How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 23.06.2025 03:58
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Does not procrastinate.
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If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Do not set goals—set systems.
What I need from you?
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
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.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
Ask yourself:
That's it for today.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
How do you handle your mother-in-law after you heard her talking badly about you in the next room?
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
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Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
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.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Hangs out with loser friends.
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.
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.
“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.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
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Saving $10,000 is a goal.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
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.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
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Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Making more friends 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.
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Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Procrastinates a lot.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?