Brain hack three: repetition
Turning your vision into your brain’s new default, the way habits actually form.
One workbook for the whole course. This stage starts on page 14. After the exercise, add a row to your trackers at the back of the workbook: New Life (page 28), BE, DO, HAVE (page 30) and money, time, energy and giving (page 32). Already downloaded it? Keep using your copy. Lost it? Download it again (a new copy starts blank).
The power of repetition
Repeating something reinforces it, like a path forming through a forest when the same route is walked repeatedly, or learning to ride a bike. Repetition consolidates information, moves it from short-term to long-term memory, and speeds up access (think muscle memory and myelination).
Over time, repeated behaviours become automatic, freeing cognitive resources for complex thinking. Repetition also creates a “priming effect”: the brain becomes more sensitive to similar stimuli, accelerating future learning, and activates the dopamine system, creating a positive feedback loop.
Stack it with emotion and visualisation
- Visualise your actions
- Visualise the successful outcomes you want
- Imagine and feel the emotions during those actions and successes
You can mentally rehearse anywhere, at any time. If you’ve repeated the exercise daily, you’ve already visualised your dream life 10 times. Let’s keep going.
Imagine your Next Version of Me: Exercise 2.0
Make it familiar
Reread everything about what you want to BE, DO, HAVE and spend your MONEY, TIME and ENERGY on. Imagine for 5 minutes living all of it: vivid, detailed, multi-sensory, emotional. Play it like a movie trailer.
Find somewhere quiet, press play and close your eyes. Headphones help.
Repeat at least once more today.
Done it once and you can already feel it? Check your score out of 10.
- 7 or more, and higher than last time: one go today is enough. Move on to the next stage tomorrow.
- Under 7, or not moving: do the extra goes and reread your trackers. That’s what moves it.
Stuck later, or a part of your new life still feels strange? Come back and repeat this stage.
Well done! See you tomorrow.
This course is educational and not a substitute for therapy or medical advice.