My June Goals Dissected for Your Amusement

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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.

I’m not going to sit here and pretend like June didn’t leave a lot to be desired.

But I’m also not going ignore the fact that I made some GREAT progress in several areas of my business, or the fact that future looks damn bright.

This one email will be mostly about me as I recap my June business growth, but my aim is for you to be able to take away some insights you can apply to yourself and your own business too.

Firstly, I feel myself becoming more and more completely UNHINGED by the day.

But, you know, in a good way :)

I mean that I’m not holding ANYTHING back, and that I’m becoming less and less tolerant about “waiting” to achieve my goals.

I want it NOW, damn it. And my motivation and work ethic is SKY HIGH today.

It’s an interesting transformation, and I wonder if it’s something other people tend to go through as well as they get older. I turn 34 in a few days, so that might be it.

Like old people who don’t care that there’s a stain on their shirt (or that their whole PANTS are falling down haha). I just…do…not…care what strangers on the internet think anymore. Which is a WONDERFUL state of affairs when you’re trying to grow a business, because strangers on the internet WILL tell you what they think!

I’m lucky though, in that I really don’t get that many people openly not supporting me. My followers are the best :)

As for specific goals, though, June was ROUGH.

I planned to publish 29 YouTube videos…I published 4.

I planned to publish 150 Medium articles…I published 15.

I planned to update 8 modules of my online course, Time Mastery…I updated 0!

ZERO!

That’s positively SHAMEFUL, and I literally have no excuse for that. I need to do better.

I still made good money last month, and I’m actually launching a paid ads campaign to grow my newsletter(s) this month, but I could have made so much MORE had I actually, you know, been on top of things.

If I had put out more videos, for instance, I would have probably gotten monetized on YouTube by now.

But I did accomplish some great things too - things I’m proud of, like my new “welcome” sequence to my main newsletter, some platform updates that reinforce my brand, etc.

And I added some SOLID new members to The Competitive Advantage community, and that’s going to BLOW UP soon, I just KNOW IT.

I also had a string of new people sign up to my Patreon for my book notes, which was cool, and I updated a bunch of backend systems that will have my business running more smoothly (and more profitably) too.

But here are my priorities for improvement in July:

1. Getting my sleep HANDLED. This has been a major drag on my performance these last few months, and I’ve just about had it. Something has to change, or nothing will change, know what I mean?

2. I need to start BATCHING my content effectively, by which I mean recording all my YouTube videos in one day, editing them all the next day, etc. Outlining all my articles in one day, drafting them all the next, editing them the day after that, etc. It’s literally the only way I’m going to be able to put out as much quality content as I need to.

3. My perfectionism is…it just needs to be dealt with. It’s holding me back, and for no good reason. So this month I’m going to get better about releasing “imperfect” work.

Of course, there’s a lot more than that I’ll be dealing with and orchestrating next month, but those are the broad outlines.

The future looks so bright that it hurts my eyes to look at it, but I still have some work to do! We all do!

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Within My Direct Control:

Read 20 Books | 20 Books Left

Publish 8 New Time Mastery Videos | 8 Videos Left

Publish 31 YouTube Videos | 31 Videos Left

Publish 155 Medium Articles | 155 Articles Left

Completely Update My Social Media | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon Page | Incomplete

Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Launch Affiliate Program for My Paid Community | Incomplete

Update 20 Patreon Book Notes | 20 Book Notes Left

Introduce Myself to 500 Authors | 500 Authors Left

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,572 Watch Hours Left (10.7% Complete)

Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 12 Partnerships Left

Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 12 Collaborations Left

Reach 117,000 Instagram Followers | 6,631 Followers Left

Reach 22,000 Threads Followers | 5,300 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 X Followers | 2,350 Followers Left

Reach 3,000 Medium Followers | 1,102 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 760 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,270 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 YouTube Subscribers | 8,635 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 6,158 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 484 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 11 Members Left

Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 22 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 | 5 Books Left

Publish 2 New Time Mastery Videos | 2 Videos Left

Publish 6 YouTube Videos | 6 Videos Left

Publish 30 Medium Articles | 30 Articles Left

Completely Update My Facebook Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My LinkedIn Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Threads Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Medium Profile | Almost Finished

Update 10 Patreon Book Notes | 10 Book Notes Left

Introduce Myself to 120 Authors | 120 Authors Left

Woke Up: 1:00PM

Sleep Quality: 93%

Pages Read: 45

Workout: Rest Day

Work Completed:

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Worked on Next Book Breakdown

Managed My Skool Community

Worked on Updating My Social Media

Scheduled the Next Issue of The Reading Life

Recorded My Next Podcast Episode

Recorded Sales Video for My Skool Community

Reflected on My Goals for June and July

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Today was wonderful! It was quiet, reflective, and I was really able to take a step back and think about what I want to make happen this July.

I was also able to record a bunch of videos and I think they turned out GREAT.

To top it off, I ended up watching a movie with my mom, which I always enjoy. I brought the snacks, and we watched the 2019 movie, The Platform, one of my favorite movies! There’s a TON to think about in that film.

But hey, it’s 5:00AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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