How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 21.06.2025 13:05
Ask yourself:
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
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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I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
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.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Do not set goals—set systems.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
“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.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
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.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
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Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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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 I need from you?
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
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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.
Making more friends is a goal.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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Living to your full potential is a goal.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Why do I sweat so much at the gym?
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Procrastinates a lot.
That's it for today.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
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 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Does not procrastinate.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.