<p>What if your first job wasn’t just a steppingstone but the foundation for the life you want to build?</p> <p>Designing Purpose from Day One: Building a Life – Not Just a Career challenges early talent to approach career decisions with intention, clarity, and purpose from the very beginning. This session explores how to evaluate roles beyond compensation, avoid common financial pitfalls like lifestyle inflation, and use income as a tool to support not define success.</p> <p>Blending practical frameworks for managing money with a broader conversation on meaning and fulfillment, attendees will learn how to align career growth with personal priorities and long-term goals.</p> <p>Through engaging storytelling and interactive moments, the session guides participants from the excitement of a first job to the real tradeoffs of career progression – ultimately shifting the mindset from “climbing the ladder” to deliberately designing a life. Key takeaway: Your career funds your life but you define what that life looks like.</p>