How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 14:09
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
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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If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
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Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
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.
That's it for today.
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What I need from you?
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
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Making more friends is a goal.
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.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
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Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Procrastinates a lot.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
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Do not set goals—set systems.
Ask yourself:
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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However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
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.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
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I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
“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.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
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.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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.
Does not procrastinate.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.