How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 30.06.2025 00:42
What I need from you?
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
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The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Why is money considered to be the root of all evil?
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
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.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
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Does not procrastinate.
Procrastinates a lot.
Making more friends is a goal.
Do not set goals—set systems.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
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“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.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Ask yourself:
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Hangs out with loser friends.
That's it for today.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
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.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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.
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):