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TOPUCU Standard Workbook Lesson 4: Part 1

LESSON 4: PART 1
perching on you. But the question is, will you us pleasure. But it is for this reason that
E TO THE 7 POWER entertain the intentions of the bird? Will you Transfer technique in the previous lesson.
we talked about the Pain Association
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let that bird build a nest on your head? Will
you let it lay eggs and nurture the babies All positive change is going to be painful or
that are hatched later? You can’t stop the uncomfortable in some way, so you begin
bird from swooping down on you, but you to enjoy the negative thoughts because it
Welcome to Lesson Four of the TOPUCU you can do what you’ve set out to do. That can definitely stop it from creating a home takes the pressure off. Then you find yourself
Starter Program! You’re just about halfway has most likely happened to you before. E to on your head. You can’t stop the thoughts thinking things like “My grandfather didn’t
through the 7 lessons, congratulations! But the 7 Power is the formula that will explain from entering your brain, but you can really amount to much; my father wasn’t any
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you’re not done yet. Keep plugging away how we allow those negative thoughts to stop short of entertaining those thoughts. better, so I guess I am not really that special
because all of the powerful principles, tools take hold of us. Then in the next part of Entertaining those thoughts is where the and I’m not going to amount to much either.”
and secrets from Lessons One, Two and this lesson you will learn how to get back path to mental destruction begins. This kind of thinking allows you to just sit
Three won’t have as much affect if you don’t on track and remind yourself that those The third E stands for “Examine.” This is back and wander through life, instead of
continue and finish what you’ve started. negative thoughts are only thoughts and when you begin to rationalize the negative living to your full potential. Don’t fall into the
Today’s lesson tackles an idea that is truly that you have the power to get past them. thought. You think to yourself, one little pattern of enjoying the easy road.
at the center of it all. You’re going to learn It’s a powerful formula. So here we go. scoop of ice cream won’t cause that much The fifth E stands for “Experience.” The
some techniques that can be used to take damage. But we know that’s a trap. As soon destructive thought has entered your mind,
back control of that central processing unit as there is a crack in your armor, that bad you’ve entertained it, examined it and you’ve
we call a brain. Now, there’s tons of clinical “E TO THE 7 POWER” habit will start to rear its ugly head again. enjoyed the mental break it gives you. Then
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research and data out there that attempts to A small scoop of ice cream becomes a big you take that thought and begin to verbalize
explain all of the nuances of the brain but at The first E stands for “Entrance.” This is scoop of ice cream. That big scoop of ice it, which gives even more power to the habit
the end of the day that is all just information. referring to when a negative thought enters
And remember, this is a program that is all your brain. The first thing to understand is
about transformation, so we’re going to that we can’t stop negative thoughts from "You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the
talk about how to get your brain to think entering our brain. Anyone who tells you circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.
differently; to see things differently; to that you can is not telling you the truth. That is something you have charge of." — Jim Rohn
approach and apply different logical patterns You’re going to deal with it every day.
to areas in your life where you want to see You’re going to think, maybe I deserve that cream becomes two big scoops of ice cream. or behavior you were initially trying to avoid.
change; and specifically to that one habit bowl of ice cream at ten o’clock at night. And so forth and so on until you’re right back The power of your words is something we
you chose to address in Lesson One. Do you Or, I really don’t feel like doing that last set where you didn’t want to be. are going to explore in depth during Part 2
remember what that was? Did you write it of curls. Or, maybe I’ll watch just one more Examining a thought is pivotal in the “7 E’s” of this lesson, but for the purposes of what
down? Have you been working on it? If not, hour of television. because allowing ourselves to justify that we are discussing right now, suffice it to
go back and review the previous lessons. Whatever change you’re working on, that first step backwards inevitably leads to the say there are fewer things in this world that
There is no limit to the amount of times you trigger or craving to fall back into a negative proverbial slippery slope. have the creative and destructive magnitude
can listen to them and study them. There habit is going to come back over and over of words. Instead of just thinking about the
should be no limit to what you’re willing to again. This is the Entrance of a potentially The fourth E stands for “Enjoy.” Once shortcomings of our ancestors, we begin
do to see positive change. you’ve allowed your mind to rationalize this
destructive thought. to talk about it. The negative speech is now
negative thought that has led to a negative
With that said, let’s get to today’s formula. The second E stands for “Entertain.” Once decision, you begin to remember how much confirming the negative thoughts. We’ve
It’s called “E to the 7 Power.” It is so the thought enters your brain you begin you enjoyed this negative behavior, even given the thoughts more power. Think
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important that you memorize and internalize to think about it. You make a cognitive though you knew it was bad for you. All of about this example of corrosive rust. If you
the 7 E’s you will be taught today. We’ve decision to entertain that thought. By way us humans struggle with this. The enjoyment take water, salt and steel and put them in a
talked about motivation and how to stay of illustration it’s like that thought is a bird factor is one of the biggest reasons why vacuum nothing will happen. But if you take
motivated, but what happens when you landing on your head. You can’t really do so many of us don’t break bad habits. It’s them out of the vacuum and expose the mix
simply lose faith and belief in yourself that to air you’ll have rust. The first four E’s took
anything about the bird flying over and easy to go back to something that gives

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