Don't Let Up on the Gas

YOUTUBE  📚 THE READING LIFE  📚  PATREON

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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.

For the briefest of moments, I was tempted to reduce my targets and settle for more “realistic” goals in May.

As you can tell, it’s going to be a stretch for me to achieve some of these April goals I have - turning out one YouTube video a day AND reading 20 books AND polishing up some backend systems AND all the rest of it…

It’s a lot. There are only about 2 and a half weeks left in April, and I still have a mountain of work in front of me.

But I’m not letting up on the gas. I’m not reducing my TARGETS - I’m increasing my INPUTS. Pushing HARDER, doing MORE.

Whenever possible, I try never to lower my sights, but raise my commitment.

Naturally, I’m not going to keep up this same pace forever. Nor could I.

I’ll admit, it’s a little bit…insane to attempt all this. But you have to be a little bit “insane” to attempt anything big.

The only direction you can coast is downhill.

PROGRESS ON APRIL GOALS:

Read 20 Books | 16 Books Left

Publish 12 New Time Mastery Videos | 12 Videos Left

Publish 28 YouTube Videos | 27 Videos Left

Publish 140 Medium Articles | 135 Articles Left

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,733 Watch Hours Left

Completely Update My Social Media | 7 Platforms Left

Completely Update My Patreon Page | Incomplete

Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Completely Update My Welcome Email Sequence | Incomplete

Get Down to Inbox Zero | Embarrassing Number of Emails Left

Negotiate 10 Newsletter Partnerships | 10 Partnerships Left

Do 12 Instagram Collaborations | 12 Collaborations Left

Reach 110,000 Instagram Followers | 5,929 Followers Left

Reach 20,000 Threads Followers | 5,900 Followers Left

Reach 9,000 X Followers | 1,386 Followers Left

Reach 3,000 Medium Followers | 1,163 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 763 Followers Left

Reach 1,000 LinkedIn Followers | 358 Followers Left

Reach 5,000 YouTube Subscribers | 3,808 Subscribers Left

Reach 5,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 1,359 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 563 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 14 Members Left

Reach 30 Patreon Supporters | 10 Supporters Left

Update 25 Patreon Book Notes | 18 Book Notes Left

Introduce Myself to 280 Authors | 269 Authors Left

Fill 4 Author Promo Slots for May | 2 Spots Left

Fill 1 Open Business Coaching Spot | 1 Spot Left

Fill 5 Open Fitness Coaching Spots | 3 Spots 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.

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: 1:00PM

Sleep Quality: 85%

Pages Read: 55

Workout: Rest Day

My break from the gym is almost over. Took the last few days/week off to rest and recover from a three-month period of stupid-intense, heavy weight training…and now I can’t wait to get back!

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 3x on Twitter

Posted 2x on Threads

Posted 1x on LinkedIn

Posted 1x on Facebook

Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab

Published 1 Medium Article

Outlined 5 New Medium Articles

Worked on Editing Next YouTube Video

Worked on Sales Page for The Competitive Advantage

Managed Competitive Advantage Community

Prepared for Upcoming Author Campaign

Reorganized My Workflow for Greater Productivity

I’m closer to achieving many of these April goals than it looks. A few of the backend things are well on their way, although of course I’ve still got dozens and dozens and dozens of hours of work ahead of me.

This has been one of the most profitable months in my business EVER though, so I really can’t complain!

Like I said above, I’m not letting up on the gas. I’m still taking my health and well-being seriously (burnout is real and it sucks), but I’m also not about to ease up on the crazy momentum I’m building right now.

This is what makes entrepreneurship so much fucking FUN.

But now I’m going to bed.

Until next time…happy reading!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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