Welcome to Becoming You with Suzy Welch

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Education, History

4.9 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Here on The Preamble, we look for the historical context and the factual clarity behind the headlines because we know that understanding the "why" helps us navigate the "what." But as we look at the big stories driving our future, we can’t ignore the smaller, quieter stories happening in our own lives—the transitions, the pivots, and the big questions about our own purpose. Questions like: “What should I actually do with my life?” and “How do I make the hard decision to stay or go?” Today, I’m sharing a special introduction to a voice that brings that same commitment to clarity and honesty to the art of self-discovery: Suzy Welch. Suzy is a three-time New York Times bestselling author and the professor at the helm of NYU’s most popular class on authentic purpose. She is a leading expert on decision-making, but she delivers her expertise with a refreshing, irreverent wit. On her podcast, Becoming You, Suzy tackles the "freaking truth" about life and work today without leaving you in despair. Find Becoming You with Suzy Welch wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, Sharon here and we spend a lot of time here on the preamble making sense of the world around us.
0:04.9	We dive into the stories and the history and the ideas that are driving our future because we believe that clarity and honesty are the best tools we have to navigate a complicated world.
0:16.7	But sometimes the most complex issue we have to navigate isn't the headline on the front
0:21.3	page.
0:22.3	It's the one inside our own lives.
0:24.9	It's the personal preample to our own next chapters.
0:28.4	We ask ourselves, what should I actually be doing with my life?
0:32.5	Is it time to stay or go?
0:35.2	If you're looking for real insight and answers that matter for your own journey,
0:38.9	I want to introduce you to a voice that you'll find incredibly useful. Her name is Susie Welch,
0:43.6	and she hosts a podcast called Becoming You. Susie's a three-time New York Times best-selling
0:48.8	author and a professor at NYU, where she leads a wildly popular class on self-discovery.
0:56.4	She's a leading expert on decision-making and the pursuit of authentic purpose. She brings the same level of clarity and honesty to the
1:02.6	business of being a human that we try to bring to the story shaping history. It's a show about
1:07.6	becoming who you are joyfully in this crazy upside down world. I highly recommend
1:14.6	you add this one to your rotation. Find Becoming You with Susie Welch wherever you get your podcasts.
1:20.9	And now here's a little more from Susie. Are you the author of your life or the editor?
1:28.1	It is the human condition for so many of us to end up in a life that we are not the authors of
1:34.5	that our parents or our teachers or our bosses or our culture have written the story for us
1:40.8	and we are fitting ourselves into it.
1:42.9	It does not have to be that way.
1:44.4	Everyone said, you're going to be an entrepreneur. I was like, I don't have to be an entrepreneur.
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