19/01/2026
If you want to increase your chances of success by 43%, no matter what your goal is,
you need to writing it down.
Not just once…you need to put it on your ‘To Do’ list every day!
If your goal is weight loss, don’t just write ‘lose weight’.
Write how you’re going to do it.
Break it down:
* Will you intermittent fast?
* Increase protein?
* Walk a certain number of steps each day?
* Plan meals in advance?
Your brain needs specific instructions.
Think of it like writing a shopping list.
You wouldn’t write:
* “Go shopping”
* “Don’t buy biscuits”
* “Don’t get chocolate”
* “I don’t need wine”
You’d write what you do want.
Now, if you’re anything like me, you may forget to take the list with you 🙈 but because you wrote it, you can still visualise it and end up buying most of what you need.
That’s how the mind works.
We have to tell it what we do want and give it the “shopping list” every day. Otherwise, the brain filters it out, not because you lack willpower, and not because of your personality, but because your brain is designed to optimise cognitive function.
If your goal isn’t clearly at the top of the list, it gets deprioritised.
That’s why most resolutions are forgotten.
Neuroscience shows that the simple act of writing your goal down daily increases your chances of success by 43%. You can amplify this even further with pictures, visualisation, and mental rehearsal.
Some people call this manifestation.
What you’re really doing is training your mind to work with you, not against you.
Through repetition, writing, doing, and imagining, the behaviour becomes familiar.
Familiarity becomes habit.
Habits shape identity.
You start to identify as someone who eats a certain way, moves daily, and follows through. That identity creates a powerful feedback loop.
So get yourself a planner, and give your brain its daily shopping list.
You’ll thank yourself 💕
