Sixteen Words That Will Change How You See Yourself…and the People Around You (Part 3)
From Becoming You with Suzy Welch by NYU Stern Professor Suzy Welch
April 28, 2026 · 44 min
About this episode
In this episode, Suzy Welch reveals her core values and discusses how understanding values can improve communication and relationships.
What if the reason we so often talk past each other in relationships, at work, across dinner tables, isn't stubbornness or selfishness, but simply that we don't share a common language for what we actually want? In the third and final installment of this series, your host Suzy Welch, creator of the scientifically validated values-discovery assessment tool The Values Bridge, draws on a story as old as time to make a bold argument: that the 16-word language of values might be one of the few things that can actually help us understand each other, not just ourselves. Cue: the Tower of Babel. In Part I, Suzy revealed her 5 peripheral values. In Part II, her 6 moderate values. Today she reveals the big five: her core values, ranked. They might surprise you, and will no doubt prompt you to question how you've been organizing your own life. Are you a nomad, or do you only thrive in certain locations? Do you crave excitement and stimulation, or prefer calm and stability? Do you want to change the world on nothing short of a systemic level? All of that maps directly to your values, and Suzy is answering it all here. If you're ready to discover your own 16 values, take the Values Bridge…
People in this episode
Host: Suzy Welch
Topics covered
- values
- communication
- self-discovery
- relationships
- personal development
Keywords
- values
- communication
- self-improvement
- relationships
- Values Bridge
- core values
- personal growth
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Values Bridge, NYU, pie360feedback.com, thevaluesbridge.com
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