A speaker shares his daily ritual: five pennies and a laminated goal card in his pocket. Each morning he reads the card aloud, rewrites the affirmation, and repeats it in the car, using the tactile and visual cues to reinforce his intention. He credits this sensory-rich routine with breaking his cycle of unproductivity.
I carry 5 pennies in my pocket. Okay, now once again, I don't want to be a hypocrite, so I'm not saying I do it all the time, okay? But I do this all the time. In my pocket's also my goal card. I carry that goal where my goals, my affirmations are written down and laminated in my pocket, okay? And that's to remind me— out of sight, out of mind, that's the way the human mind works, okay— that this is what I'm supposed to be doing. So when I get up, my 5 pennies are laying right there in my cabinet next to my my day planner. What's the first thing I do? I rake 'em in once I put my clothes on, stick it in my pocket. My goal card, I read that, I've already said it out loud, I've already rewritten it that morning, now it's in front of me, okay? So I'm trying to incorporate all my 5 senses in reaching my goals, right? Then I'm gonna say it out loud when I get back in my car. Now, I wasn't doing that, obviously. How do you know I wasn't doing that? My results show it. So I'm no different, I'm no different. I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.
