How does one succeed in life?
10.06.2025 04:03
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
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.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
What I need from you?
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Does not procrastinate.
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.
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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.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
Procrastinates a lot.
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Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
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Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
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Hangs out with loser friends.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
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Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
“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.
Making more friends is a goal.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Do not set goals—set systems.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Ask yourself:
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
That's it for today.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
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.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
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.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.