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What you get
- 1. Get checked sooner — Your proof moves up the line.
- 2. Bonus help — Extra guides and practice on some steps.
- 3. A Trophy Case to show — One link with all your checked work.
How it works
- 1. Pick a challenge.
- 2. Do it. Upload your proof.
- 3. A real person checks it.
$12/month. Cancel anytime.
Paths
Language Fluency Path
From zero to near-native fluency. Every milestone proven with real humans, not app streaks.
Find and Use Your Public Voice
Five ways to build a public voice. Pick the ones that fit your goals — each stands alone and compounds with the others.
Community Leadership
Build proof of how you've helped others. The credential that no degree can replicate.
Academic Achievement Path
From first research paper to PhD. Real academic credentials at every outcome.
Deep Reading & Knowledge Path
Build an autodidact's reading habit. From 12 books a year to a self-designed MBA.
Civic Impact
Build verifiable proof of how you made your community or world better.
Outcomes
Build Community
4 milestones · 12 weeks
Launch a real community space and grow it past the point where sign-ups alone would count — proof is 10 members still actively participating three weeks in.
Coordinate Volunteers
4 milestones · 12 weeks
Recruit and coordinate 5+ unpaid volunteers on a real initiative to completion — no financial incentive, no authority to compel attendance.
Run Event
4 milestones · 12 weeks
Plan and run a real community event with named volunteers who confirmed their roles in advance — nobody involved can be ordered to help.
Improve Volunteer Retention
4 milestones · 12 weeks
Establish an honest baseline of who returns for a second volunteer initiative and why others don't, then show the measurable change in return rate.
Improve Campaign Delivery
4 milestones · 12 weeks
Deliver a volunteer-led advocacy, civic, or community campaign — not a commercial marketing campaign. Proof requires a non-commercial campaign context, volunteer team, and a community impact metric (not revenue or conversion KPI).
Write and Publish a Research Paper
3 milestones · 24 weeks
Conduct original research and publish a paper in a peer-reviewed journal or conference.
Reach French A1
4 milestones · 8 weeks
Introduce yourself, handle simple exchanges, and understand slow clear speech in French. Unlike app-based learning, every milestone requires proof of real human communication — not a score on an app.
Master Technical Writing (5 Published Pieces)
0 milestones · 12 weeks
Research, write, and publish 5 technical articles or documentation pieces that get real readership and positive feedback.
Deliver 10 Public Talks (Any Venue)
0 milestones · 24 weeks
Deliver 10 prepared talks at meetups, conferences, or public events — recordings or attendance sheets as proof.
Get First Paid Writing Client
0 milestones · 6 weeks
Land and deliver a paid writing engagement — content, copywriting, or ghostwriting — with invoice paid.
Build a Writing Habit (365 Consecutive Days)
0 milestones · 52 weeks
Write and publish at least 200 words every day for 365 consecutive days — public log or newsletter as proof.
Publish First Short Story
0 milestones · 10 weeks
Write and publish a short story in a literary magazine, anthology, or reputable online publication.
Read 24 Books in a Year (2 Per Month)
0 milestones · 52 weeks
Read and summarise 24 books in a calendar year — 2 per month — with notes published to a public log.
Read 52 Books in a Year (1 Per Week)
0 milestones · 52 weeks
Read 52 books in a calendar year — one per week — with published summaries or notes for each.
Build a Personal Knowledge System (1 Year)
0 milestones · 52 weeks
Design and maintain a personal knowledge management system for 1 year with 100+ connected notes and a public output (essay, talk, or article).
Self-Designed MBA (4 Practitioner-Reviewed Deliverables)
0 milestones · 52 weeks
Design and complete a self-directed MBA across at least four core disciplines (strategy, finance, marketing, operations) — not by logging what you read, but by producing four real module deliverables: a competitive analysis, a financial model, a market research report, and an operations improvement proposal. Each deliverable must be reviewed and challenged by at least one person with relevant professional experience in that module's domain, and the proof submission must include each reviewer's written feedback plus a revision note explaining what changed and why. A syllabus and reading log alone do not satisfy this standard — the four artifacts, each with documented practitioner review, are the proof.
Complete a Master's Degree
0 milestones · 104 weeks
Earn a master's degree from an accredited institution. Diploma or official transcript as proof.
Complete a PhD
0 milestones · 208 weeks
Earn a Doctor of Philosophy from an accredited institution through original research. Degree conferral letter as proof.
Present at an Academic Conference
0 milestones · 16 weeks
Have a paper or abstract accepted and present it at a recognised academic conference. Acceptance email and presentation recording as proof.
Reach A2 in a New Language
5 milestones · 16 weeks
A2 is the level where a learner moves from survival phrases to handling familiar, everyday topics with some independence: routines, family, work, shopping, simple plans. This is the level most language apps claim to deliver but rarely do, because app-based learning optimizes for streak retention, not real conversational ability. Every milestone requires proof of real human communication — a recorded conversation with a native speaker. App scores are not accepted at any level.
Reach B1 in a New Language
5 milestones · 20 weeks
B1 is the intermediate plateau — where many learners stall for months or years. Moving from A2 (familiar topics, past and future tense, 20-minute conversation) to B1 requires a genuine expansion into sustained narrative, defended opinions, hypothetical language, and improvised problem-solving. Every milestone requires a real recorded conversation with a native speaker. App scores are not accepted at any level.
Reach B2 Fluency in a New Language
6 milestones · 52 weeks
Reach B2 level in any language — the point where you can hold a sustained conversation on complex topics with a native speaker, understand most of what you read and hear, and express your views with nuance. Every milestone requires proof of real human communication, not an app score.
Mentor Ten People Toward a Real Goal
5 milestones · 24 weeks
This is the second rung of the Community Leadership Path. Where governance-start-study-group tested leading one voluntary group, this outcome tests whether that leadership ability generalises into a repeatable practice across many different individuals — the skill that underlies community organising, teaching at scale, and eventually larger governance roles. Mentor at least 10 different people, each with an individually-defined goal, with evidence of real ongoing guidance per person and durable change after your regular involvement ends. The core risk this outcome guards against: claiming 'I mentored 10 people' based on 10 shallow one-off conversations. Each relationship must show trackable progress toward something the mentee actually wanted.
Teach a Free Public Workshop
3 milestones · 6 weeks
Plan, promote, and deliver a free public workshop with real attendees. Proof: recording or attendee sign-in sheet plus participant feedback.