How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 01.07.2025 07:12
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Cutting off WiFi at home for a month or giving your phone to a distant friend for a month (in exchange for a Nokia or simply nothing) is a system.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Hangs out with loser friends.
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Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
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Procrastinates a lot.
Making more friends is a goal.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
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Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Does not procrastinate.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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Living to your full potential is a goal.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Do you share your food easily? With whom, and why?
Porn blockers might help, but they won’t be as effective. And you know nudity isn’t just on Pornhub—it’s everywhere. Don’t joke with fire.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Keep in mind that, there is always a system for any problem. You just need to be willing to think hard enough and BE WILLING TO MAKE SACRIFICES.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Ask yourself:
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However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
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In 5 years, YOU will still be the one making decisions. And if you keep your current habits, "YOU 2.0" will have big problems.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
PICK 1 important thing you want to quit or bring into your life in 2025. Think hard about a system that will make it impossible or inevitable.
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The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
What I need from you?
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Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Do not set goals—set systems.
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Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
“YOU 2.0” is like your future kid. It’s your duty to make decisions for him. It is wiser to marry a nice mom for your kid, not just a beautiful wife for yourself.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
That's it for today.