How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 22.06.2025 04:43
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
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.
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Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Ask yourself:
Hangs out with loser friends.
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That's it for today.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
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The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
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Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
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Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
“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.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
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.
As an inmate did you have to live alongside a bully for your whole sentence?
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
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.
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Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
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Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
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.
Does not procrastinate.
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.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
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Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Do not set goals—set systems.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Procrastinates a lot.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
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.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
What I need from you?