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TOPUCU Standard Workbook                                                                                                                                                                                                      Lesson 6: Part 1



                                                                                                                                      LESSON 6: PART 1
      want to do so that you can become what you               The picture of the finished person that you
      want to be.                                              want to become. Keep putting the pieces                                HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR 168?
                                                               together until that picture is a reality.
      It is the constant awareness of the finish line
      that will get you there. Visualize and attack!           We hope you’re getting this. You chose
      See it and achieve it!                                   a bad habit or something that you wanted
                                                               to change in Lesson One. You were taught
      Memorize these words, Finish before you                  tools on how to stay motivated and take                                Today’s lesson is titled “How Do You Spend               need all the sleep you can get. But when
      Start! Visualize yourself at the starting line           pain while you’re going through your                                   Your 168?” Actually, it could have been                  you’re an adult you need less. Champions
      of a race. Now visualize yourself crossing the           transformation. Then you were taught                                   titled “How Do You Spend Your 700,000.”                  understand this principle and by giving
      finish line even though you haven’t started              the secrets of how champions use the                                   If you haven’t figured it out by now, we’re              themselves a couple of extra hours per day,
      yet. This is the principle of visualization.                                                                                    talking about time. 168 is the number of                 they can gain 14 hours a week which equals
                                                               power of positive thinking and                                         hours in a week. The 700,000 number is                   an extra 728 a year. That adds up to 30 extra
      Here’s your homework. Visualize a picture on             visualization. Keep growing, it will be                                the approximate amount of hours a person                 days. Imagine what you could do with 30
      the puzzle box. What picture you ask?                    worth it. We are proud of you!                                         is given if they lived 46 days past their 80             extra days. 2 hours a day doesn’t seem like
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                                                                                                                                      birthday. What will transform your life is how           much, but it’s literally one-twelfth of your
                                                                                                                                      you spend them. In this lesson we are going              lifetime. Are you starting to understand the
      LESSON 5: QUIZ                                                                                                                  to learn how champions take charge of this               value of time? Now after your eight hours

                                                                                                                                      principle. We are also going to learn how
                                                                                                                                                                                               of sleep, you have to factor in your weekly
                                                                                                                                      most people have no understanding of how                 routines and responsibilities - if you have a
                                                                                                                                      valuable each hour is. As with the previous              job or you’re a student then subtract another
      1. The phrase, "You must finish before you               NOTES:                                                                 lessons, Part 1 will serve to give you an                40 to 60 hours. So now you’re down to
         start" refers to the act of                                                                                                  understanding regarding the concept of time.             approximately 50 hours in your week. That’s
                                                                                                                                      The second part will give you the secrets                already more than 100 fewer hours than you
                                                                                                                                      and tools that you will need to accomplish a             began with, but it’s still a lot. Now sure, some
                                                                                                                                      transformation in this area                              of that is going to be dedicated to family
                                                                                                                                      of your life.                                            responsibilities and obligations, but in the
      2. What technique can you use to visualize
         the results you're trying to obtain?
                                                                                                                                                  "The question I ask myself like almost every day is, 'Am I doing the
                                                                                                                                                       most important thing I could be doing?'" — Mark Zuckerberg


                                                                                                                                      So let’s get to it. As mentioned earlier, there          end you have approximately 30 or so hours
      3. What is your vision for your future self?                                                                                    are 168 hours in a week. To some of you, it              every week to use at your own discretion.
                                                                                                                                      sounds like a lot. To some of you it doesn’t             Unfortunately, the vast majority of people
                                                                                                                                      sound like nearly enough. Either way, you                waste most of those hours. You need to learn
                                                                                                                                      have to learn how to maximize your time.                 how to maximize those hours.
                                                                                                                                      As an illustration, let’s examine the amount of
                                                                                                                                      time you spend sleeping. If you sleep eight              Time may be the most valuable asset you
                                                                                                                                      hours a night that adds up to 56 hours a                 have in your toolbox for success. But unlike
                                                                                                                                      week, leaving you with 112 hours to get stuff            other tools – and this can be said with a
                                                                                                                                      done. And if you’re a person who sleeps late             great degree of certainty - once it’s gone
                                                                                                                                      at every given opportunity then you have                 you can never get it back. There’s no way
                                                                                                                                      even less hours. On the flip side, not many              to tell whether or not any of us will hit that
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                                                                                                                                      champions are known to sleep a full eight                700,000  hour and make it to 80. Maybe
                                                                                                                                      hours. When you’re a growing child you                   your life will be shorter; maybe it will



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