How does one succeed in life?

Quitting porn for 30 days is a goal.

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.

Opens a business and makes WiFi money.

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

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.

I’m wondering about attachment and transference with the therapist and the idea of escape and fantasy? How much do you think your strong feelings, constant thoughts, desires to be with your therapist are a way to escape from your present life? I wonder if the transference serves another purpose than to show us our wounds and/or past experiences, but is a present coping strategy for managing what we don’t want to face (even if unconsciously) in the present—-current relationships, life circumstances, etc. Can anyone relate to this concept of escape in relation to their therapy relationship? How does this play out for you?

Saving $10,000 is a goal.

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

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

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

Hangs out with loser friends.

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

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Paying a coach with a detailed plan is a system.

Making more friends is a goal.

Example 3: Maybe you want to make more friends.

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That's it for today.

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.

Sometime ago, the Iranian Minister said that a US Navy aircraft carrier would be an easy target for 300 speed boats armed with Katyusha rocket launchers. Is this true?

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.

Ask yourself:

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

Why am I sweating so much when I try to do anything?

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.

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.

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

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Big dreamer but only in his mind.

Example 2: Maybe you want to lose weight.

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

Why is Elon Musk so ugly?

What I need from you?

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

Scrolls too much TikTok/YouTube Shorts.

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

Procrastinates a lot.

Living to your full potential is a goal.

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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.

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

How did a computer scientist such as Geoffrey Hinton manage to win a Nobel Prize in physics when computer science already has its own Nobel Prize equivalent in the Turing Awards?

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

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.

Avoids sugar and is very fit.

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

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

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

Losing 20kg is a goal.

Does not procrastinate.

Do not set goals—set systems.

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

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