How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 02:32
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Procrastinates a lot.
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How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Ask yourself:
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Do not set goals—set systems.
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.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Does not procrastinate.
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Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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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Hangs out with loser friends.
“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.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Why did VP Vance decide to humiliate the President of Ukraine on national TV?
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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.
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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.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
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Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
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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:
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
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.
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.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
That's it for today.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
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.
What I need from you?
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.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?