Everybody's Trying to Be Everybody Else

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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.

The internet is full of surprises, but it’s also a sea of sameness.

Everybody is trying to be everybody else (or worse, a “discount” Dan Koe) - instead of who THEY are.

Dan Koe is killing it right now because he completely and totally - in everything he does - himself and only himself.

Side Note: I’m reading his book right now, The Art of Focus, and it is PHENOMENAL.

But the internet doesn’t NEED another Dan Koe. It’s already got one.

What the internet needs is one of YOU.

There are still 10 spots remaining inside The Competitive Advantage community and you can grab one of the last remaining ones here.

If you want to surround yourself with a group of ambitious, supportive winners on their way to adding $5K/month in monthly recurring revenue to their business, that’s exactly where you need to be.

Within My Direct Control:

Read 20 Books | 19 Books Left

Publish 8 New Time Mastery Videos | 8 Videos Left

Publish 29 YouTube Videos | 28 Videos Left

Publish 150 Medium Articles | 147 Articles Left

Completely Update My Social Media | Incomplete

Completely Update My Patreon Page | Incomplete

Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Completely Update My Email Welcome Sequence | Incomplete

Launch Affiliate Program for My Paid Community | Incomplete

Update 20 Patreon Book Notes | 20 Book Notes Left

Introduce Myself to 600 Authors | 595 Authors Left

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,660 Watch Hours Left

Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 12 Partnerships Left

Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 12 Collaborations Left

Reach 115,000 Instagram Followers | 6,013 Followers Left

Reach 20,000 Threads Followers | 4,400 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 X Followers | 2,383 Followers Left

Reach 3,000 Medium Followers | 1,126 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 759 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,306 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 YouTube Subscribers | 8,705 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 6,304 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 524 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 10 Members Left

Reach 40 Patreon Supporters | 16 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 5 Books | 4 Books Left

Publish 2 New Time Mastery Videos | 2 Videos Left

Publish 7 YouTube Videos | 6 Videos Left

Publish 35 Medium Articles | 32 Articles Left

Completely Update My Facebook Profile | Incomplete

Completely Update My LinkedIn Profile | Incomplete

Completely Update My Threads Profile | Incomplete

Completely Update My Medium Profile | Incomplete

Completely Update My Email Welcome Sequence | Incomplete

Update 10 Patreon Book Notes | 10 Book Notes Left

Introduce Myself to 140 Authors | 135 Authors Left

Woke Up: 12:00PM

Sleep Quality: 83%

Pages Read: 102

Workout: Chest + Triceps

DB Incline Press - 55lbs, 55lbs, 55lbs, 55lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)

BB Bench Press - 160lbs, 155lbs, 155lbs, 145lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)

Cable Fly - 23lbs, 23lbs, 18lbs, 18lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)

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

Work Completed:

Posted 2x on Instagram

Posted 2x on Facebook

Posted 1x on LinkedIn

Posted 5x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Worked on My Email Welcome Sequence and Marketing Funnel

Worked on Next Book Breakdown

Worked on Batching New Content

Managed My Skool Community

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Fantastic day today in so many ways. One awesome thing I remembered today was something the Michael Singer writes in his book, Living Untethered:

I thought that was incredible when I first heard it.

Tomorrow, I’ve got an important call with the head of marketing for a publisher who wants me to work with basically ALL their authors - so yeah, that’s a pretty big deal. I’ll keep you updated - I’ll let you know how it went tomorrow!

But hey, it’s 5:18AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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