On the Road to Greatness, NEVER Apologize for These 2 Things

Matt Karamazov
4 min readMar 25, 2023

Most won’t understand — but they don’t have to

Image by Author

This one’s for the obsessed.

I’ve got a long, long way to go before I get anywhere close to what I consider “greatness” — at least where my potential is concerned. But I’m absolutely, fanatically, maniacally obsessed with getting there, and I’m not going to apologize for that anymore.

If you’re one of the obsessed too, you shouldn’t apologize for your obsession either.

There are some of us psychos out there who refuse to leave the gym while we still have 5% left. We’re there on our birthdays, holidays, it doesn’t matter.

We’re there at the squat rack, training legs well after midnight, not caring about whether anyone’s capturing it for Insta or not.

There are some of us who choose to read a book instead of starting a new series on TV…

Who finish working their 9–5 and then start working on their dream from 5-midnight.

We’re the ones you see learning from — and taking notes on — audiobooks on the subway or while driving down the street instead of listening to trash radio or negative, pessimistic news programs.

Not everyone has to be obsessed like this — it’s just how I choose to live my life.

--

--

Matt Karamazov

🥇 The Most Disciplined Man on the Planet 📚 Read 1,197 Books in Just 10 Years 💪🏻 Strong Believer in Human Potential ⤵️ https://thereadinglife.beehiiv.com/