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If being disciplined was easy, it wouldn’t be valuable. It wouldn’t be RARE, which is the hallmark of discipline that makes you stand out if you have it.

It’s because most people are undisciplined that you have the opportunity to produce at a higher level by being what they can never be.

But once you make the concerted effort to bring a certain “force of will,” a relentlessness to your work, two things start to happen…

That’s from the book, Success is a Choice, by John C. Maxwell, a leadership expert who has made a tremendous positive impact on my life, ever since I started reading his books 10+ years ago.

That book is the next full breakdown I’m working on right now, and when it’s ready you’ll be among the very first to hear about it.

Just my notes from that book are about 2,000 words long, and the book itself is under 200 pages. It punches well above its weight, and I’m looking forward to sharing it with you.

Until then, you know what to do.

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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.

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Note: “Week Two” Runs From July 8th-14th

Woke Up: 12:00PM

Sleep Quality: 73%

Pages Read: 95

Workout: Rest Day

Work Completed:

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Updating 5 Patreon Book Notes

Worked on Updating More Book Notes

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Worked on Next Book Breakdown

Outlined Facebook Ads Campaign

Sent The Reading Life Newsletter

Contacted 10 Authors About Marketing Their Book

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Another decently productive day! I’m really starting to see the need for simplifying my business and automating my processes a bit more, but I’m getting a handle on everything, and things feel SLIGHTLY more under control than they have during the last few months.

Oh, and the following book notes have been updated on my Patreon:

So Good They Call You a Fake, by Joshua Lisec

How To: $10M, by William Brown

Acres of Diamonds, by Russell H. Conwell

Attitude is Your Superpower, by Eduardo Clemente

10X Is Easier Than 2X, by Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Join here to get my complete notes and summaries from these books, as well as notes/summaries of 1,250+ other books for just $1.

But hey, it’s 6:17AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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