“What should I do with my life?”
It’s a timeless question—and yet one that feels more pressing than ever in a world evolving at breakneck speed, marked by growing uncertainty and, for many, an urgent search for meaning.
Enter BECOMING YOU: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career (Harper Business/On-Sale: May 6, 2025). Original, research-driven, and transformative, Becoming You is based on the widely acclaimed class at NYU Stern School of Business taught by Professor Suzy Welch, a 3X NYT-bestselling author, Top 5 career podcast host, CEO advisor, and tech innovator.
BECOMING YOU opens with a shot across the bow of what Professor Welch calls the “happiness industrial complex” and its platitudes about joy and optimism. She argues that happiness isn’t a goal to chase at all—it’s an outcome.
And not an outcome of manifesting or mindset molding, but of doing the deep, often difficult inner work of building a meaningful, productive, and connected life.
A life, in other words, of purpose.
From there, BECOMING YOU lays out a practical, accessible 13-part methodology designed to help readers do just that. Developed by Professor Welch through years of research, data analysis, and extensive testing, this approach has already transformed thousands of lives—not just at NYU, but across the world—earning praise for its clarity, impact, and humanity.
Funny, warm, deeply personal, sometimes tough, and always refreshingly honest, BECOMING YOU is packed with gritty real-life stories, thought-provoking exercises, and heart-opening activities. It’s a book with the power to change lives—turning fear and uncertainty about the future into confidence and a clear path forward.
A book that is needed perhaps now more than ever.
About the Author:
Suzy Welch is an award-winning NYU Stern School of Business professor, acclaimed management researcher, and New York Times best-selling author, most recently with “Becoming You: A Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career,” which is also a #1 bestseller on Amazon.
A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Business School, Professor Welch is a frequent guest of the Today Show and an op-ed contributor to the Wall Street Journal. Her podcast, “Becoming You” is one of America’s most listened to career podcasts. She serves on the boards of public and private companies, and is the Director of the NYU | Stern Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing.