How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 03.07.2025 00:44
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
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.
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Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
What I need from you?
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
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That's it for today.
Making more friends is a goal.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
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.
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.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
What happened to your school bully?
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
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Losing 20kg is a goal.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Do not set goals—set systems.
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.
Does not procrastinate.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
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Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
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.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
How can I be the smartest human on Earth?
“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.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Procrastinates a lot.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Hangs out with loser friends.
Ask yourself:
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Living to your full potential is a goal.