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The Difference Between Successful People and Unsuccessful People
Matt Karamazov
August 10, 2024
📚 Hey! Time to win.
The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people (one of them, anyway), is that successful people do what unsuccessful people don't LIKE to do.
And what is it that unsuccessful people don't like to do?
Honestly?
It's exactly the same things that successful people don't like to do either...except they do them anyway.
It's as simple and straightforward as that.
There are plenty of things necessary to run my business that I don't like to do. But that literally NEVER enters into my thought process regarding whether I do them or not.
Now, to be fair, that wasn't always the case. Not at all. I don’t believe anyone is born behaving like this. And certainly not all the time.
But I worked UP to it, and now that's just the way I operate. I just do what needs to be done, regardless of whether or not I feel like doing it.
That's the essence of self-discipline.
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Completely Update My Threads Profile | COMPLETE ✅
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Note: “Week One” Runs From August 1st-10th
Woke Up: 1:00PM
Sleep Quality: 82%
Pages Read: 145
Workout: Arms
Tricep Pushdowns - 68lbs, 63lbs, 58lbs, 58lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)
French Press - 55lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)
Rope Extensions - 38lbs, 33lbs, 33lbs, 33lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)
DB Curls - 40lbs, 40lbs, 40lbs, 40lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)
EZ Curls - 70lbs, 60lbs, 60lbs, 50lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)
Work Completed:
Posted 1x on Instagram
Posted 3x on Twitter
Posted 3x on Threads
Posted 2x on Facebook
Posted 2x on LinkedIn
Published/Scheduled 4 New Medium Articles
Finished My Notes for The Anthology of Balaji
Worked on Next Book Breakdown
Worked on Updating My Various Platforms
Finished Updating My "Now” Page
Messaged 10 Potential Author Partners
Managed Paid Competitive Advantage Community
Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow
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This was actually a pretty wildly productive day! I STILL didn’t get everything done though, which leads me to think (know) that it’s a systems issue. Specifically batch-creating content, getting my sleep routine even more dialed in and making a few other optimizations.
YouTube is still a tough one, and I’ve “only” published 3 videos this month. I mean 3 is still good, and my channel is growing, but I really have to step it up.
But hey, it’s 5:14AM here right now and I’m going to bed!
All the best,
Matt Karamazov
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