How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 12:09
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.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
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First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Ask yourself:
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Why did my ex move on so fast, we have only been broken up for 2 weeks?
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.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
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Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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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.
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.
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Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Making more friends is a goal.
Hangs out with loser friends.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
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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.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
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Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
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Does not procrastinate.
That's it for today.
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.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Procrastinates a lot.
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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.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
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.
Do not set goals—set systems.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).