Practicing High Intention and Low Attachment
Why achieving your goals doesn't actually matter (and what does)
We’ve been talking about goals and goal setting and achieving big things in 2026.
I really believe in the power of goals. You are 42% more likely to achieve a goal simply by writing it down.
Also, in my Get Stoked with Sensi membership, we’ve been talking about the idea of Misogi. As Jesse Itzler (entrepreneur and author) defines it, your Misogi is the one big, scary challenge that defines your year—the thing that will stretch you beyond what you thought possible. We’ve been coming up with some awesome, big things as a group.
But what I want to discuss today is the practice of high intention and low attachment, and how we are worthy no matter whether we achieve the goal or not.
It doesn’t really matter if we achieve the goal.
The goal doesn’t actually make a huge difference. It’s our effort and our energy and putting in the time to get to the goal that matters.
As humans, we’re always going to be setting new goals. When we achieve one goal, we oftentimes set a new one without even celebrating our accomplishment. The yardstick keeps moving on our marker of success.
And so this concept of high intention and low attachment is what I want us to focus on and practice while we’re thinking about our goals.
What Is High Intention and Low Attachment?
The practice of high intention and low attachment applies to everything we do—whether it’s achieving and working towards our goals, or gardening, or raising our kids. We want to be practicing high intention and low attachment.
High Intention
High intention means we show up with the utmost integrity. We take ownership of how we want to show up. We go after our goals with 100% confidence and belief in ourselves. We walk into the room with 100% confidence and belief in ourselves.
We believe with the highest intention that what we’re doing is important and that we are capable. We show up with our full hearts and our full abilities.
That’s what high intention is. It means we are being mindful and intentional with what we’re doing. We’re coming from a place of wholehearted love and belief.
Low Attachment
Low attachment is the second half of that, and it’s equally important—perhaps even more so.
We can do all the manifesting things and believe in ourselves wholeheartedly and keep making steps and effort towards the goal and never give up. And even with all of that, we might not actually achieve the goal.
Some goals aren’t meant for us, and that’s okay.
We want to have low attachment to the outcome, meaning whether or not you achieve the thing doesn’t matter. Whether or not you achieve the thing, you’re still going to be happy. Whether or not you achieve the thing, you’re still going to be practicing that high intention.
We want to have the highest intention—this is going to happen, and I’m amazing, I’m impactful—and low attachment with the outcome. It doesn’t matter. We trust.
Why This Matters
We are incorporating trust in what we’re doing, because when we hang on to the outcome too much, we push it away. When we’re too attached, we don’t feel content, we don’t feel stoked, and that prevents us from showing up fully. That prevents us from showing up with full intention.
When you trust that the thing that you’re doing is already there and that you have already achieved it, and that you’re already awesome and successful, you show up with more motivation and you create more momentum around what you’re doing.
To make progress towards our goals, we need to let go of the idea that we have to achieve them to be successful.
My Misogi: Publishing My Book
This year, my misogi is to publish my book. It’s big, it’s scary, and honestly? I might not achieve it. And I’m okay with that.
Because I’m practicing high intention—I’m going after this goal with 100% belief in myself and wholehearted effort. I’m showing up to write, to edit, to push through the hard parts.
But I’m also practicing low attachment—whether I hold a published book in my hands by December 31st or not, I know I’ll grow. I’ll learn. I’ll become a better writer, a braver storyteller.
The goal is the vehicle. The person I become in the pursuit? That’s the destination.
Moving Forward
So that’s the mindset I want you to focus on as we move through 2026: set your misogi, commit with high intention, and release your attachment to the outcome.
Trust the process.
You’re already enough—with or without the achievement. Both things are true.
What’s your misogi for 2026? And how can you practice high intention, low attachment with it? I’d love to hear in the comments below.
Want support practicing this mindset? Join us in Get Stoked, where we work on exactly this kind of mindset shift every month through live coaching, community support, and confidence-building practices. Our next call is the second Friday of February—come practice high intention, low attachment with us.