How does one succeed in life?
11.06.2025 11:20
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.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
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Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Making more friends is a goal.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
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Do not set goals—set systems.
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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.
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Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
What would you do if you were lost at sea in the Florida Keys?
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Ask yourself:
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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.
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Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
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Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Procrastinates a lot.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
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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.
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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Hangs out with loser friends.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month 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.
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Does not procrastinate.
“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.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
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.
What I need from you?
Losing 20kg is a goal.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
That's it for today.