How does one succeed in life?
12.06.2025 01:51
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Does not procrastinate.
Why, after a divorce, would one still want to ruin the other one’s life?
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Do you have any fantasies you are ashamed of?
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.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
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Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Making more friends is a goal.
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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Do not set goals—set systems.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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.
Hangs out with loser friends.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
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.
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.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Have you ever had a bad gut feeling about someone and it was right?
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.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
If you caught a shoplifter at your yard sale, how would you handle it?
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Procrastinates a lot.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Ask yourself:
What I need from you?
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
That's it for today.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.