How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 29.06.2025 02:07
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.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
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Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Hangs out with loser friends.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
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Saving $10,000 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.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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Losing 20kg is a goal.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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Procrastinates a lot.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Making more friends is a goal.
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How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Do not set goals—set systems.
Why do people say "tall, dark, and handsome" when they actually mean "tall, white, and handsome"?
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
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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.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
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Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
What I need from you?
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
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Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
How do you confront your own family for not inviting you or leaving you out of things?
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
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.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
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.
Does not procrastinate.
Ask yourself:
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
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.).
“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.