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@mikekarnj newsletter - January 2019

@mikekarnj newsletter - January 2019
By Michael Karnjanaprakorn • Issue #57 • View online
It’s that time of the year again! A fresh start and new beginning. As most of you embark on 2019, I’ve included some of my favorite articles below on planning your ideal year.
If you’re looking for a simple framework to plan your goals: write down 3 milestones that want to happen by the end of the year. These should be memorable.
At the beginning of 2018, I wrote down: 1) get married, 2) start a new company, and 3) get shoulder surgery (from a 20-year old injury).
All three of these things happened. They’re all memorable. Keeping the list to three allows me to stay focused without getting distracted, stressed, or spread too thin.
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I also get asked about my current productivity stack so here it is:
  • Todoist (to-do)
  • Google (email, calendar, files, podcasts)
  • Notion (company/personal wiki)
  • Pocket (read later)
  • Calm (meditation) but also testing out WakingUp
  • Habitfy (habit tracking)
  • TunnelBear (VPN)
  • Dashlane (password manager)
  • Care/Of (vitamins)
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Good luck with 2019!
- Michael Karnjanaprakorn

✍️ Tweets
Michael Karnjanaprakorn
Tech predictions for 2019:

1) Podcasts will be funded, sold and monetized like content tech startups. We will see seed/growth rounds, acquisitions and revenues reaching close to $xxx,000,000 for a media company that rolls them up.
Michael Karnjanaprakorn
1) It's that time of the year again! It's time to reflect on the previous year and plan for the upcoming one. Here are my favorite resources to help you get started. Feel free to add any others.
Micah Baldwin
When I wake up, I ask myself the same question everyday:

“What one thing do I have to accomplish today to make it a good day?”

1 thing. Not 10 things. Not prioritized things. Just a thing.

My mood’s been 10X better since I started.

Atomic actions can lead to seismic outcomes.
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Joe Rogan's podcast is now is listened to 1.5+ billion times per year at around $50-100M/year revenue.

Independent and 100% owned by Joe, no networks, no middle men and a 100M+ people audience.

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My dad got me a drone for Christmas 🔥🔥🔥
🔖 Articles
Largely because many people could not afford a computer, China skipped the PC and the credit card; smartphones were the way many people were exposed to the Internet for the first time. So today, products aren’t just mobile first, many are mobile only. Mobile payments have penetrated the country and China has become a seamless digital society.
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The holiday season is my favorite time of the year. It symbolizes family, friends, vacation and of course plenty of good food. I also enjoy it because it marks the end of the year and the beginning…
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I can think of only one way of taking control of your destiny: You set a goal and decide to work on it every single day. You won’t complain anymore. And you won’t stop until you achieve your goal. Then, you set a new goal and repeat the process.
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I believe that we will have a different President of the United States by the end of 2019. The catalyst for this change will be a devastating report issued by Robert Mueller that outlines a history of illegal activities by our President going back decades, including in his campaign for President.
avc.com  •  Share
“Five days a week, I read my goals before I go to sleep and when I wake up. There are 10 goals around health, family, business, etc., with expiration dates, and I update them every 6 months.”
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🕵️ Recommendations
On Slow Burn, Leon Neyfakh excavates the strange subplots and forgotten characters of recent political history—and finds surprising parallels to the present. Season 1 captured what it was like to live through Watergate; Season 2 does the same with the saga of Bill Clinton’s impeachment.
slate.com  •  Share
“I think the role of the entrepreneur in the world is to find ways to do things better or more efficiently and then try to do that as many times over with the help of other people.
tim.blog  •  Share
An audio series following Rukmini Callimachi as she reports on the Islamic State and the fall of Mosul. This series includes disturbing language and scenes of graphic violence.
www.nytimes.com  •  Share
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