Implementation intentions

Goals do not run. Plans do. Decide in advance the exact cue and the exact action, and the brain executes it almost automatically.

Definition

A self regulation strategy formulated by Peter Gollwitzer, in which a person specifies in advance the exact when, where, and how of acting on a goal, in the form if situation X arises, then I will do Y.

Step 1

Predict first

In one or two sentences, what do you think this concept means? Wrong is fine; the small struggle is what makes the answer stick.