How ‘Dominant Perception Cards’ Influenced My Life — And I Didn’t Even Know It.
This is how you break patterns of mediocrity
In my room, I usually have books that I have been read unfinished. In the middle of the pages are bookmarks.
Most of my bookmarks are just index cards, with something written on it.
When I grab one of the book for a weekend read, I opened to a page where the bookmark (index card) was located.
I read the writings on the bookmark slash index card and read was taken a back, several years ago. I never knew these were perception cards.
Later, let me explain what these cards are for, cause it’s powerful arsenal for improvement.
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I was listening to a pod cast of an A-list speaker.
I listen to a podcast every morning. And I stay away from negative podcast. But in reality, these are not just podcast; it’s a daily lecture on personal development.
It’s interesting to note that in this daily speech, the guy was talking about how he goes about dealing with 7-figure coaching clients.
Let me stop you right there, he said 7, so that means, these are clients of this A-list speaker/motivator, who can dish off 10-million-dollar payment.
It means that these clients are not just regular joes on the street, these are high caliper businessman willing to be coach, even paying us much as 7 figures, to up their game of life, to the next level.
The seven figures caught my attention, so I listened intently.
This particular coach describes briefly one of his methods, which is notes that he took after consulting with the clients.
These notes are then written in the cards. These notes were taken during the coaching calls. From time to time, he reviews these thoughts, and he calls these thoughts their dominant perceptions.
He reviews these Dominant Perception Cards in the middle of the day, or during his break, shuffle them and read it again. In this way, the coach can paint a picture of what is his client thinking that slows him down.
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Then it occurred to me, I been doing these dominant perception cards in my life and with my kid, Koji.
Let me share.
Remember the bookmark from the book where I wrote the so called dominant perceptions. Two years ago, my kid was struggling in basketball, and as I was listening to the ‘stories’ he was telling me, I made a note in my mind.
After I dropped him off to practice, I wrote his thoughts in the card. These were his thoughts:
- I’m a skinny Asian kid, I can’t compete with these tall kids.
- I’m not fast enough to be in varsity.
I tuck the card in a book and forgot about it.
Two years later, I discovered the perception card, and realized he beat the stories he made up in that card. Today, he bulked up, by going to gym almost every day. Today too, he can play fast (not as fast against some kids though).
Then later on, I found some index cards that have written perceptions when I was struggling making money.
One of the best thing that I wrote was:
“I want to go to the next level in my business and health, just don’t let me do ___________ (Fill in the blank).
The realization that filling up the blank when the absolute thing that I need to do, but I just don’t want to do it, is the thing that I need to do.
Today, I have this little pocket notebook where I write my dominant perceptions. In this case, I am coaching myself and my kid.
I’m paying myself 7-figure with this gig.
But kidding aside, it’s a game changer.
See you at the top.
