Key Takeaways & Actionable Strategies

🏆 1. Process Over Outcome: Focus on the System, Not Just the Goal

Success isn’t about motivation or willpower—it’s about structured, repeatable systems that create momentum.

Daily success checklists eliminate decision fatigue and help make high-performance behaviors automatic.

Neuroscience Insight: The Reticular Activating System (RAS) filters what we focus on, reinforcing repeated actions as automatic behaviors.

🌅 2. Bookend Your Day for Maximum Focus & Energy

Start and end each day with a non-negotiable routine to maintain motivation and momentum.

Jess’s 4-Step Morning Formula (from Coach Gina DeVee):

1️⃣ Movement – Wake up your brain and body with exercise to boost dopamine and cognitive function.

2️⃣ Meditation – Just 5-10 minutes improves focus, emotional regulation, and mental clarity.

3️⃣ Reading – Engaging with strategic or creative content sharpens decision-making and primes your brain for the day.

4️⃣ Journaling – A quick reflection builds focus, gratitude, and goal alignment.

Evening Routine: Prepares you for the next day by identifying your top priority, unwinding from screens, and reinforcing your Mission, Vision, and Core Principles (MVP Method) for clarity and commitment.

📝 3. The Science of Writing: How to Train Your Brain for Success

Writing things down activates the RAS, improves memory encoding, and strengthens neural pathways related to focus and goal achievement.

Studies show that writing enhances emotional regulation, reduces stress, and improves long-term cognitive performance.

Pro tip: Manually writing down your top priority each night increases commitment and follow-through.

✨ 4. Adopt a Glimmer Practice to Train Your Brain for Joy

A glimmer is the opposite of a trigger—small moments that bring joy, ease, or comfort.

Neuroscience Insight: Actively noticing positive moments strengthens dopamine pathways and rewires the brain to seek out more joy.

Practice: Write down one glimmer every night to build a habit of seeking, remembering, and feeling more positivity daily.

🎯 Final Mindset Shift: Today + Today = Your Life

Your life is the sum of your todays. What you choose to focus on each day determines your long-term success and happiness.

"Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Take Action: Win today, then win again tomorrow. Happy birthday to all of us!

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Key Citations

1. Matthews, G. (2015). Goal-setting research showing 42% greater achievement likelihood when writing down goals.
2. Mueller & Oppenheimer (2014). Study demonstrating handwriting enhances comprehension and memory better than typing.
3. Pennebaker & Beall (1986). Research proving that expressive writing improves mental and physical health.
4. Lieberman et al. (2007). Study showing that naming emotions in writing reduces amygdala activity, helping emotional regulation.
5. Emmons & McCullough (2003). Research on gratitude journaling demonstrating improved well-being and reduced depression.
6. Seligman et al. (2005). Long-term study showing that writing three daily gratitudes leads to higher happiness levels.

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