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+# CLOSING-MESSAGE RUBRIC — the last thing they read
+
+This governs ONLY the final message of the report (the close). It is separate from
+the feel-seen rubric (what to recognize) and writing-well (how to write). Its one
+job: leave the person feeling both SEEN and genuinely LIFTED. Not a summary, not a
+matter-of-fact wrap-up. They should finish the report a little more understood, and
+a little more on fire, than they started it.
+
+## Two beats, in order
+1. **Seen.** Name the truest thing about who they are, at its highest real form.
+   Usually the rare *combination* they hold (a specific gift AND a specific kind of
+   heart) that most people trade away. Recognition, not praise. Grounded in who they
+   actually are.
+2. **Rise.** Where a person like this goes. You may name the real caliber by actual
+   name (per top-companies.md) as a quick anchor, but the weight is on WHO THEY ARE,
+   not the project in front of them right now. Point at what someone with their
+   character and mind tends toward and could become. Make it feel reachable and
+   worth a life.
+
+## Talk about the PERSON, not the project (bias strongly toward this)
+The close is about THEM: their identity, their character, their personality, the kind
+of person they are. It is NOT a status update on the thing they happen to be building
+right now. Bias hard toward the former. Their current work may appear as a brief side
+note at most; it is never the center. "You are the kind of person who…" beats "your
+startup will…". (Not absolute, but when in doubt, talk about the human, not the work.)
+
+Avoid label-y, transactional phrases — never "fundable founder", "a strong hire", "a
+great asset". If being a founder is genuinely them, say it as identity or calling
+("building your own thing is your truest path", "you are a founder at the core"), not
+as a fundability rating. People are not rated; they are recognized.
+
+## Make it inspirational, not flat
+- **Lift, don't just state.** "You are the caliber of X" is fine; better is what
+  becomes *possible* because of who they are. Show the door, not just the label.
+- **End on forward motion.** The last sentence is the one they carry: a clean, true
+  line that points ahead. Never end on a hedge, a caveat, or a score.
+- **Promise becoming, not deserving.** Speak to who they could become, not things
+  they're owed. (See the feel-seen rubric's close.)
+
+## Stay honest — this is what keeps inspiration from tipping into hype
+- **No grandiose or unfalsifiable claims.** No savior / once-in-history framing, no
+  "incorruptible", no "the world would be safe in your hands" (writing-well rule 10).
+  Everyone is fallible. Reach high only as far as the evidence holds.
+- It is inspirational because it is **true and specific to them**, not because it is
+  loud. A real, earned future stirs far more than a grand abstract one.
+
+## Voice
+Warm, plain, second person, a little stirring. Short: two short paragraphs at most.
+Read it aloud. It should sound like someone who sees them clearly telling them what
+they could become, and meaning it.