How to Make Your Future Bigger Than Your Past

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After building an audience of 160,000+ people on social media and earning a full-time living online, I’m going to help 7-10 other content creators achieve similar results.

And not, like, you join some $5K program and get handed off to one of my coaches for 35 mins every two weeks or something.

No, this is intensive: a full, 12-week program where I teach you THE most important foundations you need to have in place if you want to become a full-time creator in the next 6-12 months.

So if that sounds like something you’d be interested in, just fill out this form and I’ll be in touch! I did it on my own in six years, but you can do it in six months with my help!

And now…

I want to remove a limiting belief that a lot of people seem to have that says they couldn’t possibly be one of “those people” getting strangers on the internet to pay their mortgage, essentially. “No no no, I could never get paid for what’s inside my head - I’m nobody special!”

May I remind you that I used to be a nightclub bouncer for 14 years! A hospital security guard for something like 10 years. These are not glamorous jobs. I got paid to read books all night, basically (at the hospital).

So in that sense, it set me up perfectly. I didn’t waste any time. I just showed up every night with my tray of coffees and my stack of books and I plowed through the greatest books ever written.

But I don’t have super-rich parents, I don’t have off-the-charts intelligence or any sort of special skills that made me predestined for success online. I just made it happen. I made a conscious decision to make my future bigger than my past, and that’s exactly what I did.

And I mean, it really is just like what MJ DeMarco says in The Millionaire Fastlane:

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1. Get Shit Done, by Jeffrey Gitomer

2. The Quantum Leap Strategy, by Dr. Price Pritchett, Ph.D.

3. Sponsor Magnet, by Justin Moore

4. Mastery, by George Leonard

5. The Dark Side of Discipline, by Craig Ballantyne

*Publish 9 Reading Life Newsletters (4 LEFT)

*Publish 50 Medium Articles (38 LEFT)

*Publish 8 YouTube Videos (5 LEFT)

*Publish 12 New Course Videos (9 LEFT)

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*Update 15 New Patreon Book Notes (15 LEFT)

*Start Posting on TikTok - COMPLETE ✅

Get Monetized on YouTube (3,394 Watch Hours Left | 15.15% Complete)

Negotiate 4 Newsletter Partnerships - COMPLETE ✅

Organize 4 Instagram Collaborations - COMPLETE ✅

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TOTAL FOLLOWERS/SUBSCRIBERS GAINED TODAY: +19

Woke Up: 8:00AM

Sleep Quality: 82%

Pages Read: 73

Workout: Rest Day

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Posted 2x on LinkedIn

Posted 2x on Facebook

Published 1 Medium Article

Worked on Next Book Breakdown

Worked on Next YouTube Video

Worked on Current Author Campaigns

Worked on Updating My Patreon Book Notes

Met with My Business Coach for Program Work

Managed Paid Competitive Advantage Community

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Today was pretty damn good, but it COULD have been better. I meant to finish editing my next YouTube video, found out it was going to take a lot longer than I thought, and never pulled the trigger on publishing that. But aiming to get it done tomorrow.

But yeah, all in all, I moved some major priorities forward, got stuff done, and enjoyed myself - getting paid to talk about books on the internet! And now to go to bed, so I can do it all again tomorrow!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are three more ways I can help you:

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3. Join Creator Launch Academy, my private business mastermind for educational content creators who want to stand out in their niche, build multiple revenue streams, and go full-time with their creative passions.