How does one succeed in life?
10.06.2025 00:57
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
What was your biggest culture shock going to Europe?
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Do not set goals—set systems.
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First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
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.
Hangs out with loser friends.
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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.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
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Big dreamer but only in his mind.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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.
“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.
Does not procrastinate.
What I need from you?
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
What has been your best sexual experience?
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Losing 20kg 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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Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Which is the worst Bollywood movie you have ever seen and why?
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
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.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
That's it for today.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
Making more friends is a goal.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Ask yourself:
Procrastinates a lot.
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.