How does one succeed in life?
Last Updated: 18.06.2025 00:30
Saving $10,000 is a goal.
First, understand that, effective "change" should be 80% systems and only 20% willpower—not the other way around. Do not joke with that.
Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.
Is Tinder the best dating app?
Has a beautiful wife, cars, etc.
Does not procrastinate.
Hates going to the gym, eating healthy, or even doing laundry.
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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.
An average man, let's call him Sam’i (that’s my name):
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.
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Buying, a book like Live Intentionally or any other practical self-improvement guide is a system.
Big dreamer but only in his mind.
How can I make the good habit (you want to start) inevitable?
What I need from you?
The money you’ve invested, the tailored plan, and the accountability of the coach make it almost impossible not to succeed.
However, he firmly believes that one day, he will (like by a miracle) be that new, dope version of himself, Sam’i 2.0:
Can you DM your uncle’s wife for a video?
Example 1: Let’s say you make a monthly income, and you want to save $10,000.
Ask yourself:
Do not set goals—set systems.
I never raise problems without solutions. So, what to do?
Procrastinates a lot.
Like Sam’i, 99% of men treat their future selves like strangers—completely different from who they are right now.
How are max different from medical and minimum security prisons?
The truth is: Future YOU is simply YOU, but older and more tired.
Having a process that automatically transfers money to your savings account each month is a system.
Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.
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Hangs out with loser friends.
Avoids sugar and is very fit.
Living to your full potential is a goal.
Quitting porn for 30 days 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.
Most people think their 2.0 version will magically manifest and find it easier to do hard things.
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Attending 1 specific event every week is a system. Friends will naturally come to you.
Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.
Losers and winners have the same goals. The difference is their systems.
What would you change in Rings of Power?
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.
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.
Losing 20kg is a goal.
Making more friends is a goal.
Self-disciplined (controls his d*ck, no Netflix, no smoking, etc.).
Final example: Maybe you want to be a better version of yourself in 2025.
Similarly, "YOU 2.0" trusts you to make decisions for him.
Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.
That's it for today.
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.
“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.
Can’t control his impulses (women, porn, masturbation, smoking, Netflix, anger, etc.).
Opens a business and makes WiFi money.
How can I make it impossible to fall into a specific bad habit (you want to quit)?