How does one succeed in life?
08.06.2025 16:38
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.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
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Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Hangs out with loser friends.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
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I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Procrastinates a lot.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
What are some very specific groups of people you just cannot stand?
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
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.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
What I need from you?
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Ask yourself:
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Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
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Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Making more friends is a goal.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
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.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
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Living to your full potential is a goal.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
That's it for today.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Do you think your landlord should have a key to your room?
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
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.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
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.
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.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Does not procrastinate.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Do not set goals—set systems.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
“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.