Only if telling fixes a moment. If you announce a goal without a time attached, you can feel progress before any work exists. Your head takes the relief early.
Take a sentence you might say over dinner: "This month I'm finally rewriting my offer." Your friend nods and you feel lighter, but the offer hasn't been touched. You got paid for the work in advance, in approval instead of a result.
Now compare: "On Tuesday at 9, I'll send you the first paragraph." Same friend, same offer. But now someone is waiting for one specific thing at one specific hour, and your Tuesday morning has an owner. I've written about why a waiting person moves tasks in why you get things done for others before your own.
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