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A tribute to my mentor Bob Pepper,OD, FCOVD
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Pepper Principles
No, this is not about cooking. There actually was a real Dr. Pepper
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Wisdom of Bob Pepper, OD, FCOVD
broken down in simple sentences...
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The basic 15
1. To perform efficiently without stress you must be in the present.
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2. Once you have your visual system together, you can do anything you wish as long as you do
it one step at a time.
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3. A mistake is the best friend you have
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4. When under stress, you return to a previously learned level of performance.
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5. Progress from the known to the unknown, not vice versa.
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6. You gain power by relaxing in depth.
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7. Beginnings are hard.
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8. Endings are hard.
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9. Near the end you run into "I've got it made", or "Oh, oh, can I make it?" |
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10. If you are in tune play your hunch; if not, don't.
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11. Allow your recoveries. Most accidents are caused from not allowing the recovery.
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12. High achievers can do the wrong thing and get the right answer, but it causes stress.
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13. You must earn the right to become a "pro".
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14. You can only consciously do one thing at a time.
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15. Rhythm allows you to do more than one thing at a time.
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The following were less commonly emphasized by Bob, plus I snuck them in from other mentors in the field:
16 If you feel bad about making a mistake you are likely to repeat it.
16 If you feel bad about making a mistake you are likely to repeat it.
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17. Bad feelings warn in time that you are about to make a mistake so you can change it.
18. Vision is self monitoring, self directing, and self correcting. Larry McDonald, OD is credited with this statement. |
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19. The human vision is the only sense a computer can not yet beat and it does it by the number of bits taken in at one time. This also is Larry's.
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20. Concentration and relaxation are almost the same word. Concentration requires relaxation. I came up with this one, but remember the definition of originality: the ability to conceal your sources.
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The last is more of a tool used in vision therapy than a principle:
21. To learn from a mistake, when you make the mistake: 1. stop 2. look at your foundation (the foundation includes everything: what you got right as well as what you got wrong, the conditions, etc.) 3. start over |