I've Noticed Something Strange About Success These Days

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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.

It’s a paradox:

The competition’s never been fiercer…

And yet it’s never been easier to win.

Most people don’t even try. I was reminded today that for a podcast to be in the Top 1% worldwide, the creator just needs to publish 21 episodes.

Twenty one episodes! That’s it!

The bar is so low it’s on the freakin’ ground.

But at the same time…

You have podcasters like Chris Williamson building entire stage sets, flying guests in from around the world, pouring untold thousands and thousands of dollars into each episode, making it world class.

The takeaway, of course, is that Chris Williamson didn’t stop at 21 episodes.

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Within My Direct Control:

Read 20 Books | 15 Books Left

Publish 8 New Time Mastery Videos | 8 Videos Left

Publish 29 YouTube Videos | 26 Videos Left

Publish 150 Medium Articles | 136 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 | 575 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 | 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.

Read 5 Books | 3 Books Left

Publish 3 New Time Mastery Videos | 3 Videos Left

Publish 7 YouTube Videos | 4 Videos Left

Publish 35 Medium Articles | 30 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 200 Authors | 195 Authors Left

Woke Up: 1:00PM

Sleep Quality: 74%

Pages Read: 91

Workout: Rest Day

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 5x on Twitter

Posted 3x on Threads

Posted 1x on Facebook

Posted 1x on LinkedIn

Managed My Skool Community

Completed 1 More Day of My Welcome Sequence

Scripted 7 New YouTube Videos

Outlined 10 New Medium Articles

Organized Some Author Marketing Campaigns

Followed Up with Some Author Leads

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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It was one of those days where it LOOKS like I accomplished a lot, but I really don’t feel as though I did. There’s still so much left to do this month.

That being said, I’m STILL making great progress. Still putting in the work, the reps. Still moving forward. And I don’t know about anyone else, but there’s no quit in ME!

But hey, it’s 4:06AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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