It’s safe to say that everyone has goals of some shape or form. It’s synonymous with of “The things you want to happen.”
But most of us hate the pressure that comes with them.
We’re bombarded with frameworks: SMART goals, OKRs, vision boards, accountability partners, 12-week plans, habit stacks. And while some of those systems are helpful, they all assume you’re already doing the most basic thing:
Writing your goals down.
That one act—just getting it out of your head—is more powerful than most people realize.
🧠 The Science Behind It
In a widely-cited study from Dominican University, psychology professor Dr. Gail Matthews found that individuals who wrote down their goals were 42% more likely to achieve them than those who just thought about them.
Let’s pause for a second.
Not 5% more likely. Not 10%.
Forty-two percent.
From a single action: writing it down.
The study also showed that sharing your goals and reporting progress to someone else increased success rates even further. But here’s the part most people miss: Just writing it down moved the needle. Significantly.
🎯 The 3 Levels of Goal Success
Dr. Matthews’ research revealed a natural progression—what we’re calling the three levels of goal success. Each level builds on the last, but even the first one stands strong on its own.
✅ Level 1: Capture
Write it down. Dump it out of your head and into the world.
- This alone makes you 42% more likely to succeed.
- It gives your intention a shape, a presence.
- It frees your mental RAM so you can think more clearly.
No structure required. No perfection needed. Just get it down.
Even if you never revisit it, you’ve planted a seed.
🤝 Level 2: Share
Share your goal with someone else.
- This introduces accountability—a powerful motivator.
- It makes your goal feel more real, more visible.
- It subtly shifts your identity: from “someone who might” to “someone who’s doing.”
🔁 Level 3: Collaborate or Report Progress
Engage with someone regularly about your goal.
- Provide updates, even informally.
- Get feedback, support, or just a nudge to keep going.
- Build positive pressure to follow through.
This creates a compound effect. You’re not just stating your intention—you’re building momentum through interaction.
🎉 Here’s the Beautiful Part
Level 1 is enough.
If you never share it, if you never track it, if you never turn it into a 90-day action plan—you still made measurable progress just by writing it down.
That’s worth celebrating.
And it’s the foundation of everything that comes after.
🧭 SuperDump: The Level 1 Power Tool
This is exactly why we built SuperDump.
SuperDump is a visual, spatial canvas designed for frictionless mental offloading. It lets you dump your thoughts, goals, ideas, and aspirations without structure, pressure, or perfection. You just get it out.
And that alone is enough to:
- Boost your clarity
- Free up mental space
- Move you closer to action
- Raise your odds of success by 42%
Want to go further? SuperDump makes that easy too:
- You can group related goals together.
- You can share dumps with collaborators or accountability partners.
- Soon, you’ll be able to track and reflect over time.
But at its heart, SuperDump honors the power of Level 1.
Because every success starts with a single, written thought.