How does one succeed in life?

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.

Do not set goals—set systems.

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

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An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):

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

Making more friends is a goal.

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

Living to your full potential is a goal.

Losing 20kg is a goal.

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Saving $10,000 is a goal.

Ask yourself:

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

How can I get thousands of likes on TikTok?

Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.

What I need from you?

Procrastinates a lot.

Do you know a good lawyer joke?

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.

Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.

Does not procrastinate.

What was the most inappropriate thing your parent caught you doing as a teen? Was in the bedroom, I thought nobody else was home. My sister and I shared that bedroom but I knew she was gone. I didn’t know my dad was home though.

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

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.

If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.

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

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

Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.

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Big dreamer but only in his mind.

Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.

That's it for today.

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

Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.

Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.

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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:

I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?

Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.

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Opens a business and makes WiFi money.

Avoids sugar and is very fit.

Hangs out with loser friends.

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

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

The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.

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

“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.

Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.