Ruth Gotian, Chief Learning Officer at Weill Cornell Medicine: Do Something Important

In this inspiring episode, we speak with Ruth Gotian, Chief Learning Officer at Weill Cornell Medicine, who has spent years studying the world’s most successful individuals, including Nobel laureates, astronauts, and Olympic champions in order to understand what they do when the world isn't watching. Ruth shares her key insight: the value of choosing the more interesting path in life and balancing it with her mentor’s advice to “Do something important, not just interesting.” Ruth also tackles imposter syndrome with a provacative perspective from her article, "Why You Earned the Right to Have Imposter Syndrome." She reframes it as a signal of growth, explaining, “If you’re feeling imposter syndrome, it’s not because you’re a fraud—it’s because your efforts are finally being noticed.” Join us as Ruth inspires Catalysts to embrace discomfort as a marker of impactful change and offers actionable wisdom for navigating the interesting and important road to success.

Original music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lynz Floren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.