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The Power of Writing Down Your Goals & Dreams

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By: Mary Morrissey
Updated: September 13, 2016

Do you write down your goals and dreams on a regular basis? Or do you simply think about them, without actually recording them anywhere?

As it turns out, your answer to this question has a HUGE impact on your odds of transforming whatever it is you desire to be, do, have or give into your reality.

Why is the power of writing down your goals so important?

Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at the Dominican University in California, recently studied the art and science of goal setting.

The Power of Writing Down Your Goals and Dreams

She gathered two hundred and sixty-seven people together — men and women from all over the world, and from all walks of life, including entrepreneurs, educators, healthcare professionals, artists, lawyers, and bankers.

She divided the participants into groups, according to who wrote down their goals and dreams, and who didn’t…

And she discovered that those who wrote down their goals and dreams on a regular basis achieved those desires at a significantly higher level than those who did not.

In fact, she found that you become 42% more likely to achieve your goals and dreams, simply by writing them down on a regular basis.

The likelihood that you’ll transform your desires into reality goes up even further if you share your written goals with a friend who believes in your ability to succeed (what I call a “partner in believing”).

In my free eBook, “Stronger Than Circumstances”  you’ll discover more tools to achieve your goals and dreams. Transform your desires into reality by writing them down. Increase your likelihood of achieving your dreams by 42% just by writing them down.

Give Me the eBook!

Why does writing down your goals and dreams have such a profound impact?

The explanation has to do with the way our brains work.

As you may know, your brain has a left and a right hemisphere.

The wide, flat bundle of neural fibers that connects the two hemispheres is called the corpus callosum. This is the conduit through which the electrical signals between the right brain, which is imaginative, and the left brain, which is literal, make contact.

These electrical signals then move into the fluid that surrounds the brain and travels up and down the spinal column.

These signals then communicate with every fiber, cell, and bone in our body… to the consciousness that operates within us to transform our thoughts into reality. It allows us to align our frequency to a life we would love living.

This is significant because if you just THINK about one of your goals or dreams, you’re only using the right hemisphere of your brain, which is your imaginative center.

But, if you think about something that you desire, and then write it down, you also tap into the power of your logic-based left hemisphere…

And you send your consciousness and every cell of your body a signal that says, “I want this, and I mean it!”

Just the act of writing down your dreams and goals ignites an entirely new dimension of consciousness, ideas, and productivity to the powerhouse that is your subconscious mind.

This simple act also opens your subconscious to “seeing” opportunities that simply can’t be observed if you’re tied up with THINKING about your goals.

Keep breathing, and you WILL create results… but will they be results that you LOVE?

A year from now, no matter what you do, you will have results in your life.

These results could be an abundance of time, money, freedom, love, health and fulfillment… or they could be scarcity, lack, and struggle in all of those areas.

It all depends on you, and whether you choose to take the necessary steps to create the results you desire or continue doing what you’ve been doing and keep experiencing the same results.

I invite you to perform a “success experiment”

Each morning for the next seven days, start your day by writing down your goals and dreams in the four key areas of life:

  1. Health & relationships
  2. Love & relationships
  3. Vocation
  4. Time & money freedom

Don’t write down what you THINK you can have, or what seems possible under your current circumstances…

Instead, write down what you’d truly LOVE, no matter how big or bold it may seem to you right now.

What will happen when you do this experiment:

While this experiment is simple, it’s also highly powerful, and it will cause two things to happen:

The first is that you’ll reach a new level of clarity around your goals and dreams.

The act of writing your goals down requires a level of clarity that just thinking about them doesn’t… and this then communicates through the logic center, or the literal center of us, “I mean business. I’m serious about this. This matters to me. It’s my life.”

The second is that this exercise shifts what you tend to focus on throughout your day, including your awareness about opportunities that are right in front of you, but that often can’t be seen if you’re just casually thinking about what it is you really want.

In each and every moment, you are being guided AWAY from people and situations that do not serve your highest good…

And TOWARD doorways of opportunity to step into a life of greater joy, abundance, fulfillment and fun!

Unfortunately, most people lack the awareness to recognize the signals that the Universe, or Infinite intelligence, is sending them on a daily basis — and so they completely MISS OUT on wonderful opportunities that are usually staring them right in the face.

For more proven, step-by-step strategies on how to overcome fear, procrastination and limitations in order to create a life you truly love living, click here to download a FREE copy of my Stronger Than Circumstances ebook.

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About Mary Morrissey

Mary Morrissey

Mary Morrissey is widely considered the world’s foremost expert on “dream-building,” having invested the last 40 years into studying the art and science of transforming dreams into results. Mary has also written two best-selling books, addressed the United Nations three times, co-convened three week-long meetings with His Holiness The Dalai Lama, and met with President Nelson Mandela in South Africa. Through her books, live events and programs, Mary has helped empower millions of people worldwide to achieve new heights of meaning, purpose, aliveness and authentic success.

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Comments

  1. zaza

    March 17, 2019 at 5:53 pm

    Why does writing down your goals and dreams have such a profound impact? can you provide me a source of this information? thank you

    Reply
  2. Pauline Allsop

    September 27, 2017 at 12:36 am

    I have been reading your page…and I seem to be writing down alot of things lately….I really enjoy it as I feel it’s therapeutic in a way.

    Reply
  3. MARGO jOHNSON

    November 20, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    Dear Mary;
    I’m sooo glad that I finally came to You Tube and checked you out. In 2013 , I could not come but now I can When willl You have another dream builder Live event? Thanks for all the free teaching on You Tube.
    Margo
    margoonthego29@gmail.com

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    • Mary Morrissey

      January 27, 2017 at 6:34 pm

      Thank you for your message Margo… next DreamBuilder LIVE is in June… check it out here: http://dreambuilderlive.com

      Have an awesome weekend!

      Reply

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