How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 30.06.2025 23:59
What I need from you?
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.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Can you tell me something about yourself?
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Making more friends is a goal.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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Hangs out with loser friends.
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.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
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.
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Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
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Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Procrastinates a lot.
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The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
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Do not set goals—set systems.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
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Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
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.
Does not procrastinate.
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Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Ask yourself:
“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.
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.
That's it for today.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
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.
Losing 20kg is a goal.