You know you are making progress when...

...you stop yourself from objectifying beautiful women. You can appreciate girls with beautiful features; God blessed them with those qualities! But you start to wonder how they are as a person rather than wondering what they look like naked. If you think about it, all the high value men (rich entrepreneurs, CEOS, popular musicians, pro athletes, Hollywood actors, etc) get women thrown to them left and right. They have to vet them by their character rather than their beauty because the old saying goes "beautiful girls are a dime a dozen." Become one of those guys! They chase their dreams and ambitions and the women actually chase them. Once you start focusing on yourself and your goals, you will have this "aura" that the nofap community talks about in attracting women. They will sense that you are on your purpose and focused on providing good value to others.