What's going on everybody? It's episode 514 of the Genius Life.

The Genius Life What up everybody? I'm your host, Max Lugavir, and welcome back to The Genius Life, the show where we cut through the noise to help you live your healthiest, most fulfilling life.

Today's episode is a masterclass in becoming the person you were meant to be.

Because let's be honest, in a world that

feels increasingly chaotic, the question, what should I be doing with my life, has never felt

more urgent. My guest is Susie Welch, NYU professor, bestselling author, and creator of the

runaway hit course Becoming You, a science-backed framework that's helped thousands align with

their values,

aptitudes, and passions to finally break free from burnout, confusion, and other people's

expectations. We dig into her three-part methodology, why live your passion might be

terrible advice, actually, and the practical steps to uncover your own area of transcendence, that's sweet spot where

purpose, skill, and fulfillment intersect. If you've ever felt stuck, burned out, or like you're

living somebody else's life, this episode will light a fire under you. Listen all the way through

to the end, you're not going to want to miss a beat. And as always, don't forget to share this

episode with friends and loved ones who might benefit from it. And leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform or subscribe on YouTube. It helps a ton. Now, with all that out of the way, here's episode 514. Here we go. Susie Welch, welcome to the show. How you doing? I'm so good and so happy to be here. Thanks for having me. Of course. I'm delighted. We live in tumultuous times and I think the topic of your book couldn't be more timely becoming you. It's about finding and becoming the person that you're meant to be, which I think is crucially important. And so I want to get into the methodology. I've got a very savvy audience, super intelligent, an audience of geniuses from all different walks of life, all different backgrounds. And I think this is probably a question that many people are asking

themselves today. How do I become the best version of myself? Especially at the, we're sort of at this,

in this weird dystopian time in many ways, but like AI is, you know, causing chaos and tumult

in our industries. But I guess let's take a step back before we get into the

methodology. Why don't you talk about your background and what you hope to achieve in the writing

of becoming you? All right. Well, becoming you grew out of a, and still grows out of a class

that I teach at NYU Stern School of Business. And what happened was I was coming out of the

pandemic. And like many people, I did not know what to do with the rest of my life. And my

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