2026 Philosophy or Reality?

The year is over, I think—and honestly, I don’t know what happened to the goals you set at the beginning. The ones you postponed or hung on the wall. I’m not here to mock you or say your life is bad. But at the same time, don’t ask me to magically change your life in this article. I’m here to tell you one thing only—something that could truly change everything.

If you’ve been wasting your time and mental energy on the same problems since the beginning of 2025, then it’s time to understand this: the problem isn’t you. The problem is the operating system inside your brain, and you don’t even realize it.

Let me be honest with you from the first minute: if motivation actually worked, it would haveworked a long time ago. How many times have you heard nice words, felt excited, said “Thistime I’ll change,” “This Sunday,” “Next week,” “In two weeks”—and every time you ended up in the same place?

Every time you open YouTube looking for motivation—your emotions get played with. You stand up, swear you’re done, say “That’s it, my life is changing.” And two days later, you’re back scrolling through the same apps, doing the same thing as before.

This is not weak willpower. It’s something completely different.

Today I’m telling you something different from everything you’ve heard before. You start andstop. You plan but don’t execute. You know exactly what you’re supposed to do. You’re smart—probably one of the smartest people around.

We live in an era of social media where we’re educated to an illogical degree. We know a bit about everything. You already have information—so much of what I’m saying probably sounds obvious to you. Why? Because you really do know all of this. You open your phone, absorb information nonstop, and then sit there.

You’re not lacking information. And my goal isn’t to overload you with more information. I want you to feel the problem you’re in. You need to recognize it.

Everything feels obvious to you now—yet you’re still in the same place. You have energy, but you don’t know where to direct it. You see people who are less capable than you moving ahead, and you don’t understand why.That’s why I spent years trying to understand myself. Why do I start strong and then stop for no reason? Why do I talk about big goals, then later feel like I exaggerated? Why do I repeat habits I know are destroying my life?

I searched for the answer in motivational books and routines—but I didn’t find anything real. So I realized the answer might not be outside. It might be inside my brain.

Specifically, in the part that controls your decisions, motivation, habits, desires—even how you see yourself. When I understood this part, many things changed—not overnight, but with

consistency. Your mind—this advanced brain—is what allows you to think, analyze critically, and understand. This is what distinguishes you from all other creations. You need to understand the power this has over your life and how to use it in your favor. Mindset matters. A flexible mindset—one that controls its decisions and emotions—is a mindset that wins in life, regardless of circumstances. Because the brain is plastic. It can change. It can improve. And that’s what we’re going to talk about.

This is the promise I’m giving you: entering a new year with a real chance to move closer to the life you want. But to do that, you must understand one simple idea:

The life you want comes down to one thing—programming your brain.

If you’ve ever wondered, “Is my brain actually working for me or against me?”—you need to know this: your brain is a product. A product of your childhood, your experiences, every look, thought, situation, lesson—everything you’ve lived through from childhood until today.

That created your brain. It's programming. And day after day, your brain reinforces that programming until it becomes your reality. The result? You become the life around you.

The problem isn't the circumstances. It’s not people. The problem is that you’re living with a brain programmed against you, keeping you stuck in the same place and the same thoughts.

That’s the bitter truth I want you to understand.

Maybe you already understand it and ignore it—which honestly just makes things harder for both of us. But maybe this is your message. Maybe this is your sign to start a new year properly. I believe you want to change. Most of us do. But you wake up every day with the same thoughts, and every time you try to start again, you end up back at the beginning.

So let me ask you: did you actually plan for 2025? Did you set a plan? And did you reach it—or at least get 50% of the way there?If yes, I’m genuinely proud of you. Keep going.

But if you want to go beyond that 50%—you’re in the right place.

Because everything that’s stopping you starts with old thoughts inside your head. Fear that tells you you’re not good enough. Beliefs planted in you by your environment, media, school—things you absorbed over time and became the result of.

You start believing them. Your brain stops seeing other options. Once a belief is placed inside your mind, your brain looks for evidence everywhere to confirm it.

If you haven’t reached the place you want yet, a big part of that is because one of your beliefs tells you that you don’t deserve it—or that you can’t do it—or that what you want is too much for you.

But here’s the good news: once you start applying what comes next…

Healthy behaviors and training yourself on new habits consistently will make your brain start to change and adapt. I personally studied this and went through struggles. And I want to tell you that this is real—your brain really does change and adapt. There’s a way to reshape and adjust it, called neuroplasticity, which we’ll discuss in detail later. But this is not just imagination—this is real, scientifically supported.

Neuroplasticity is the flexibility your brain has to reshape itself based on your beliefs and behaviors. Focus on behaviors because that’s the part that actually changes your brain. You might be surprised how people change their behaviors—it’s a huge factor. Beliefs also matter, but neuroplasticity helps your brain adapt, learn, and acquire new experiences. A young child, around 4 to 7 years old, has high plasticity, while a 50-year-old has much less. If both go to a course to learn French, the younger person will learn faster because of higher plasticity. Even if you’re an adult and you struggle with negative thinking, you can transform it into positive thinking. It takes time, but it’s possible. This is real, not imagination. The exact number of days needed varies—there’s no fixed timeline. It depends on your body and brain.

The principle is: if you want to change and adapt, you must actively use neuroplasticity to reprogram your brain. Once you start training your behaviors and beliefs consistently over a period, your brain will make it your default autopilot. For example, if someone who normally thinks negatively starts practicing certain behaviors and beliefs consistently, over time, their autopilot will shift toward positive thinking.

Ask yourself: is the mindset you had last year or the year before the one you truly want? If not, it’s your responsibility to change this programming.

The first and easiest step I recommend is removing distractions.1. Delete distractions—remove anything that pulls your attention away. Look at where you spend your money, your time, your energy. The things you invest in daily reflect the life you will create. If you want a better 2026, start voting for your future self with your time and money.

For example, if you usually spend money on things that distract you, it won’t help you achieve your goals. Instead, invest in your new identity—your skills, habits, and priorities aligned with the person you want to become.

Every year, most people plan superficially—“Next year, I’ll do this”—but life doesn’t work that way. You need to decide first what kind of person you want to be, then allocate your time, money, and energy to match that identity.

A practical example: two young girls buying makeup learned a lesson about priorities. They chose to invest in something that aligned with their new identity, their emerging sense of self.

This illustrates that spending and focus reflect your priorities and identity.

So for 2026, your first actionable step: delete all distractions that sabotage your goals. Track where your money and time go, remove unnecessary subscriptions, apps, or habits, and redirect your energy toward the person you want to become.

If you’re serious about change, this is the easiest, first step you can take right now. Focus on your identity and invest in yourself—your time, money, and effort—toward what truly matters.

You remove it from your radar. In reality, you remove every person who is not aligned with that version of you, regardless of gender—whether you’re a man or a woman. That is commitment.

It’s the same with business partnerships. If you enter one business, you don’t start another one alongside it. By doing that, you’ve deleted all other alternatives. That’s how you focus. That’s how you make commitment easier.

People always ask, “How do I commit? How do I stay consistent?”

This is commitment: delete everything else.

That’s why if you want someone to truly commit to something, ask them to remove everything else that isn’t that main thing.

The first and most important thing you must cut from your life is bad company.

Please, sit and listen carefully.If you want real, solid friends, you have to get used to the idea that they won’t be available 24/7.

Good people are busy—truly busy. The people I’m close to, I rarely see. The good ones are busy.

The people who are always available usually have empty lives.

Let me explain this through questions—it’s more practical that way.

When I truly started working on myself and my ambition level rose, I noticed something painful: the people closest to my heart, the ones I saw most often, were unfortunately the type of people I did not want to become like.

So let’s turn this into five questions to help you decide whether someone is a good friend or not.

Question one:

Should I continue with this friend in my life or not?

Take a piece of paper and a pen and ask yourself honestly. This question alone will start filtering people for you.

Question two:

If someone told you, “You’re just like this friend,” would you take that as a compliment—or an insult?

Question three:

Does this relationship actually give you a feeling of brotherhood/sisterhood, or is this person just there so you don’t feel lonely?

Question four:

Do you accept this person as they are right now, or are you attached to an idea of who they might become someday?

Question five:

If you imagined this person as your future son’s or daughter’s spouse—or as your child’s close friend—would you be okay with that?

Your honest answers to these questions will usually make things very clear. If you answer truthfully, you’ll know exactly who should stay in your life and who needs to go. This is a powerful filter. It forces you to look at people objectively, from a third‑party perspective, and evaluate their real impact on your quality of life—without emotion. You need to understand something: truly good people are rare. It’s normal for your circle to be small. In real life, if you have one true friend, you’re blessed. Thank God for that. When you seek exceptional people, your circle naturally gets smaller, not bigger.Think about how many friends you had in school. And now?

If you find yourself surrounded by 100 “friends,” there’s a strong chance your standards for friendship are low. Friends are not acquaintances.

Personally, I use a very clear filter: Does this person have a similar level of ambition to mine? Not the exact same goals—but the same pace, the same direction.

Do they have the same level of commitment toward their goals?

Because honestly, we’ve all met people who talk big:

“We’re going to start a company.”

“We’re going to build a project.”

You look at their actual day—they come home from work, spend four hours on their phone, don’t train, don’t eat well, maybe go to the gym once, stay up late, and that’s it.

If you really want to upset them, just ask:

“Do you actually want the goal—or do you just like talking about it?”

Personally, I wanted people who say and do—words and action.

Let me be honest with you: there are only two types of people—winners and losers. There is no third category. No one will tell you this truth. Winners focus on winning. Losers focus on the winners.

I’ve been on social media for a little over a year now. I’ve been put in situations—God knows what they were—that taught me something very clear:

You will never receive hatred or envy from someone better than you. It always comes from below. People above you are focused on their goals, not on you.

In the end, you must decide which type you want to be.