How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 27.06.2025 13:02

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