How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 07:07
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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.
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That's it for today.
Ask yourself:
Living to your full potential is a goal.
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Saving $10,000 is a goal.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Do not set goals—set systems.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
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.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
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Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
What I need from you?
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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Hangs out with loser friends.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
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.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
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Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
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.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
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Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
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.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
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Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Procrastinates a lot.
Does not procrastinate.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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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.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
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.
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.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.