How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 04:45
Living to your full potential is a goal.
What I need from you?
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
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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.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
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Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
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An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
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Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
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.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
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Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Does not procrastinate.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
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.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
“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.
Procrastinates a lot.
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How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Do not set goals—set systems.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
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Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Ask yourself:
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
What is Project Astra by Google?
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
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.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Hangs out with loser friends.
Making more friends is a goal.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
That's it for today.