Daily one minute.

YourBragBook.

Keeping you ready for any career conversation.

A curated collection of your professional achievements, accolades, and performance metrics.

Capture your details as they happen.

How it works

Three things. That is the whole app.

Step 01

Write it before you forget it.

Before you leave work, type one thing that went well. One minute. While it is still fresh. No categories, no forms. Just write it the way you would say it to a colleague.

Step 02

Keep adding over time

Come back each day or each week. Your record builds on its own. Everything is kept. Nothing is lost. The longer you do it, the stronger your case gets.

Step 03

Get your playbook

You have logged it. Now use it. One button gives you a playbook that tells you what to say, what to skip, and where you are short on evidence.

What you use it for

One record. Many purposes.

Performance reviewsWalk in with specific evidence. Not a rough memory of what happened six months ago.

Annual appraisalYour manager sees a fraction of what you do. Your record fills the gaps they would otherwise miss entirely.

PromotionThe case for your next level is built from specific evidence, not a general feeling that you deserve it.

Salary negotiationsThe strongest ask is one backed by documented results. Know exactly what to say.

Job interviewsEvery question has a real answer drawn from your actual record. No blanks, no guessing.

Probation reviewsShow you have delivered from day one. A documented record of early contributions changes the conversation entirely.

PIP responseWhen you are on a performance plan, evidence is everything. Your record shows what you have done, not just what you are accused of missing.

Updating your CVThe entries are already written. Picking what to include takes minutes, not days.

LinkedIn and contentReal experiences make real posts. Your record is a source of stories people want to read.

Building confidenceYou forget more than you think. Reading your own record reminds you what you are capable of.

How your record becomes a playbook

1

You log it

One minute before you leave the office. Write what happened while it is fresh in your mind.

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We read it

Gap intelligence spots what is sufficient and what is missing.

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We build your playbook

What to start your meeting with. What to own. What to skip. Everything.

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You are ready

You know what to say in the meeting, what to fix, and how to close.

The report

One report. Built from your actual record.

YourBragBook Playbook

Promotion brief with coaching

Priya's case for Finance Director

Period: Apr 2024 to Mar 2025

Entries: 36 across 12 months

SAMPLE

80%

Brief readiness: Strong

Built from 36 entries across 12 months. Leadership and financial results are well covered. External stakeholder work is the one remaining gap to own proactively.

Evidence across competency areas

Financial leadership

14 entries

Results and impact

11 entries

Problem solving

7 entries

Revenue and cost

4 entries

External stakeholders

No entries

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Opening narrative

This year I ran the financial close process end to end, cut month-end cycle time from 12 days to 7, and led the board presentation on Q3 results without the CFO in the room. I hired two analysts in a quarter when the team had been trying for six months. I caught a forecast error before it reached the CEO and fixed it same day. I am not waiting to be given the Finance Director role. I have been doing most of it.

The full playbook has six sections: opening narrative, lead points, gaps to own, how to close, what to leave out, and a preparation checklist.

What is included

Everything you need.

Daily entry logging

Gap intelligence throughout the year

Your personalised playbook

Works for eight career situations

Private and secure

Your data is always yours to take

Pricing

One price. Right now, two years.

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two full years of access, less than $2.05 per month. One payment. Two years. Renewal is $49 per year after that. Cancel any time.

You are getting year two completely free. This offer ends in 38 days.

25 entries per month, with rollover. Up to 300 per year.
12 playbooks per year, one for every month if you need it
Gap intelligence, streak tracking, and competency coverage
Works across 8 career situations. Goal changes any time.
Secure email login. Private to you only.

Your entries are always exportable. One click, plain text, yours to keep.

Questions people ask

Six questions. If yours is not here, more will be added over time.

No. You sign up, pay once, and get two full years of access. No trial period, no mid-journey interruption. Your record and your playbook are yours for the full two years.

If you cancel, you keep full access until the end of your paid period. When that period ends, your data is held for 7 days so you have time to renew if you forgot. After 7 days the account and all entries are permanently deleted. You will receive a reminder before that happens.

Notes in Excel are raw material. YourBragBook turns that raw material into something you can actually use. The gap intelligence tracks what is missing. The report builds your case with coaching on exactly what to say, what order to say it in, and what to leave out. No spreadsheet does that.

Yes. Your entries are private to your account. We do not sell or share your data. You can also download all your entries as a plain text file any time. To request deletion of your account and all data, contact us directly and we will action it within 48 hours.

Six sections: an opening narrative you can say out loud, three to four lead points in the order you should raise them, gaps to own before your manager does, commit language for how to close the conversation, a list of things to leave out entirely, and a preparation checklist. Click "See a sample playbook" at the bottom of this page to see a full example.

