How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 27.06.2025 01:00
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
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.
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.
“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.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
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Does not procrastinate.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
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Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Procrastinates a lot.
Ask yourself:
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
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.
Hangs out with loser friends.
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An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Why am I not attracted to masculine men? Why do I like more feminine attributes on a man?
Do not set goals—set systems.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
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.
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Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
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The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
What are the advantages of forming strategic partnerships?
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
What I need from you?
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
What should I do to get over a relationship?
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Making more friends is a goal.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
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Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
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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:
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
That's it for today.