How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 01.07.2025 05:53
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.
Procrastinates a lot.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
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Hangs out with loser friends.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
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Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
“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.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
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Do not set goals—set systems.
What I need from you?
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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.
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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Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
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Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Ask yourself:
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
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.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Does not procrastinate.
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That's it for today.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Making more friends is a goal.
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.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
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.