The Creator of "Mad Men" on What It Takes to Succeed

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šŸ“š Hey, good morning! Time to win.

Thereā€™s a wonderful book that I shared in my other newsletter tonight, called Getting There: A Book of Mentors, by Gillian Zoe Segal.

Itā€™s a collection of wisdom and hard-won knowledge from thirty leaders in different fields, from Muhammad Yunus, Hans Zimmer, Warren Buffett, and many others.

I doubt that many people have heard of or read this book, which is really too bad, because itā€™s studded with sentences like these:

ā€œIt took seven years from the time I wrote Mad Men until it finally got on the screen. I lived every day with that script as if it were going to happen tomorrow. Thatā€™s the faith you have to have.ā€

-Matthew Weiner

THATā€™S the faith you have to have. Iā€™ve been posting on Instagram for years (3, I believe), but Iā€™ve been writing online for about SIX. And no need to check the bestseller lists, because my nameā€™s not on there yet.

Now, Iā€™ve only been ā€œseriousā€ about my career for the last 2-3 years, but there have been many, MANY times when it would have ā€œmade senseā€ to give up.

To just pack it in. Go do something else.

But I literally COULDNā€™T.

And not just because Iā€™m basically unemployable - although it is partly that. Working for someone else was never going to fly.

But I literally COULDNā€™T give up. I wouldnā€™t let myself! I HAD to keep going, there was no other OPTION.

Thatā€™s the faith that YOU have to have too.

I canā€™t give up, and neither can you.

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Note: Iā€™ll update follower counts once per week, since itā€™s such a waste of time to go through all of them every single night. Also, Threads annoyingly doesnā€™t give exact numbers. Oh well.

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Update 14 Patreon Book Notes | 14 Book Notes Left

Introduce Myself to 150 Authors | 139 Authors Left

Note: ā€œWeek Fourā€ Runs From July 22nd to the End

Woke Up: 2:00PM (I know, embarrassing)

Sleep Quality: 85%

Pages Read: 96

Workout: OFF

Skipped the gym because I have so much fucking work to do. And yes, I hate myself for it haha. BUT, I will be back at it tomorrow.

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 3x on Twitter

Posted 3x on Threads

Posted 1x on Facebook

Posted 2x on LinkedIn

Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab

Published 1 Medium Article

Worked on Next YouTube Video

Worked on Updating 3 Book Notes

Networked with 1 New Author

Managed My Skool Community

Sent The Reading Life Newsletter

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Alright, super short signoff tonight. I have to give a presentation tomorrow afternoon and I NEED to get some sleep. I donā€™t want to mess this one up!

Another full day of being productive and awesome tomorrow though!

But hey, itā€™s 5:06AM here right now and Iā€™m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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