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This Book Will Convince You to Go ALL-IN on Your Dream
Matt Karamazov
January 21, 2026
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“‘Never give in’ is a useful catchphrase. But don’t take it too literally. We must all surrender at some time, to love, or desire, or death. You will be forced into the last of these, and a fool if you never surrender to the first. But never give in easily.
If you can, attempt one step farther along the road than appears sensible before giving in. ‘Persistence’ is a vital attribute for those who wish to become rich, or who wish to achieve anything worthwhile for that matter.
As is the ability to acknowledge that one has made a mistake and that a new plan of action must now be made. Any such acknowledgement is not a weakness, it is a sign of clear thinking.
In its way, it is a kind of persistence in itself. Try, try, try again, does not mean doing what has already failed, over and over again. Quitting is not dishonorable. Quitting when you believe you can still succeed is.
You must keep the faith. Belief in yourself and faith in your project can move mountains. But not if you insist on trying to scale the mountain by an impossible route which has already failed.”
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The book I discuss in my latest YouTube video fits in perfectly with today’s quote from How to Get Rich, by Felix Dennis (above).
The video (and the book) is about burning the boats. It’s about giving EVERYTHING to this dream that you have, with ZERO THOUGHT to giving up, turning back, or slowing down.
It’s a great book, powerfully motivational idea, and I highly recommend it.
But someone might reasonably ask: What if you’re in over your head? What if you literally just don’t have it? Either because of genetics, physics, or some other impossibility.
What if your dream is dead, but you just don’t know it yet?
In that case?
You should just quit. And there’s no shame in that whatsoever.
Now…I’m a HUGE believer in going after for your dream no matter what it takes. Just because it’s SEEMINGLY impossible, doesn’t mean it ACTUALLY is.
But you have to be sensible, and you have to be brutally honest with yourself about whether or not you have what it takes.
Rule Number One in goal-setting is that you must never, EVER lie to yourself.
About what it takes to win, about what you’re willing to DO to win, and what you’re going to do when you face the hard choice of whether to give up or keep going.
And look, this is one of the most difficult challenges in all of goal-setting, and there are NO easy answers. Virtually nobody can give you the answers. Because look…
NOBODY knows what you’re truly capable of. Not even you.
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After achieving my (somewhat meaningless) goal of reading 1,000 books before I turned 30, I set a new (also meaningless but cool) goal of reading 10,000 books. As of today, I’ve read exactly 1,460 books, including 6 books so far this year, and if you’re interested, here’s my full Reading List.
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DATE RANGE: January 21st—31st
Woke Up: 9:00AM
Sleep Quality: 85%
Pages Read: 60
Workout: Rest Day
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Worked on Current Author Campaigns
Managed Creator Launch Academy Community on Skool
Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow
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Some big wins this month, and some setbacks - mostly organizational ones, with me NEVER getting everything I want to get done, done. But things are rolling right along.
Signing off now, though. Back at it tomorrow!
All the best,
Matt Karamazov
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