How does one succeed in life?
08.06.2025 03:14
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.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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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.
“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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Saving $10,000 is a goal.
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.
Are there really people who still believe the Earth is flat?
Making more friends is a goal.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
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Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Do not set goals—set systems.
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’s the worst thing you caught anyone in your family doing?
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
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Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
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Losing 20kg is a goal.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
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Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Ask yourself:
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
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Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Does not procrastinate.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
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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.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
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Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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.
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.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Hangs out with loser friends.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
That's it for today.