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Start: 1st January.

Explore 53 skills in 52 weeks. Become the real YOU.

Explore 53 skills in 52 weeks. Become the real YOU.

1 skill / week. Sharing daily video updates, weekly unusual lessons. We learn together, I risk everything in 2026.

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Neohumans learning daily.

Join

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Neohumans learning daily.

Get fit

Strength, mobility, endurance

Make money

Sales, copywriting, freelancing, negotiation

Connect

Public speaking, cold approach, persuasion

Mission

Mission - WHY

Find the 1 skill to make you happy.

Hi, I'm Alex and I want to give you the fastest transformation in the history of humanity.

This mission might kill me this year.

What’s that 1 skill you want to learn? That will make you happy or successful? That you don't have time?

We will do it in 1 week, for 52 weeks, together.

With intense focused project learning. Science proven. AI hacks too. And with 10-20 hours of practice you will be ahead of 90% of the population.

Now combine that 52 times! Top 1%.

To become better humans.

This is my 2026 mission. 52 weeks. 53 skills.

Every week we become someone new, better.

Every week I prove what's possible when an average man stops making excuses and tries dozens of things.

For a better human future. Will you join?

Hi, I'm Alex and I want to give you the fastest transformation in the history of humanity.

This mission might kill me this year.

What’s that 1 skill you want to learn? That will make you happy or successful? That you don't have time?

We will do it in 1 week, for 52 weeks, together.

With intense focused project learning. Science proven. AI hacks too. And with 10-20 hours of practice you will be ahead of 90% of the population.

Now combine that 52 times! Top 1%.

To become better humans.

This is my 2026 mission. 52 weeks. 53 skills.

Every week we become someone new, better.

Every week I prove what's possible when an average man stops making excuses and tries dozens of things.

For a better human future. Will you join?

Timeline:

52 weeks (Jan 1 2026)

Method:

20-30 hrs/week + AI = top 10%

10-40 hrs/week + AI = top 10%

Finale:

What's skill #53?

Portrait of Alex Northstar, founder of 53skills and NorthstarB LLC. #53skills

Alex Northstar

The human AI test subject.

How

Explore roadmap and lessons:

Week 1 - Discipline: Freezing -10° endurance.
✅3 Lessons, read HERE

Week 2 - Speak 1 new language (Bulgarian)
✅ 7 Lessons, read HERE

Week 3 - Coding: build your 1st app.
✅ 5 Lessons, read HERE

Week 4 - Connection: talk to 50 strangers.
❌ 4 Lessons, read HERE

Week 5 - Stronger: double arm strength.
✅3 Lessons, read HERE

Week 6 - Music: play 1 song (guitar).
✅3 Lessons, read HERE

Week 7 - Business: 1 product in 7 days
✅ 3 Bonuses, get them HERE.

Week 8 - Silence: 7 hours of NOTHING in 1 room
✅ 1 strange insight HERE

Week 9 - Camera confidence: post 7 videos.
✅ 21 lessons, 30 min video guide HERE.

Week 10 - Deep listening.
✅ 2 lessons, 100 questions HERE

Week 11 - Public speaking: do live 1 presentation
✅ 5 lessons, read HERE.

Week 12 - Comedy: do a live show
✅ 1 show, watch HERE.

Week 13 - Woodwork: build a chair
✅ 1 chair DONE, see HERE.

Week 14 - MAGIC! do 5 tricks

Sign up to get unusual weekly email updates and valuable lessons >>HERE<<

Week 1 - Discipline: Freezing -10° endurance.
✅3 Lessons, read HERE

Week 2 - Speak 1 new language (Bulgarian)
✅ 7 Lessons, read HERE

Week 3 - Coding: build your 1st app.
✅ 5 Lessons, read HERE

Week 4 - Connection: talk to 50 strangers.
❌ 4 Lessons, read HERE

Week 5 - Stronger: double arm strength.
✅3 Lessons, read HERE

Week 6 - Music: play 1 song (guitar).
✅3 Lessons, read HERE

Week 7 - Business: 1 product in 7 days
✅ 3 Bonuses, get them HERE.

Week 8 - Silence: 7 hours of NOTHING in 1 room

✅ 1 strange insight HERE

Week 9 - Camera confidence: post 7 videos
✅ 21 lessons, 30 min video guide HERE.


Week 10 - Deep listening.
✅ 2 lessons, 100 questions HERE


Week 11 - Public speaking: do live 1 presentation
✅ 5 lessons, read HERE.

Week 12 - Comedy: do a live show
✅ 1 show, watch HERE.

Week 13 - Woodwork: build a chair
✅ 1 chair DONE, see
HERE.

Week 14 - MAGIC! do 5 tricks


Sign up to get unusual weekly email updates and valuable lessons >>HERE<<

Week 1 - Discipline: Freezing -10° endurance.
✅3 Lessons, read HERE

Week 2 - Speak 1 new language (Bulgarian)
✅ 7 Lessons, read HERE

Week 3 - Coding: build your 1st app.
✅ 5 Lessons, read HERE

Week 4 - Connection: talk to 50 strangers.
❌ 4 Lessons, read HERE

Week 5 - Stronger: double arm strength.
✅3 Lessons, read HERE

Week 6 - Music: play 1 song (guitar).
✅3 Lessons, read HERE

Week 7 - Business: 1 product in 7 days
✅ 3 Bonuses, get them HERE.

Week 8 - Silence: 7 hours of NOTHING in 1 room

✅ 1 strange insight HERE

Week 9 - Camera confidence: post 7 videos.
✅ 21 lessons, 30 min video guide HERE.


Week 10 - Deep listening.
✅ 2 lessons, 100 questions HERE


Week 11 - Public speaking: do live 1 presentation
✅ 5 lessons, read HERE.


Week 12 - Comedy: do a live show
✅ 1 show, watch HERE.

Week 13 - Woodwork: build a chair
✅ 1 chair DONE, see
HERE.

Week 14 - MAGIC! do 5 tricks


Sign up to get unusual weekly email updates and valuable lessons >>HERE<<

FAQ

Questions

Questions

Questions

Contact me: alex@53skills.com

What is this?

A public experiment. One skill per week. 20-30 hours of intense practice. AI-accelerated learning. Documented in real-time.

Why 53 skills? Not 52?

52 skills for 52 weeks. The 53rd will be revealed at the end. If I'm still alive.

Is this free?

Yes. Join the newsletter & community. Watch the journey. Learn what works, what fails, what almost breaks me.

What skills exactly?

Making money. Getting punched in the face. Talking to strangers. Coding. Cooking. Surviving. Meditating. Dancing. Everything a complete human should know.

Why are you doing this?

Because I'm tired of reading theory. Because AGI is coming and I want to be the last generation that actually thinks and struggles to learn.

What if you quit?

Then you watch a man fail publicly. Blame me for being a normal flawed human.

What is this?

A public experiment. One skill per week. 20-30 hours of intense practice. AI-accelerated learning. Documented in real-time.

Why 53 skills? Not 52?

52 skills for 52 weeks. The 53rd will be revealed at the end. If I'm still alive.

Is this free?

Yes. Join the newsletter & community. Watch the journey. Learn what works, what fails, what almost breaks me.

What skills exactly?

Making money. Getting punched in the face. Talking to strangers. Coding. Cooking. Surviving. Meditating. Dancing. Everything a complete human should know.

Why are you doing this?

Because I'm tired of reading theory. Because AGI is coming and I want to be the last generation that actually thinks and struggles to learn.

What if you quit?

Then you watch a man fail publicly. Blame me for being a normal flawed human.