How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 01.07.2025 05:00
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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)?
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Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Ask yourself:
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
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Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Saving $10,000 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.
What is the naughtiest fantasy that you've lived out?
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
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Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Does not procrastinate.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
“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.
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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.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
What I need from you?
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Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Do not set goals—set systems.
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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Hangs out with loser friends.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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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.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
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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.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
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.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
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.
That's it for today.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Procrastinates a lot.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Making more friends is a goal.