The Hero Academy – MANA Youth Project

WELCOME HEROES

While any epic novel features a cast of wild and whimsical characters, your own Personal Mythology will center on YOU as the Hero or Heroine.
The length of your Odyssey will depend on how much time & energy you put into seeking out new understandings & insights in your everyday life, Developing & Acknowledging your Heroic Archetypes, Flexing your Greater Character Strengths & working on mastering your Lesser ones.

Here at the MANA Youth Project Hero Academy, our Mentors are in the business of filling the role of Teacher, Companion & Instructor within your Heroes Journey. Whether that is through active Mentorship Cycles, Programs or Workshops, we are here to make sure you’re continuously striving towards unlocking your own Potential and have access to the right Training, an incredibly important and crucial period of Self-Reflection, Self-Discipline & the ultimate goal of Self-Actualization.

YOUR ODYSSEY STARTS HERE

One of the coolest things about taking part in a Mentorship Cycle with MANA Youth Project is getting access to a range of immersive and actionable resources such as your very own Companion Journal: The Pathfinder Hero Manual.
As the Mentors begin weaving a larger tapestry of content here, we want to start providing Mentee’s and Guardians with more ways to connect and engage with your Journey and others who have come before and will come after.

Keep watching out for updates and new additions to the Hero Academy. Our next big project at MANA Youth Project!

GAMIFY YOUR LIFE WITH THE HERO ACADEMY

What is Gamification?

Gamification is the process of turning a mundane tasks from everyday life into a Role Playing Game (RPG) that drives a boost in motivation. This is done by inserting game-like elements such as friendly competition, rewards, and social connectivity to non-game activities to make them more engaging.

This applies to our Mentorships aswell and fits right in here at MANA Youth Project & our next evolution of our existing Narrative Mentorship Framework & Programs.

As you attend your Mentorship Sessions & Complete the Pathfinder Lessons, You will earn experience points and rewards, achieve new levels, unlock new challenges, and explore new quests.

Gamifying your Life especially with Actionable Mentorship can Benefit your Life in a variety of ways such as:

Epic meaning and calling: Games give us a sense of taking part in something bigger than ourselves by giving us a mission, even if that mission is just self-learning & taking part in daily life. It doesn’t have to be boring or without purpose.
Development and accomplishment: It’s proven that accomplishing micro goals and “leveling up” our real-life abilities increases our sense of achievement. The wonderful feeling of getting closer to your ultimate goal can be provided by breaking your challenge into stages and visually seeing your progress in points, gems, levels, and more.
Empowerment of creativity and feedback: As creative beings, a chance to bring our imaginations to life inspires and excites us. Who wouldn’t want to learn real-life magick & customise their lives?
Ownership and Customization: Virtual goods and money appeal to our intrinsic desire to accumulate wealth. For example, game rewards such as earning gems to upgrade your battle armour or being able to unlock new items for your virtual pet.
Social Connection: We have a need to connect and compare ourselves with others. Games appeal to this need by allowing players to interact with others, show off shareable achievements, participate in group quests and collaborative projects, and earn social treasures, aswell as expanding your Sociograms as a Party of Awesome Allies!
Unpredictability and curiosity: Variable rewards motivate a player to move forward and seek new rewards, mostly to satisfy curiosity. A common element used in games is the “Glowing Choice” technique. Whenever a player may feel doubt about the next “Desired Action”, a certain character or object is highlighted with a glowing exclamation point or question mark.

USING HABITICA APP...FOR NOW

We are hard at work on creating & developing our own proprietary Hero Academy App in 2023.
For now however, we will use the Web / App Life RPG Habitica.

Habitica, formerly HabitRPG, is an online task management application developed by HabitRPG, Inc. It was founded on January 30, 2013. The application uses the format of a role-playing game to organize tasks. Habitica is an open source project.

Upon commencing Mentorship with MANA Youth Project, each Mentee (along with our Pathfinder Hero Manual), will be set up with a Habitica Account on their Phone (Habitca can also be used on the Web).

As the Mentorship Progresses through Sessions, each Mentee & Mentor will be able to track their Progress, Assign Quests & Dish out Rewards based on Engagement, Completion & Attendance.
Other factors will be the amount of interaction within the Hero Academy Discord & how engaged with the Pathfinder Curriculum & Reflections each week.

Gaining experience & completing Tasks will reward Experience, Gold & Premium Gems that each Hero may use in-app to purchase Loot, which they can use to customise their experience, profile & avatar.

The Use of Habitica & the Pathfinder Hero Manual will be Mandatory for all Mentees in 2023 Onward and is utilised for the Best Possible Outcome of all Mentorships beyond our already unique & niche Mentorship Modalities.

HERO ACADEMY DISCORD

THE FIRST STAGE OF OUR HERO ACADEMY IS THE ACADEMY DISCORD FOR MENTEES

Discord is a Communication Platform used by a lot of Young People mostly for Gaming. We want to use it for something a bit engaging.

The Hero Academy Discord will be Used for:

An Online Hub where they can Connect with other Mentees who have shared Experiences
Connect & Communicate with their Mentors
Collaborate and Stay up to date with what we have going on.

Setting Up Discord:

Scan the QR Code (you’ll find it in the first pages of the Pathfinder Field Manual)
and Follow the Link to Accept the Discord Invite.
Either use their Existing Discord Account or Set Up a New One
Mentors will Assign Each Mentee a Role based on the Mentorship Cycle they are currently Enrolled In.
As Mentees complete Cycles, they will gain access to more areas of the Discord.

This is just the beginning of what we have planned for the Hero Academy.
Including a Login Portal for Mentees & Parents to Track their Young Heroes Progress.

IF YOU ARE ALREADY ENROLLED IN A MENTORSHIP CYCLE AND DO NOT YET HAVE ACCESS TO A LINK TO THE DISCORD PLEASE ASK YOUR MENTOR.