How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 01:34

Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
“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.
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Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Procrastinates a lot.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
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Hangs out with loser friends.
Making more friends is a goal.
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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Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
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.
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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.
Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
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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Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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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.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
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.
Ask yourself:
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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What I need from you?
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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How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
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How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Does not procrastinate.
That's it for today.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Do not set goals—set systems.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
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.