What Should You Do With Your Life? | Suzy Welch

This is the Ten Percent Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. What you should do with your life. That may sound funny at first, especially if you're a grown ass person with a job, maybe a partner, maybe some kids. But here's the question. Are you living by design or by default?

Or maybe you did live by design for many years and now whether you know it or not, the old plans Are running out of juice. In other words, this question, what should I do with my life, is not really Just for young people. Although it can be especially acute for them, of course.

But really, it's for anybody at any stage of life. It's incredibly important to ask yourself, you know, frequently, am I doing what I'm supposed to be doing? Am I doing what I want to be doing? And with the people with whom I want to be doing it. However, for many of us it's not just enough to ask ourselves this question. We need a system, a rigorous one. To help us deliver some answers. Which is where my guest today comes in, Susie Welch, teaches one of the most popular courses at the NYU Stern School of Business. It's called Becoming You, which is also the name of her book. In this conversation we talk about the distinction between purpose and happiness.

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