Every student in this room is about to make a series of consequential choices: which program to transfer into, which internship to chase, how to answer the interview question that decides whether they get the offer. Most will make those choices the way they've been taught to: by guessing what the other person wants to hear. This keynote hands them something better. A compass.
Three Words Away is a live core values discovery experience. In one session, students uncover the three values that actually drive them, then learn to use those values as a decision-making tool: in interviews, in mentoring relationships, and in the moments when the "right" answer and the honest answer feel like two different things. The result is students who walk into high-pressure conversations grounded in who they are, rather than performing who they think they're supposed to be.
This is not a personality quiz or a motivational talk. It's a repeatable skill students carry into every room they enter for the next decade.
What students will leave with:
Their three core values, discovered live through a guided exercise (not handed to them from a list)
A method for answering high-stakes interview questions from a place of authentic confidence, rather than rehearsed guessing
A framework for evaluating decisions (which transfer program, which job, which mentor) against what actually matters to them
Language for self-advocacy that feels honest rather than performed
A durable filter for the career and life choices ahead, usable long after the keynote ends
