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I've read hundreds of business books, and Nine-Figure Mindset ranks near the very top out of all of them. And in my latest YouTube video, I break down 10 of my favorite wealth-building principles from the book.

Something I’ve learned though is that you’ll never be ridiculed by anyone with bigger dreams than you have.

Brandon Dawson seems to be one of those rare individuals who both has bigger dreams and wants you to achieve yours as well.

He’s also done this whole business-building thing before, having sold his last company for $151 million and building his current business to something like a half-BILLION-dollar valuation.

I always advise that people learn from someone who has actually done the thing that you want to do, and so if your goal is to grow your business to unimaginable heights, Brandon’s your guy and THIS is your book. Watch the video.

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1. It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be, by Paul Arden

2. A High-Performing Mind, by Andrew D. Thompson

3. Meditations for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman

4. The Twelve Monotasks, by Thatcher Wine

5. The Mamba Mentality, by Kobe Bryant

6. Scientific Advertising, by Claude Hopkins

7. Rich Habits, by Thomas C. Corley

Within My Direct Control:

*Publish 3 Reading Life Newsletters (2 LEFT)

*Publish 18 Medium Articles (16 LEFT)

*Publish 15 YouTube Shorts (12 LEFT)

*Publish 3 YouTube Videos (2 LEFT)

*Publish 3 New Course Videos (3 LEFT)

*Publish Skool About VSL (INCOMPLETE)

*Update My Twitter Profile (INCOMPLETE)

*Update My Medium Profile (INCOMPLETE)

*Update My Patreon Page (INCOMPLETE)

*Update My Welcome Sequence (INCOMPLETE)

*Update Book Marketing Page (INCOMPLETE)

*Update Premium Membership Page (INCOMPLETE)

*Update Full Reading List Page (INCOMPLETE)

*Update 15 New Patreon Book Notes (15 LEFT)

*Post 15X on Instagram (10 LEFT)

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,400 Watch Hours Left (15% Complete)

Negotiate 3 Newsletter Partnerships | 1 Partnerships Left

Organize 3 Instagram Collaborations | 1 Collaborations Left

Reach 120,000 Instagram Followers | 3,990 Followers Left

Reach 25,000 Threads Followers | 2,000 Followers Left

Reach 9,000 Twitter Followers | 1,005 Followers Left

Reach 2,200 Medium Followers | 157 Followers Left

Reach 1,400 Facebook Followers | 95 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 802 Followers Left

Reach 5,000 YouTube Subscribers | 3,222 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 4,665 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 246 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 1 Member Left

Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 15 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.

Woke Up: 11:30AM

Sleep Quality: 80%

Pages Read: 60

Workout: Rest Day

Work Completed:

Posted 2x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Posted 3x on LinkedIn

Posted 3x on Facebook

Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab

Published 1 YouTube Video

Worked on Next Book Breakdown

Worked on Current Author Campaigns

Worked on Updating My Patreon Book Notes

Managed Paid Competitive Advantage Community

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Pretty decent day today, except publishing that YouTube video took WAY more time than I had. Pulled me off-task on some other stuff, which I’ll have to make up tomorrow. But I’m at least somewhat pleased with how it turned out. I’m slowly finding my style!

More importantly, I’m having a LOT of fun publishing more consistently on YouTube and I think that’s coming through on camera too.

Tomorrow is more of the same, except I’ve also got The Reading Life newsletter to publish, some author campaigns to bang out, my regular posting, reading, etc. It’s a lot of work! Don’t let anyone tell you it’s easy :)

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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