The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim

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What do you want out of life?

No, I mean what do you really, REALLY…honestly and truly WANT out of life?

Have you ever taken an entire…oh, I don’t know…YEAR to really ponder that question? Even an afternoon of sustained, uninterrupted thought in order to figure out what you want to do with the rest of your infinitely valuable and worthwhile LIFE?

No shame if you haven’t. Most people haven’t. Some people never figure it out, while some fortunate few happen to hit on their life’s purpose at a relatively early age.

Speaking for myself, my Definite Chief Aim (or DCA) has been changing and evolving these last few years.

It’s only recently that I’ve decided to go ALL-IN on bodybuilding, reading 10,000 books, and helping to achieve global literacy. Even Mitch Horowitz, author of The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim might say that three is too many.

At least mine are somewhat interconnected.

But I’d HIGHLY encourage you to give this question serious thought and consideration for as long as it takes. Years, if necessary. Never stop asking the question until you start to form an idea of the answer, and then keep going to give shape to it and expand upon it, clarify it, and start taking action toward it.

You literally have nothing better to do while you’re here on this planet than to discover WHY you’re here and to do every single thing you can to realize this potential that you ABSOLUTELY do have.

Again, speaking for myself, I’ve NEVER met anyone without potential. Not a single person. I believe in EVERYONE, it’s just that the modern world doesn’t make it easy on us to find out the answers to these questions. Our goals and dreams are social media’s goals and dreams, not our own.

As Oscar Wilde said, most people are other people.

My advice? Become yourself. Before it’s too late.

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1. Born Rich, by Bob Proctor

2. Renegade Millionaire, by Dan S. Kennedy

3. Time Management, by Brian Tracy

4. De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde

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Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Completely Update My Entire Main Website | Incomplete

Launch Affiliate Program for My Paid Community | Incomplete

Update 30 Patreon Book Notes | 18 Book Notes Left

Network with 600 New Authors | 490 Authors Left

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,484 Watch Hours Left (12.9% Complete)

Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 9 Partnerships Left

Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 11 Collaborations Left

Reach 119,000 Instagram Followers | 4,252 Followers Left

Reach 24,000 Threads Followers | 3,900 Followers Left

Reach 11,000 Twitter Followers | 3,209 Followers Left

Reach 4,000 Medium Followers | 2,042 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 690 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,109 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 YouTube Subscribers | 8,449 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 5,455 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 426 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 11 Members Left

Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 19 Supporters Left

Note: I’ll update follower counts once per week, since it’s such a waste of time to go through all of them every single night. Also, Threads annoyingly doesn’t give exact numbers. Oh well.

Read 7 New Books | 6 Books Left

Publish 3 New Course Videos | 3 Videos Left

Publish 4 YouTube Videos | 4 Videos Left

Publish 35 Medium Articles | 27 Articles Left

Upload New VSL for Skool Community | Editing Now

Upload Skool Community Testimonials | Gathering Now

Completely Update My Instagram Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My YouTube Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Newsletter | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon | Almost Finished

Network with 140 Authors | 80 Authors Left

Note: “Week Three” Runs From September 15th-21st

Woke Up: 10:30AM

Sleep Quality: 85%

Pages Read: 170

Workout: Shoulders

Smith Press - 100lbs, 90lbs, 85lbs, 85lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)

Machine Rear Delt Fly - 120lbs, 120lbs, 115lbs, 115lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)

Machine Shoulder Press - 65lbs, 65lbs, 60lbs, 55lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)

DB Side Raises - 25lbs, 25lbs, 23lbs, 23lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Posted 3x on LinkedIn

Posted 3x on Facebook

Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab

Submitted/Scheduled 5 Medium Articles

Worked on Current Author Campaigns

Worked on My Next Book Breakdown

Worked on Next Reading Life Newsletter

Connected with 10 New Potential Author Partners

Managed Paid Competitive Advantage Community

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Besides being awaked at 10:30am by a damn CHAINSAW, today was a pretty good day! 10:30 in the MORNING, though! We writers are trying to SLEEP! Haha.

Anyway, today was pretty solid, got a tremendous amount of reading done, received some new books in the mail, did some prospecting, some writing, etc. It was a good day. Still lots to do, of course, but today was good. And tomorrow’s going to be even better!

But hey, it’s 4:43AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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