How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 21.06.2025 02:56

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