How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 28.06.2025 17:32
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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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.
Making more friends is a goal.
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Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
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Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
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.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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That's it for today.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
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Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
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.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
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An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Do not set goals—set systems.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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Hangs out with loser friends.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Ask yourself:
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
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.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
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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.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Procrastinates a lot.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Does not procrastinate.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
“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.