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How does one succeed in life?

12.06.2025 12:36

How does one succeed in life?

Procrastinates a lot.

How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?

Does not procrastinate.

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Hangs out with loser friends.

Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.

That's it for today.

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Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.

Ask yourself:

Making more friends is a goal.

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Living to your full potential is a goal.

“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.

Do not set goals—set systems.

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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.

Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.

The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.

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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.

Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).

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Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.

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?

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Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.

Opens a business and makes WiFi money.

Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.

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Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.

Saving $10,000 is a goal.

Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.

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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.

What I need from you?

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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How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?

First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.

Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.

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Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.

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.

Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).

Avoids sugar and is very fit.

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.

Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.

Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.

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.

Big dreamer but only in his mind.

Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.

Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.

Losing 20kg is a goal.

Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month 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: