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I Spent 20+ Hours Summarizing One of My Favorite Books of All Time
Matt Karamazov
August 21, 2024
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đź“š Hey! Time to win.
I spent 20+ hours summarizing one of my favorite books of all time, The Anthology of Balaji, by Eric Jorgenson, and my full book breakdown is finally ready.
If you’re subscribed to my other newsletter, The Reading Life, you’ve already seen the preview, and if you want to read the whole thing, it’s right here.
Fair warning though: it’s a monster.
It clocks in at more than 15,000 words, with a full summary, 18 Key Ideas, dozens of book notes, action steps, further questions, and more.
It’s also free, which is cool because this book, The Anthology of Balaji is phenomenal. My “sales pitch” for the book is that it’s a collection of ideas from this eccentric tech genius named Balaji who believes that the future of humanity is going to be awesome and that the future is wide open.
Anyway, I’m not going to oversell it haha. I loved it, I wrote a crazy-long breakdown of it because I thought it was so fascinating, and you can just read the thing for free. I hope you like it too!
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Within My Direct Control:
Read 20 Books | 13 Books Left
Publish 8 New Time Mastery Videos | 8 Videos Left
Publish 31 YouTube Videos | 26 Videos Left
Publish 155 Medium Articles | 136 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 30 Patreon Book Notes | 30 Book Notes Left
Network with 500 New Authors | 428 Authors Left
Not Within My Direct Control:
Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,498 Watch Hours Left (12.5% Complete)
Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 8 Partnerships Left
Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 11 Collaborations Left
Reach 118,000 Instagram Followers | 4,304 Followers Left
Reach 23,000 Threads Followers | 4,300 Followers Left
Reach 10,000 Twitter Followers | 2,267 Followers Left
Reach 4,000 Medium Followers | 2,059 Followers Left
Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 691 Followers Left
Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,169 Followers Left
Reach 10,000 YouTube Subscribers | 8,504 Subscribers Left
Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 5,601 Subscribers Left
Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 459 Subscribers Left
Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 12 Members Left
Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 20 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 7 New Books | 6 Books Left
Publish 2 New Time Mastery Videos | 2 Videos Left
Publish 7 YouTube Videos | 7 Videos Left
Publish 35 Medium Articles | 34 Articles Left
Upload New VSL for Skool Community | Editing Now
Upload Skool Community Testimonials | Gathering Now
Upload All Old Podcast Episodes | Almost Finished
Completely Update My Instagram Profile | Almost Finished
Completely Update My YouTube Profile | Almost Finished
Completely Update My Website | Almost Finished
Completely Update My Newsletter | Almost Finished
Completely Update My Patreon | Almost Finished
Update 15 Patreon Book Notes | 15 Book Notes Left
Network with 140 Authors | 135 Authors Left
Note: “Week Three” Runs From August 18th-24th
Woke Up: 12:00PM
Sleep Quality: 79%
Pages Read: 65
Workout: Back + Biceps
Low Rows - 160lbs, 160lbs, 160lbs, 160lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)
Lat Pulldowns - 100lbs, 100lbs, 100lbs, 100lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)
MTS Rows - 60lbs, 60lbs, 55lbs, 55lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)
EZ Curls - 70lbs, 60lbs, 60lbs, 50lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)
Work Completed:
Posted 5x on Twitter
Posted 5x on Threads
Posted 3x on Facebook
Posted 4x on LinkedIn
Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab
Worked on Updating My Various Platforms
Published The Anthology of Balaji Breakdown
Published The Reading Life Newsletter
Managed Paid Competitive Advantage Community
Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow
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A huge weight was lifted from my shoulder today after finally getting that Balaji breakdown published! Now I gotta turn my attention back to YouTube and Instagram and get some new videos and reels published this week. Really gotta make some moves there.
Fortunately, I’ll be able to use my book breakdown for content, so I’ll be able to repurpose some things. Lots to do though, especially with updating my entire platform/website/newsletter before September. That’s been taking WAY longer than it should.
But hey, it’s 4:39AM here right now and I’m going to bed!
All the best,
Matt Karamazov
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