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TOPUCU Standard Workbook Lesson 6: Part 1

be longer. But one thing is for sure; you’ll you don’t want to do, if you really want to spent doing a meaningless, nonproductive change is painful, but at the end comes
eventually get to that last hour and breathe become the person you want to become. activity. Remember, this program is about the reward. The sacrifice is worth it.
that last breath. To give you a further You have to be the one in your group that transformation. You can’t be transformed
understanding of the value of time, let’s look does things differently. You have to break by giving one-sixth of your life away to All of us have time that we waste. You will
at it this way. Let’s say you’ve struggled your the mold. When your friend says let’s mess activities that don’t produce growth. learn in Part 2 of this lesson that having
some amusement time is fine, but you need

"If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most "The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule,
important and then give it all you've got." — Lee Iacocca but to schedule your priorities." — Stephen Covey

entire life financially and suddenly you win around or hang out, you have to say, no, "Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not
the lottery. Wow, you’re a millionaire, just I’ve got something better to do. I’m going enough time on what is important." — Stephen Covey
like that! Then the next day as you’re on to do something constructive. I’m going to
your way to deposit that check, your heart do something that will lead to the positive
stops and you die right then and there. All change I want to see in my life. This is a great place to remind you of the to discipline yourself to limit that idle time.
that money, and you never get the time to lesson on pain. Is it going to be painful You will also be taught some secrets and
spend a single dollar of it. You can’t get time So let’s take a look at this challenge from transforming the habit of how you spend tools that champions use to take advantage
back. There is story after story of millionaires a different angle. Idle time is usually set your time into doing things you don’t want of every minute of the day and how they
who tried to buy more time. They would in opposition to hard work. And as we to do? Yes, it is. Hopefully, by now this get themselves to do what they don’t want
have given up their fortunes for more hours. discussed in earlier lessons, most people program has taught you that almost all to do so that they can become what they
But no matter how hard they tried the have set their minds to accept the easy route want to become.
clock still ran out. By now, you’re probably because it feels good; it’s pleasurable. When
thinking, “Geez, what an uplifting message.” you think of pleasure, one of the words that
Believe it or not, the goal of this message might come to mind is “amusement.” Now, if NOTES:
is not to depress you, but to emphasize the we break down this word into pieces there is
importance of time. Once it’s gone, you very powerful symbolism about the dangers
can’t get it back. of idle time. An Internet search for the word
“muse” will reveal numerous definitions, but
In an earlier lesson we spoke about Dr. several of them point to the word “think.”
Benjamin Carson. Because of the decisions You will also find that if you do a search for
of his mother and his own choices, he the suffix “ment” you’ll see that it means
decided to turn off the television and started “action.” Lastly, an examination of “a” as a
reading. As a result he gave more value to prefix will reveal a number of definitions
his time. It was time invested, rather than that are synonymous with another prefix:
time wasted. This transformation from idle “un.” Simply put, “amusement” is the
time to constructive time transformed his life “action of unthinking.”
and enabled him to become one of the most
well known surgeons in the world. Now this is not to say that you can’t have
time for amusement; but rather that you
So here’s the challenge. We all struggle have to plan time for amusement and do
with spending our hours doing unfruitful, it in reasonable moderation. You can’t just
idle things. We all want pleasure and self- hang out 4 or 5 nights a week. You can’t
gratification. You’re now in lesson six and watch television for four hours every day.
from the previous lessons you’ve learned that Think about it: 4 hours a day is 28 hours
this is unacceptable. You must do the things a week or one sixth of your entire life

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