Don’t Set Goals For 2025. Use This Brainwashing Technique Instead
- Marcus Nikos
- Mar 7
- 8 min read

Every goal setting system you've ever
learned is broken I am a leading expert
in behavior and I'm going to show you
how to reprogram your mind to finally
get what you want so let's be honest
most people suck at setting goals and
it's not your fault the entire system
that you've been taught about goal
setting it's broken and it's broken
because it doesn't use the part of your
brain that literally makes all of the
decisions and runs your entire life the
limic system and our brain system this
is the neurocognitive intelligence or
NCI goal setting
system let me show you why this is the
NCI Goal Setting System
most powerful thing that you're going to
ever do to reach your goals step one
describe the ideal and perfect outcome
with Vivid details and measurable
elements that allow you to know when you
have arrived so this is like plotting a
desired arrival point on a GPS
it's the address it is the latitude and
longitude of your destination then we
move over to the right here write out
your least desired outcome if nothing
changes if you just keep doing exactly
what you've been doing all along so
we're going to describe in very Vivid
detail where you're going to arrive if
you continue with your current habits
your behaviors the Mind sets and
worldview so imagine 2025 if you don't
change a thing
harsh yes necessary absolutely so write
it out your brain needs contrast the
dream versus the Nightmare and this is
where your mind starts to Crave the
ideal because staying the same becomes
unbearable next we're going to write
down Milestones habits and new beliefs
that are going to make accomplishing
this goal a byproduct of all of these
new traits the goal accom accomplishment
should always be looked at as what can I
do to make my goals a natural byproduct
of how I'm choosing to live my life how
can I make my goals a byproduct so don't
focus on the goal here focus on the
habits and beliefs that make the goal a
natural byproduct of who you are going
to become so goals are destinations
habits and behaviors are the vehicle to
the goal next we're going to write out a
detailed and very maybe painful list of
all the habits beliefs and behaviors
that you might currently be doing that's
going to make your least desired outcome
come true so this outcome will be a
byproduct of these maybe negative or
neutral traits and worldviews here's the
truth though your habits today are
building one of two Futures write down
all of those beliefs those behaviors or
habits that could just drag you toward
the nightmare that you wrote down
earlier make it painful because you need
to feel the cost of your inaction next
we have mamalian brain programming so
how will you use the Fate model to
brainwash yourself into getting into new
habits beliefs worldviews and mindset so
the Fate model is a system I develop to
understand and use the four elements
that make the mamalian brain start
taking action on stuff it's the most
powerful tool to understand how to shape
human behavior and there's the most
detailed tutorial in the world inside of
the NCI textbook and that's called the
behavior operations manual it's on
Amazon if you want to learn how to use
it on other people and conversations
let's get back to the goal setting part
Focus Authority Tribe Emotion
this is about Focus Authority tribe and
emotion so let's start with Focus right
here we're going to write how will you
maintain focus on your goals at an
animal level at the Maman level words
don't work at this level so imagery
massive amounts of novelty and changes
in your environment and repetition are
very important to the Mamon brain
because of the reticular formation in
the brain other people call this the
reticular activating system whatever we
repeat the brain says Chase wants more
of this or I want more of this I'm going
to search for it and search for it in
life and the questions our brain is
asking about the environment determine
what we see so this is where the
non-stop exposure to vision boards start
to come in and a vision board is a
collection of visual images which are
understandable to the mamalian brain
since there's no words there and these
things represent your desires and goals
if you're in your office get a big ass
TV and just go buy an iPad or something
that you could just duct tape to the
back of the TV and put a slideshow of
all of these this is like 8 maybe 900
images just on repeat forever that just
goes on and on and on even while you're
sleeping you're not even in the office
it's on there when you walk in it's on
when you walk out you lead that on to
maximize that level of exposure getting
that done really well there's a million
videos on how to make vision boards and
stuff like that so next on the list is
Authority how are you going to leverage
authority figures in Social proof to
ensure that your mamalian brain knows
what you're doing is good it's allowed
and it's very powerful Now we move into
tribe this is about how can I involve my
circle of friends in the achievement of
all these new habits and beliefs get
your friends in Social Circle very much
involved make deals with them to keep
you in check bring some accountability
into the picture next we get into
emotion how will I create the emotional
attachments to this future self My
Future Self one amazing way is to
download one of those apps that makes
you look really old and print those
photos out hang them around your office
hang them around your house put them on
your bathroom mirror even you can set
the photo as your phone or computer
wallpaper and this is done so that you
develop a very Visual and mamalian
understanding and relationship with your
future self because one of the huge
