The World is Pulling You Away From Your Dream

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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.

I’ve been battling back against distractions all day.

All week…

For as long as I can remember.

It’s insane, relentless. There’s no holding back the floodgates.

Not unless you take radical action to take back your attention.

The world will not make it easy for you to stay focused on that Ultimate Vision you have. Your attention has a monetary value, and too many people and organizations want a piece of it.

I can't pretend that this one short little email is going to help you win the attention war once and for all.

But you can take this as a reminder to reconnect with what’s truly important to you and WHY. The why is the most important part of the most important part.

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: 11:00AM

Sleep Quality: 70%

Pages Read: 52

Workout: Shoulders

DB Press - 50lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)

DB Front Raise - 30lbs, 25lbs, 25lbs, 25lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)

DB Rear Raise - 30lbs, 25lbs, 25lbs, 25lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)

DB Meadows - 10lbs, 10lbs, 8lbs, 8lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)

I don’t actually know what to call those last things. I heard about them from this YouTuber named John Meadows, and you basically perform six movements with a very light weight (I literally started with 10lbs) and all six movements (side, forward, up, down, side, down) count as just one rep. They’re a real killer! Perfect for finishing off a good shoulder workout. I’m going to keep calling them DB Meadows from now on :)

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 2x on Threads

Posted 1x on LinkedIn

Posted 1x on Facebook

Submitted 1 Medium Article to a Publication

Worked on Author Marketing Sales Page

Performed New Author Marketing Outreach

Scripted Some New YouTube + Backend Videos

Did a Massive Reorganization of Some Backend Systems

Fantastic day of productivity and forward progress! I’m going to keep this update short because I want to get up at a similar time tomorrow - I really think it made a big difference.

I just feel as though waking up earlier helps me get a GREAT jump on the day. Read first, with my coffee, get all jacked up, then settle into my work and create all day. It’s pretty sweet. A few challenges, still, of course. I’m forever behind on my work! But I like the direction I’m heading in.

But that’s it for today.

Until next time…happy reading!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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