Yes. You can update your goal at any time. The gap intelligence and report will recalibrate around whatever you are working towards. Your previous entries stay in the record and get reinterpreted through the new goal.

YourBragBook is a tool to help you organise and articulate your own record. The playbook it generates is based entirely on what you log. We do not guarantee any career outcome. Results depend on the quality and consistency of your entries. This is not a substitute for professional advice.

Promotion brief with coaching

Priya's case for Finance Director

Period: Apr 2024 to Mar 2025

Entries: 36 across 12 months

SAMPLE

80%

Brief readiness: Strong

Built from 36 entries across 12 months. Leadership and financial results are well covered. External stakeholder work is the one remaining gap to own proactively.

Evidence across competency areas

Financial leadership

14 entries

Results and impact

11 entries

Problem solving

7 entries

Revenue and cost

4 entries

External stakeholders

No entries

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Opening narrative

This year I ran the financial close process end to end, cut month-end cycle time from 12 days to 7, and led the board presentation on Q3 results without the CFO in the room. I hired two analysts in a quarter when the team had been trying for six months. I caught a forecast error before it reached the CEO and fixed it same day. I am not waiting to be given the Finance Director role. I have been doing most of it.

Coach note

Do not read it. Say it. The language is deliberately conversational because it needs to sound like you speaking, not a performance review you memorised. The last sentence is the most important line. It reframes the conversation from a request to a recognition. You are not asking to be promoted. You are pointing out that the promotion is already overdue. Practice saying that last sentence out loud until it feels natural. It will land differently than anything else you say in that room.

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Lead with these, in this exact order

1

Cut month-end close from 12 days to 7. Held that result for three consecutive months. Zero errors reported across all three.

Rock solid

2

Led the Q3 board presentation without the CFO present. Handled live questions from two board members on capex assumptions. No follow-up queries after.

Rock solid

Coaching on how to deliver this

Why this matters more than it looks

Board presentations are a Finance Director responsibility, not a Finance Controller one. The fact that you did this without the CFO is not a footnote. It is the single clearest evidence in your entire record that you already operate at the next level. Do not underplay it by saying "I covered for the CFO." Say you led it.

How to say it in the room

"In September I led the Q3 board presentation. The CFO was travelling. Two board members challenged the capex assumptions in the room. I answered both questions on the spot, no follow-up was needed, and the CFO told me afterwards it was the cleaner of the two board sessions that quarter."

The detail that makes this land

The phrase "no follow-up was needed" is doing a lot of work here. It signals that you handled it completely, not that you deflected or deferred. Keep that detail in every time you tell this story.

3

Caught a forecast error before it reached the CEO. A revenue line had been transposed. Corrected it the same day. Would have been visible in the board pack.

Solid

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Gaps to own, raise these yourself

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External stakeholder management: zero entries across 12 months. This is the only competency area with no evidence at all.

"External relationships are the area I am most deliberate about building into my next year. This year the right call was to get the internal infrastructure right first. That work is done now. I have already started building with the audit partner and I am making introductions on the banking side."

Why you must raise this first

Your manager will notice this gap. If they raise it, you are on the back foot. If you raise it yourself, you are in control of the framing. The script above makes the gap sound like a plan, not a weakness.

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What to commit to for next year

Say this when they ask about your goals

"Next year I want to own at least two external relationships, whether banking, audit, or a key commercial partner. And I want to lead one full strategic planning cycle from start to finish. Those are the two things that will complete what I built this year and put me squarely in Finance Director territory."

These goals directly address your two gaps. When you name them, your manager hears that you already know what is missing and you have a plan for it.

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Leave these out entirely

These entries are in your record but will weaken your case if you raise them.

x

The ERP migration support in June. You were a contributor validating data, not the owner.

Bringing this up signals task-level thinking. Finance Directors delegate data validation.

x

The three training sessions in August. You have three entries on this.

Training your team is a given at your level. Leave all three out entirely.

x

Monthly variance explanations submitted to leadership across six months.

This is table stakes. Mentioning it in a promotion conversation tells your manager you are still thinking like a Controller.

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Preparation checklist

Do not go into the room until all of these are done.

Said the narrative paragraph out loud at least three times

It needs to sound like a thought, not a script.

Can deliver the month-end result with exact numbers without notes

12 days to 7. Three months running. Zero errors. Say it until it is automatic.

Practiced the board presentation story including the live questions handled

Name the two board members if you can. Specificity is credibility.

Practiced the external stakeholder gap script out loud

Your highest risk moment. It must sound confident and planned, not defensive.

Has mentally removed the three skip items from the conversation

ERP migration, training sessions, variance explanations. None of these should come up.

Ready to build yours?

Your report will be built from your real entries, not fictional ones. Log your first entry today. The sooner you start, the stronger your case will be when you need it.

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