Most People Misunderstand What the Phrase "As If Your Life Depends on It" ACTUALLY Means

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I’m back with a detailed breakdown of Dan Kennedy’s book, No B.S. Guide to Succeeding in Business by Breaking All the Rules.

This thing’s a monster - clocking in at 17,000 words - but it’s also way better than those brain dead book summaries you’d find on Blinkist and those sites.

Took me forever to write the damn thing, but that doesn’t matter.

What matters is that you find it valuable - and profitable - and that it helps you rake in a ton more cash in your business this year, next year, and every year that you keep applying Dan’s principles for success.

The breakdown’s free, by the way. You can just have it. I spent 40+ hours writing it in hopes that it would be worth your time to read it.

Today though I want to talk about doing this “As if your life depends on it,” and what that actually means. Because it appears that there’s been some confusion.

Some people are interested in starting a business, or building their personal brand online, but they’re far from committed.

At this point, they’re just playing around with the idea of being successful, but they’re not really serious about it. And that’s fine, by the way. Your life is your own.

But I’ve never been alright with that when it comes to my own life. Because I am, quite literally all-in. To state the obvious here: everybody f***ing dies. As far as I can tell, there’s literally nothing that could be more important than making this one life everything it could be, whatever that looks like for you.

It’s about living like your life depends on it…like your goals actually matter to you…and like you will stop at nothing to get everything you came here for.

I honestly can’t see why anyone would hold anything back, ya know? I mean, can you? What’s the reason for it? Why would you not give everything you have within you to make this life into everything you’ve ever wanted?

Maybe the end result doesn’t look exactly like what you imagined - we don’t always get what we want, of course. But this idea that you can live your whole life without ever going for it, and seeing what you’re capable of, just seems viciously wrong to me.

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Woke Up: 7AM (Up early to pick someone up at the airport)

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Pages Read: 70

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So I was gone for a few days, but now these emails will be coming more regularly.

Today was good, but kinda strange as I had to make an airport run super early, and it kinda threw off my whole schedule, but then again, that’s been my crazy life recently! Still locked in though, still taking big swings.

As you can see, the team and I are going for some pretty big milestones this month and next, and these are definitely stretch goals. Those numbers look pretty damn big to me, but I’m going to give it everything I’ve got. That’s my promise to you!

But hey, it’s 4:10AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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