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TOPUCU Standard Workbook
bad habit, the triggers, and the satisfaction
associated with it. You must consider new
routines that can take the place of old,
negative, routines. You need to write that
note to yourself as a reminder of what you
have set out to do. This is small stuff that can
lead to huge changes in your life. Before our
lesson ends, you should hear the story about
a man named Dr. Ben Carson. He wasn’t
always Doctor Carson.
Ben Carson was raised in Detroit by an
uneducated single-mother who sometimes
worked as many as three jobs at a time
so she could feed him and his brother.
With their mother away at work much of
the time, the boys developed a habit of
watching television for hours and hours on
end. Despite her lack of education, Ben’s
mother began to see that her boys would
be nothing in life without a drastic change
in this routine behavior. So she began to
limit the amount of TV they watched. She
didn’t allow them to go out with their friends
until their homework and studies were
done. She also picked up books from the
library and required the boys to read and
give her written reports on a weekly basis
despite her inability to read past a third-
grade level. Looking back, Doctor Carson
admits that these changes in routine were
extremely difficult to deal with and for a long
time he and his brother were ridiculed by
other kids in the neighborhood because of
their mother’s strict rules. But he would one
day realize these rules were more than just
rules; they were building block habits. Ben
found that reading and studying was a great
substitute routine that actually bridged the
gap between his trigger and his satisfaction.
He developed a love for reading and in turn
a love for education. So when he decided to
pursue a career as a surgeon he already had
the good habits he would need to make it
through the grueling programs at Yale and
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Lesson 1: Part 2
University of Michigan’s School of Medicine. LESSON 1: QUIZ
He would later go on to become the very
first doctor to perform the groundbreaking
surgery of separating twins who were
conjoined at the head. And to think, it all
started with the simple act of substituting a
television with a book. 1. A habit is a repetitive behavior we perform 5. What does TOPUCU stand for?
without conscious thought.
True transformation happens when you a. The one purple unicorn controls you
decide to make changes. And that’s what True or False (circle one)
this program is all about TRANSFORMATION. b. Take over people you can’t understand
In the following lessons you will learn the c. The only person you cheat is you
secrets and tools that finishers use to create 2. What component needs to change in order
good habits. But you have to get on board to improve or eliminate a bad habit? d. The one person you count on
and make it happen.
a. Routine
At the end of each of the seven lessons we NOTES:
are going to give you a visual tool that you b. Question
will need to memorize. This visual tool will be c. Prize
a constant reminder of that lesson. For this
lesson on habit change the visual tool is the d. Reward
word Routine. Yes, just one word. Memorize e. Trigger
it and think about it every time you start
engaging in a bad ROUTINE. Look at your
wristband and remember that “The Only
Person U Cheat Is U.” TOPUCU. 3. What is the average number of days it
takes to break or form a habit?
a. 12
b. 24
c. 40
d. 66
4. What are some habits you would like
to change?
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