple thing: I value free time and fun activities more than I've ever admitted to myself. I would have guessed my one major value was 'workcentrism,' perhaps followed by what she calls 'familycentricism,' but the latter wasn't even in my top five. Welch said people are often surprised by their results. 'They're staring into the face of something they've been denying or repressing. … The phrase I hear the most is, ' This explains everything .'' During our interview, Welch told me I might have been lying to myself about prioritizing my family — perhaps in martyr-ish ways — without making me feel like a jerk. She is good at talking about uncomfortable things. Her style, to me, is a mix of CEO, journalist, influencer, friend, or 'fancy aunt who does not put up with your nonsense.' She shares personal stories and moments when she admits she was a bad mom or scared about her life choices. I attended two Welch events during her recent visit to Boston, including one at MIT, where she spoke to a mostly student audience, some of whom seemed very freaked out about their career prospects amid federal budget cuts. Welch was quick to talk about her own mistakes. She quoted 'Moonstruck' and referenced 'The Iliad.' She spoke about waiting out fraught moments in economic and political history, and acknowledged that many people are in one, so they might as well be honest about what they want. In the audience was Abby Witkin, a longtime Welch fan, who held a copy of '10-10-10,' Welch's guide to decision making. Advertisement Witkin started reading Suzy Welch's columns about business and life in 'I was like, what a perfect thing to do for my birthday — go into a class where you're actually looking at the intersection of all of these [values], and you're trying to find your area of transcendence.' Witkin said she always knew she really liked work , but the program helped her accept that it was OK to love it more than a lot of other things. '[Suzy] doesn't call it workaholism. It doesn't have a negative connotation.' I'm still diving into all of this, especially Welch's ideas about those Horsemen that stand in the way of us living our values (my issues are all about a fear of economic instability). I know this is all very self-helpy, but in Welch's words, she wants us in an area of transcendence. I get glimmers of it when I'm writing, and absolutely when I'm on that bike. 'Look, you can go through periods of your life where it completely ebbs away from you — because life happens. You get a divorce, you get fired. … But then, if you know this stuff about yourself, and you know what the picture of your authentic life is, you can fight another day,' she said. 'But those moments when you're living authentically — that is when you're very exquisitely alive, that's your purpose — and they're worth fighting for. It's worth doing." Advertisement Meredith Goldstein writes the and hosts the . She writes about relationships. She can be reached at
Entrepreneur
30-05-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
JPMorgan Releases Summer Book List for Wealthy People
JPMorgan released its annual summer reading list, geared to high-net-worth people who are curious about technology, art, and finding true happiness. For the past 26 years, JPMorgan has released a summer book list that caters to the interests of its high-wealth clientele. This year, a special committee looked at more than 1,000 reading suggestions from JPMorgan's client advisors and came up with their 16-book list. Darin Oduyoye, chief communications officer for JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management, who also oversees the list, told CNBC that this year's selections were focused "around the power of curiosity." "You can think of it from a reflection standpoint or transformation standpoint," Oduyoye said. Related: 5 Books Every Small Business Owner Should Read Oduyoye said that they took input from family offices and looked at titles that aimed to prepare the next generation of leaders. Family office respondents were concerned with finding a balance between growing wealth and doing things that positively impact communities. The list includes Shigehiro Oishi's "Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life," which explores happiness and finding meaning in life (the Wall Street Journal called the author's enthusiasm "infectious"), and Suzy Welch's "Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career" and its related 13-step plan. The list also includes "Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future" by De Kai, which explores AI's impact on how we live now (and will live in the future). Here are seven more titles from the list. For the complete summer syllabus, click here. Reset: How to Change What's Not Working by Dan Heath Iron Hope: Lessons Learned from Conquering the Impossible by James Lawrence The Tell: A Memoir by Amy Griffin Coming of Age: How Technology and Entrepreneurship are Changing the Face of MENA by Noor Sweid The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska Inevitable: Inside the Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles by Mike Colias MirrorMirror: The Reflective Surface in Contemporary Art by Michael Petry Related: Four Books Recommended For Current and Aspiring Entrepreneurs
New York Post
21-05-2025
- Business
- New York Post
The one trait CEOs ‘would kill for' in an employee — according to famed business maven
Execution is killer. A Harvard-trained career expert has revealed the most 'underrated' quality that employers are looking for from new hires. Suzy Welch, a Harvard grad who currently serves as a professor at NYU Stern School of Business, revealed in a column for CNBC that the 'most underrated' skill of highly successful people is execution. Advertisement Recently, one of Welch's students came to her complaining about the results of a 360 feedback report from her former bosses and coworkers prior to getting her MBA, saying that they were 'atrocious' — but Welch disagreed. 'Stop beating yourself up!' she said to the student. 'Any CEO would kill for someone like you. I'm serious. Look at this feedback! It says you're conscientious, reliable, decisive…' 'But I want to be a leader,' the student protested. 'This just says I'm an operator.' Advertisement Welch immediately clocked the issue, one that she said is common with her students in their 20s and 30s. Suzy Welch revealed that the 'most underrated' skill of highly successful people is execution. KayExam/ – Rather than recognizing the student's skills and ideas, like the ability to recognize trends or her detailed data analysis, or saying that she inspired the team, the feedback praised the student's ability to execute — 'to get stuff done. Fast. Early. Perfectly. Always.' These highly ambitious students who aspire to have impressive careers lack something that Welch learned with decades of experience. Advertisement 'Execution is your career's killer app,' Welch declared. 'Time and time again, I've been in the room where it happens — where promotion decisions get made, and sadly, sometimes where 'departure' decisions happen as well,' she explained. 'And time and time again, I've seen a person's ability to execute be the deciding factor.' A person's skills to anticipate any roadblocks and fix them, to be dependable around deadlines and tasks, to get things done both quicker and at a higher quality, and their ability to take accountability for actions and outcomes are all qualities that are essential to a CEO, Welch explained. 'Their tendency to walk a whole lot more than talk,' she said. Advertisement Welch believes that 'every boss in the world' wants execution. bnenin – 'It's funny. When people are early in their careers, they almost always understand that integrity is essential in business,' Welch noticed. 'It takes a few years to come to see that great execution is a form of integrity, too.' Welch believes that 'every boss in the world' wants execution — small stuff included, such as getting to work early and going to meetings prepared. But what they really want to see, she said, is when employees say, 'I've got this,' and then prove that they do. It is true that sometimes the execution comes more naturally to some people while others have to put in more effort. But while good ideas and people skills do matter in the workplace, 'the cold hard truth of business is that the biggest, most unsung career amplifier and accelerator is the quality of your execution.'
