How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 21.06.2025 00:25
Do not set goals—set systems.
Ask yourself:
Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
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.
Why was the rock band Kiss so successful?
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
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.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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Saving $10,000 is a goal.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Why do people stop working towards achieving their dreams?
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.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
Does not procrastinate.
Procrastinates a lot.
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?
Hangs out with loser friends.
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.
Why are so many young teenage boys misogynistic? Where do they get these attitudes from?
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
That's it for today.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
If you don’t change now, expect tomorrow to be almost exactly the same—or worse.
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
What does it feel like to "lose your looks" to age?
Example 4: Maybe you want to quit porn for 30 days.
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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Making more friends is a goal.
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
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.
Why does Africa have all mineral resources but she is suffering economically?
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
“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.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
What I need from you?
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.