I Finished 6 GREAT Books Last Month

(And Launched a "Tiny Experiment")

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I launched a “tiny experiment” this month, inspired by the book of the same name.

Actually, I launched three of them. Because I can’t live without inviting insanity and chaos, apparently.

Anyway, this month, I will be:

*Doing 100 Pull-Ups, 100 Push-Ups, and 100 Squats Every Day

*Reading 31 Books

I’ve been rolling right along, too! I’m 3/3 for daily YouTube videos, I’m one book behind on my goal (but catching up), and as for the workouts, I had a few (scheduled) rest days at the beginning of the month, but I’m now hitting all my workouts.

Anyway…what does this mean for you?

I’m asking. What does this mean for you?

You don’t have to set massive, multi-year goals that sound impressive to everyone else but only fill you with apathy and dread. You can design your own life. You can LIVE your own life. And it doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s.

If you’re doing it right, it WON’T look like anyone else’s!

I’m loving the idea of “tiny experiments” right now, and I definitely enjoyed the book. I’ll be sharing my notes in my other newsletter when they’re ready.

For now, though, maybe just give some thought to a tiny experiment you could run, perhaps something to do with your online business. A new lead gen channel you’ve been meaning to experiment with, a new content format or strategy…could be anything.

Let me know what you come up with! We’ll run our experiments together. We’ll be the lead scientists of our own lives.

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“The experience of adapting to change makes you resilient to more change.”

-Eduardo Clemente, Attitude is Your Superpower (Amazon)

*Publish 13 Reading Life Newsletters (12 LEFT)

*Publish 106 Medium Articles (102 LEFT)

*Publish 31 YouTube Videos (28 LEFT)

*Publish 12 New Course Videos (12 LEFT)

*Publish Skool About VSL (INCOMPLETE)

*Update My Instagram Profile (INCOMPLETE)

*Update My YouTube Channel (INCOMPLETE)

*Update My Welcome Sequence (INCOMPLETE)

*Update 50 New Patreon Book Notes (40 LEFT)

*Get Monetized on YouTube (3,473 Watch Hours Left | 13.18% Complete)

*Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | (12 LEFT)

*Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | (12 LEFT)

Reach 120,000 Instagram Followers | 3,919 Followers Left

Reach 30,000 Threads Followers | 6,301 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 Twitter Followers | 1,802 Followers Left

Reach 100 TikTok Followers | 52 Followers Left

Reach 3,000 Medium Followers | 596 Followers Left

Reach 1,500 Facebook Followers | 87 Followers Left

Reach 3,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,564 Followers Left

Reach 5,000 YouTube Subscribers | 2,823 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 2,648 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 65 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 2 Members Left

Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 13 Supporters Left

NOTES: I’ll update these weekly, as it’d be a waste of time to go through all my analytics multiple times per week. “Focus on what gets you paid,” right?

Woke Up: 10:00AM

Sleep Quality: 74%

Pages Read: 161

Workout:

100 Push-Ups

100 Pull-Ups

100 Air Squats

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Posted 4x on LinkedIn

Posted 4x on Facebook

Published 1 YouTube Video

Published 1 Medium Article

Worked on Current Author Campaigns

Worked on Next YouTube Videos

Worked on Next Book Breakdown

Worked on Next Issue of The Reading Life

Managed Creator Launch Academy Community on Skool

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Oh man, crazy month so far. The rest of it will just be…insane. But you know what? I feel wayyy more alive when I have something cool to wake up to, something BIG that I’m trying to do, and something EXCITING that I’m working on.

It’s getting late now, so I’m going to bed. But you know I’m going hard tomorrow!

And always remember: even if NO ONE else believes in you…I DO.

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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