You're 5% Away from Being a Champion

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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.

Everybody at the top of every field is exceptionally good. You basically have to dominate every level of competition you’ve ever faced to even MAKE IT to the top in any sport, creative pursuit, etc.

As much as sports fans might say that some rival team “sucks,” the fact is that they don’t. They just don’t.

So what separates the “exceptionally good” from the world champions? The legends?

It’s the last 5% that they dig into and bring out of themselves, that last 5% that’s available to tap into right at the point when you THINK you’re done, when you couldn’t give anything more.

It’s the ability - more so the willingness - to tap into this last 5% of their capacity that separates the "excellent” from those competitors whose names are remembered forever.

But the same principle applies to you, me, and everyone else, no matter what “level” we’re on, no matter what the discipline.

The principle is that there is ALWAYS that 5% more that’s AVAILABLE for you to give. There’s always that PLACE you can go to, where you’re able to separate yourself from the competition and pull off something spectacular.

You’re 5% away from being a champion.

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If you want to surround yourself with a group of ambitious, supportive winners on their way to adding $5K/month in monthly recurring revenue to their business, that’s exactly where you need to be.

Within My Direct Control:

Read 20 Books | 17 Books Left

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Publish 135 Medium Articles | 124 Articles Left

Completely Update My Social Media | 6 Platforms Left

Completely Update My Patreon Page | Incomplete

Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Completely Update My Email Welcome Sequence | Incomplete

Launch Affiliate Program for My Paid Community | Incomplete

Update 15 Patreon Book Notes | 15 Book Notes Left

Introduce Myself to 810 Authors | 762 Authors Left

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,678 Watch Hours Left

Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 11 Partnerships Left

Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 11 Collaborations Left

Reach 110,000 Instagram Followers | 1,246 Followers Left

Reach 20,000 Threads Followers | 4,700 Followers Left

Reach 9,000 X Followers | 1,412 Followers Left

Reach 3,000 Medium Followers | 1,134 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 760 Followers Left

Reach 1,000 LinkedIn Followers | 316 Followers Left

Reach 5,000 YouTube Subscribers | 3,721 Subscribers Left

Reach 5,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 1,337 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 538 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 11 Members Left

Reach 30 Patreon Supporters | 10 Supporters Left

Fill 8 Author Promo Slots Until End of June | 7 Slots Left

Fill 3 Open Business Coaching Spots | 3 Spots 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.

Woke Up: 1:00PM

Sleep Quality: 73%

Pages Read: 60

Workout: Chest + Triceps

Incline DB Press - 55lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs - (8 reps, last set to failure)

BB Bench - 155lbs, 155lbs, 145lbs, 145lbs - (8 reps, last set to failure)

Cable Fly - 18lbs, 18lbs, 18lbs, 18lbs - (12 reps, last set to failure)

Tricep Pushdowns - 58lbs, 53lbs, 48lbs, 48lbs - (12 reps, last set to failure)

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Posted 2x on LinkedIn

Posted 2x on Facebook

Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab

Published 1 Medium Article

Worked on Updating Backend Pages of My Website

Worked on My Email Welcome Sequence and Marketing Funnel

Got in Touch with 5 Authors Regarding Book Marketing

Scripted and Recorded Some New YouTube Videos

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Decently productive day, but still, I’ve got a LOT left to do if I want to come close to hitting my May goals. There are a couple I won’t make at all (like publishing 23 YouTube videos in the next 10 days lol) but I’m making EXCELLENT progress on some others.

This month has been all about updating my backend systems and I’m really pleased with how everything’s coming together. June should be a VERY profitable, fun month, as long as I lay the groundwork now!

But hey, it’s 5:14AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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