Should You Announce Your Goals to the World?

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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.

Yesterday, I committed to achieving quite a bit this month.

I stated publicly in this newsletter that I was going after February HARD, and I made some pretty bold claims about what I was going to be able to accomplish and to publish, etc.

And you know what?

It was the best thing I could have done.

Just having that public accountability, stating in no uncertain terms what I was going to do, and by when?

Oh man, that shit is POWERFUL.

Today I went after my work with f***ing VENGEANCE, because I could not…COULD NOT let you guys down.

There are nearly 500 people subscribed to The Competitive Advantage newsletter.

Not as many as the 3,400+ on The Reading Life, or my 100K on Instagram, but that’s 500 people who are going to hold me accountable to what the f*** I said I was going to do.

If you can get that kind of support and accountability in your OWN life, I highly…HIGHLY recommend it.

Recruit whomever you can.

Family members. Friends. Coworkers. People you see sometimes at the gym. Strangers on the internet. Just find them and then tell them what you’re committing to doing/achieving.

Now, honestly, I don’t think everyone should do this.

It’s true that once some people announce their goals, they do lose a bit of their motivation to achieve them.

It’s just another one of those “disagreements” between people in the personal development industry.

I see the validity of both sides, so I think it comes down to a personal decision.

For me? Having this public accountability is huge. I think it could work for you, and I also think you’re smart enough to figure it out for yourself.

But regardless of which one you choose - announcing your goals or keeping them to yourself - the real work remains to be done. You still have to move, and nobody who’s watching from the sidelines is going to be able to do it for you.

But that’s it for today.

As always, at the bottom of this email I’ll lay out everything I did today to move closer to my Ultimate Vision. This is to keep me accountable and to show you that I’m working as hard as I’m encouraging you to work…

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Woke Up: 11:30AM (meh)

Sleep Quality: 90% (first one in the nineties in a while!)

Pages Read: 57 (gotta get this up to hit my reading goal!)

Workout: Arms

Triceps Pushdowns - 63lbs, 63lbs, 63lbs, 58lbs - (12 reps, last set to failure)

Skull Crushers - 60lbs, 60lbs, 60lbs, 50lbs - (12 reps, last set to failure)

DB Triceps Press - 40lbs, 40lbs, 40lbs, 40lbs - (12 reps, last set to failure)

DB Curls - 35lbs, 35lbs, 35lbs, 30lbs - (12 reps, last set to failure)

BB Curls - 60lbs, 60lbs, 60lbs, 50lbs - (12 reps, last set to failure)

DB Hammer Curls - 25lbs, 25lbs, 25lbs, 25lbs - (12 reps, last set to failure)

Work Completed:

Worked on Updating My Patreon Book Notes

Attended the Fifth Day of Write Your Way to $5K Summit

Worked on Outlining My Upcoming Paid Community

Worked on the Next Book Breakdown

Published 1 Medium Article

Posted 2x on Instagram

Posted 3x on Facebook

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 3x on Threads

Posted 2x on LinkedIn

Posted 1x on YouTube Community Tab

Organized My Workflow and Systems a Bit

Alright so today wasn’t too bad. I didn’t get as much reading done as I wanted, but I made some good progress on my business goals, worked hard - I feel good.

I also had my sister visiting tonight from out West so we had a family dinner together. Lobster! My favorite.

Now, let’s do it all again tomorrow! Minus the lobster of course.

So until next time…happy reading!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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