How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 03:45
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
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An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
That's it for today.
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Avoids sugar and is very fit.
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.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
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Does not procrastinate.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
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Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
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Hangs out with loser friends.
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Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
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.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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Ask yourself:
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
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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.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Do not set goals—set systems.
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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Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
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Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Making more friends is a goal.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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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:
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Procrastinates a lot.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
“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.
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.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
What I need from you?