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The Cure for Nihilism with professor Suzy Welch

2025/5/6
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Suzy Welch: 找到人生目标的旅程充满挑战，需要直面真实的自我，即使这会带来痛苦。我的课程帮助学生们挖掘自身的价值观、才能和兴趣，最终找到属于他们自己的目标。在这个过程中，许多学生会经历情感上的波动，甚至会哭泣，但最终他们会获得解脱，并自由地朝着正确的方向前进。我自己的经历也印证了这一点，直到60岁我才找到自己的人生目标，这与我开始教授“成为你自己”这门课，并看到学生们发生的变化有关。我的课程并非易事，它需要学生们付出巨大的努力，去直面自己内心的挣扎和矛盾。但最终，他们会发现，这将是他们生命中最重要的一次自我探索。 我提出了“馅饼理论”来解释长期成功的因素：人际关系、想法和执行力，而运气只是暂时的。找到人生目标需要整合热情、才能和价值观，并非仅仅追求热情。很多人不知道自己的热情所在，而我的课程可以帮助他们找到。 我坚信，追求人生目标不仅对个人有益，也能促进经济和社会发展。当人们过上有目标的生活时，他们会感到快乐和满足，这也会影响到他们周围的人。缺乏目标的生活会带来压力和健康问题，甚至会危害到他人的身心健康。 我的人生目标是服务他人并实现自我价值，这符合马斯洛需求层次理论中“超越”的层次。我认为，人生目标的实现需要兼顾自我实现和服务他人，两者缺一不可。在群体中寻找人生目标比独自寻找更有益，因为群体可以互相支持和促进。

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Sometimes in life, we choose the wrong path. When we feel like we're living a lie, it's hard to know what to do next.

That’s where Suzy Welch comes in. She’s obsessed with helping people create lives worth living. A professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, Suzy teaches a popular class called “Becoming You,” where she takes students down a brutal, but liberating, journey to live as their authentic selves. 

According to Suzy’s research, purpose is the key to unlocking the real you, but finding that purpose is often trickier than we imagine.I had a blast talking, and debating, with Suzy about what it means to craft a purpose-driven life. In this conversation, she shares with me the difference between passion and aptitude, the reason luck is overrated, and why so many people struggle to know their own values.

To learn more about Suzy and her work, check out:

her book, Becoming You)

and The Becoming You Podcast with Suzy Welch)