How does one succeed in life?
10.06.2025 01:58
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.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
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“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.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
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Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Does not procrastinate.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
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Ask yourself:
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
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.
How can I be okay with being ugly? What is the bright side?
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
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.
What I need from you?
How often do prisoners try to escape from jail/prison, and how many of them succeed?
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?
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
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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However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
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Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Hangs out with loser friends.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
That's it for today.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Procrastinates a lot.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Making more friends is a goal.
Do not set goals—set systems.