You don't just want to use AI. You want to truly understand it.

Your signature project: Build all 5 deliverable types — video content, social content, a website, an ebook, and a data/persona deck — and document your mastery of each.

Your AI persona is the expert — the person who knows every tool at a level others can't touch. Define your alter ego as someone who uses AI with deep intentionality, understanding not just what to prompt but why it works. Your WHY is Mastery, so your persona sets the bar: you don't move on until you truly understand.

You'll get proximity to AI by going deeper than everyone else. While others are trying one tool, you'll master it completely before moving to the next. Surround yourself with the most advanced practitioners you can find — their ceiling becomes your floor.

Practice for you means deliberate, documented repetition at the edge of your current ability. Don't just run prompts — study the outputs, understand why they work, and push into the territory where you're not yet confident. Ask AI to critique your work at an expert level. Mastery is built at the boundary of comfort.

Your best projects will be the ones that demonstrate genuine mastery. Build all 5 deliverable types and document your expertise in each one. The Mastery project isn't just functional — it's exceptional. It shows not just that you can do it, but that you understand it at a level others don't.

Your proof will be depth, not breadth. One masterfully executed project is worth more than ten mediocre ones — and you know it. When someone looks at your work and says 'this person really knows what they're doing,' that's the Mastery proof that opens every door worth opening.