How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 26.06.2025 00:40
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
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.
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How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Hangs out with loser friends.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
What historical event or person have you surprised hasn't been made into a Hollywood movie yet?
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Procrastinates a lot.
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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Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Ask yourself:
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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Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
What I need from you?
Losing 20kg is a goal.
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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.
Making more friends is a goal.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
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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.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
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Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Does not procrastinate.
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Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Do not set goals—set systems.
“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.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
That's it for today.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?