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Life Advice from The Austrian Oak!
Matt Karamazov
April 12, 2024
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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.
Another super short email today. Just wanted to let you know that my full breakdown of Be Useful, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest book, is now up.
I spent about 15 hours reading the book, taking notes, and condensing all the key ideas into a breakdown that you can read in just 32 minutes.
It’ll be free for the next two weeks, then it’s going back behind the paywall, accessibly only to Premium members of The Reading Life, and members of The Competitive Advantage community.
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As always, at the bottom of this email I’ll lay out everything I did today to move closer to my Ultimate Vision. This is to keep me accountable and to show you that I’m working as hard as I’m encouraging you to work…
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Woke Up: 1:00PM
Sleep Quality: 80%
Pages Read: 56
Workout: Rest Day
My break from the gym is almost over. Took the last few days/week off to rest and recover from a three-month period of stupid-intense, heavy weight training…and now I can’t wait to get back!
Work Completed:
Posted 1x on Instagram
Posted 4x on Twitter
Posted 7x on Threads
Posted 2x on LinkedIn
Posted 2x on Facebook
Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab
Published 1 Medium Article
Outlined 5 New Medium Articles
Published Be Useful Book Breakdown
Sent Out The Reading Life Newsletter
Scouted Some New Potential Author Partners
Worked on Editing Next YouTube Video
Worked on Sales Page for The Competitive Advantage
It’s strange: today didn’t feel like a very productive day, but when I look back on it, I definitely complete a fair bit of work. I actually did some mindless scrolling on Instagram Reels today, so maybe that accounts for the feeling I had of wasted time. I’ll claim it was “research” haha but the fact remains, by the end of it, it was nothing more than mindless consumption.
I don’t know how people DO that all day every day!
Anyway, lots of good stuff happening, lots of good stuff coming, and now I’m going to bed!
Until next time…happy reading!
All the best,
Matt Karamazov
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