problems is that people don't prioritize
their future selves because it's hard to
imagine they can't see their future self
so we make this happen this is also
another entry point for your vision
board so the more imagery you have on
there the more powerful the emotion is
going to start to seep into the Mamon
brain which is going to start changing
your world world view and your life the
mamalian brain is where it's at not the
words and all the stuff with the human
brain that we always hear about so the
three highest leverage new habits to
adopt is the next step here right here
we're going to develop a deeply powerful
list of the most impactful and
meaningful new habits that can start and
enable all the other things to happen
just like dominoes remember that
starting a habit only requires
discipline for a short period of time
once it's a new habit you don't need
daily discipline anymore so keep in mind
that it's okay to start small on these
habits and there doesn't need to be some
massive shift right away it might be
waking up early maybe an hour early to
get things done or buying more healthy
food or going on walks more often
practicing mindfulness meditating
therapy making more content building
better calendars and plans for yourself
or anything else that you think is going
to be a Lynch pin to get you going in in
the right
direction now we move in to the actual
The Brainwashing Formula
brainwashing formula and this is
literally a formula for brainwashing but
we're going to use it on ourselves to
make some badass changes happen in our
lives so we're going to develop new
habits using this brainwashing formula
and this formula spells out the word
fear f a r and this stands for Focus
emotion agitation and repetition so in
the focus part how am I going to keep
these habits in my daily Focus where
there is no way that I can possibly
ignore them then we get into emotion how
am I going to bring these habits into an
emotional realm where I'm deeply
emotionally connected to all of them
then we get into agitation this is very
important how will I disrupt my
environment enough so that my mamalian
brain has no script to fall back on it
doesn't look normal it doesn't look like
the regular everyday stuff and the
novelty is forcing my brain to pay
attention we did a whole another YouTube
video on this what can I do to disrupt
my brain's prediction centers I might
rearrange Furniture in my house for some
clients they repainted the inside of
their house they maybe bought a new car
they changed up their their wardrobe etc
etc how can I disrupt my brain's ability
to predict the future does it look like
what it looks like every single day if
it does my brain's going to go off of
scripts and the scripts that I've always
operated on so the final part of this is
repetition and this is about daily
monitoring every every single day it
might only take 30 seconds but how am I
going to ensure there is a nonstop
exposure to all of these things until
the discipline is no longer needed and
the Habit finally gets formed the next
step is one of the most important and
this is the dopamine map so what we're
going to do here is develop a map of
where my dopamine sources are coming
from in life and we're going to assign
each item a point value that once it's
total all up is going to equal 100
points this is likely not where you want
to be at the end of this so under this
we're going to develop a more desired
dopamine map and this is the map of
where we would like the majority of our
new sources of dopamine to come from and
this is going to help us to live the
life that we want so if for example
alcohol and video games are taking up 60
of my dopamine points and time with my
kids is taking up 20 points something is
wrong so it's important to be very
brutally honest with yourself here
there's a negative and a positive side
on these dopamine Maps so where is my
dopamine coming from is it video games
or YouTube or Tik Tok or Instagram or is
it family time and working and doing
creative work spending time with kids or
whatever is important to you this is
about figuring out what do I want my
sources of dopamine to be and
consciously choosing those sources of
dopamine that is so critically important
to this coming year when you're setting
these goals so whatever you want to do
this year to change your life remember
that everything in your life will come
down to habits beliefs worldview and
discipline beliefs are the most
difficult to change for a lot of people
so if you're a subscriber the next video
that I have coming out will be the most
advanced and most comprehensive video
about changing your beliefs that has
ever been made and I can guarantee you
that thank you for watching you can
download this brainwashing goal sheet
right here I'm going to put a link down
in the description and I want to remind
you that you don't need anybody's
permission to change your life there is
a completely different destination
that's waiting for you over the horizon
and now is the time to set that new
Waypoint on the map no more drifting no
more waiting if confidence is one of
your goals there is a complete mental
reboot program called confidence reboot
and I have made a hypnosis audio program
that you can listen to absolutely free
every night that's going to start this
transformation off in the right way for
you it's in the link in the description
down below as well I want this to be the
best year of your life because this year
it's about the journey to your
destination being amazing not just the
destination this year is the journey and
I want you to appreciate that journey
and I want you to use this system to
make it fun thanks for joining me one
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