After losing more than $100,000 in a single day - TWICE - I was able to stage an epic comeback and build my dream life, and it was all because of books and bodybuilding. Today, after having had my life utterly transformed by the power of the written word, my OBSESSION is to spread the love of books and reading to the furthest reaches of the internet. Whatever problem you're facing in your life, there are dozens of GREAT books out there that can help you solve it. And I want to help you FIND those books. Following my financial "de-pantsing," if you will, I worked in silence and obscurity at a minimum-wage security job where, as an overnight security guard at a hospital I was able to read and take detailed notes on more than 1,200 books. Showing up to work, night after night with my tray of coffees and stack of books, I would rip through the collective wisdom of humanity: philosophy, psychology, classics, business, self-help, sociology, biographies, memoirs - I just inhaled it all, every night, for YEARS. Then, AFTER work, I'd hit the gym, packing on slabs of quality muscle and chiseling away every single pound of body fat separating me from my dream physique. Body and Mind, Intellect and Emotion, Pride and Humility, Joy and Suffering, Success and Failure - the gym and the library taught me invaluable lessons about ALL these things, and much more besides. But as strongly as I believe in self-determination, individual effort, and personal excellence, I've realized that NO ONE is self-made, and success means nothing without friends to share it with. As George Eliot wrote in Middlemarch, what are we here for, if not to make life a little less difficult for one another? Here's How I Can Help You: ✅ If you love to read, I have a virtually inexhaustible stream of book recommendations for you ✅ If you're a creator looking to scale past $5K/month, I can help you SMASH through that barrier ✅ If you're a CEO/athlete/professional looking for an edge, I will help you become UNDENIABLE Here's What I Offer: ✅ Daily Book Recommendations on Social Media ✅ Detailed Breakdowns of the Greatest Books Ever Written ✅ A Private Mastermind for Educational Content Creators ✅ Personal Coaching for Ambitious Professionals Everything is more or less in one place: https://thereadinglife.beehiiv.com/ Email is the best way to get in touch with me: mattkaramazov@gmail.com Reading, lifting, creating online, and connecting with other ambitious strivers changed my life. Forever. If you more or less feel the same way, then you and I are going to get along just fine!