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And we’ve all waited until the last minute to
do an assignment. For three weeks we put
it off and procrastinate and then on the day
before it’s due we pull an all-nighter and get
"No great achiever – even those who made it seem easy –
ever succeeded without hard work." — Jonathan Sacks
it done. But after all that waiting, why do we
do it at all? Simple. Because on that last day
you finally begin to associate the pain of not
getting it done and failing as a result. What
if the teacher said that if the assignment
isn’t done in one week you’d fail the class?
You would have that report done in a
week - maybe even earlier - because you
would associate the pain of being failed
as “more painful” than the discomfort of
spending a little extra time away from your
friends or the television so that you can get
it done on time. Or what about the young
person who spends all winter working out so
that in the summer they can proudly flaunt
their bodies without feeling ashamed.
Or the older person who eats healthier so
they won’t have to deal with the pain of
not being healthy enough to play with
their grandchildren tomorrow. Are you
getting this?
Pain Association Transfer. P.A.T. This is one
of the secrets that separates the champions
from the ordinary people. This is one of the
secrets to becoming a finisher! Champions
learn how to create this “future pain” in
their brain in order to deal with the “present
pain” that keeps most people from reaching
for what they want in life. Finishers know that
today’s pain is bad, but tomorrow’s
pain is unbearable.
Let’s consider a student who wants to be
a doctor. All of the academic work they do
in high school and college is with that goal
in mind. They don’t mind doing all the hard
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Lesson 3: Part 2
work because they associate the pain of LESSON 3: QUIZ
doing that hard work against the pain of
not becoming a doctor. Whenever the
work seems excruciating, they do it
1. What does P.A.T. stand for? NOTES:
anyhow because they keep their mind on
the end goal of becoming a doctor and
because failing to reach that goal is 2. We must all suffer one of two things: the
infinitely more excruciating. pain of discipline or the pain of
What do YOU want to become? What or
do YOU want to accomplish? What is the
“present pain” that you’re avoiding? What
“future pain” have you already accepted? 3. TOPUCU is not just about information; it's
You have to change your mind set. Accept about
the “present pain” in order to avoid the
“future pain.” Pain Association Transfer.
P.A.T. We’ve all done it before. You do it
every day. The difference was you weren’t 4. Champions learn how to create future pain
consciously aware of it. But now you are. in their brain in order to deal with the
And now you have no excuse. Take the time pain that keeps most of
to really understand how this principle works. us from reaching for what we want in life.
Then apply the Pain Association Transfer
technique to the bit you’ve decided to work
on during this Starter Program. 5. Provide an example of how you will
You WILL see change in your attitude and use P.A.T. :
that will lead to change in your life.
Let’s review where we are with our three
images. In Lesson One you learned to
memorize the word “Routine.” From Lesson
Two you learned to visualize the “Scales of
Justice.” Now in Lesson Three it’s just three
initials, P.A.T., Pain Association Transfer. If
you’re not doing your homework, “The Only
Person U Cheat Is U.”
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