How does one succeed in life?
12.06.2025 08:30
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Do not set goals—set systems.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Making more friends is a goal.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
That's it for today.
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Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Does not procrastinate.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
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.
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.
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Avoids sugar and is very fit.
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.
“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.
What’s something you did a lot as a kid that you don’t miss now that you’re an adult?
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Ask yourself:
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The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
What I need from you?
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Hangs out with loser friends.
Is heroin really as good as people say it is?
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Why, after a divorce, would one still want to ruin the other one’s life?
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Procrastinates a lot.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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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:
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
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.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Losing 20kg 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.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.