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TOPUCU Standard Workbook Lesson 6: Part 2

LESSON 6: PART 2
true transformation you need to live an secret recipe of pressure frying chicken in
HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR 168? effective life. You need to plan for effective his own special mix of herbs and spices to
days, even if you’re not having a party or
different restaurant owners. Col. Sanders
planning for a major event. We’re not saying visited over 1,000 locations before someone
you shouldn’t have any efficient days. Every finally bought his recipe. It was at the age
so often, you SHOULD plan to have days of 68 that he had his first franchise and
In Part 1 of this lesson you learned the value help you along the way, but the bottom line when you can relax and do only what has to the rest, as they say, is history. Today KFC
of time. You also learned that there are is: true lasting transformation takes time. be done and nothing more. But these kinds is a household name. It took time for Col.
only so many hours allotted to each of our And accepting that truth is an important of days can’t dominate your life if you want Sanders to achieve ultimate success. And
lives. In this part of the lesson you are going step to achieving success. The second step to see change. If you don’t see immediate notice his story is full of effective days in
to learn how to persist as you anxiously is learning how to use that time wisely. There results, you can’t allow yourself to become which he filled his downtime with activities
anticipate your desired results. Then we’re is a principle called Parkinson’s Law. The discouraged. You must continue to strive for that promoted positive transformation in his
going to discuss a technique you can use definition is, “work expands so as to fill the as many effective days as possible. life. And what we’ve spoken about today is
to manage your busy times and more time available for its completion.” In other Let’s consider the life of Harland David only scratching the surface. If you look up
importantly maximize your down time. Let’s words it simply explains the difference Sanders; better known as Col. Sanders, the the story of Harland David Sanders you will
get to it. between an efficient life and an effective founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC find a man who spent his life trying to live as
life. Let’s take a look at an analogy. Imagine effectively as possible. Yes, it took some time,
Whatever your habit change or goal is a one-room apartment. It’s easy to take care as it is called today. He was not an overnight but it paid off!
it won’t happen overnight. And this Starter of. If you’re having company it doesn’t take success. In fact Mr. Sanders was at the age
Program never promised that it would. There much time to prepare and afterwards of retirement before he became Col. Sanders. So how do you spend your 168? Is it efficient
are no shortcuts or magic pills. No matter clean-up is fairly simple. Day in and day out But from the time he was young he never or is it effective? Are you cooking chicken
what you’ve heard, no one is an instant- life goes on and you do what needs to be gave up and he never stopped trying to live in your spare time or just eating it? Every
success. No one wakes up in the morning done. It’s an efficient apartment. Most people an effective life. In the early 1900's he had hour you have; every minute you have is an
and says, “By the end of today, I’ll be fit, live an efficient life. But Parkinson’s Law several odd jobs, working as a fireman, an opportunity to make that choice. Let’s look
in-shape and have better eating habits.” Or, explains that you can live an effective life. insurance salesman and eventually running a at another individual who made the choice
“By the end of the day, I’ll be a successful We’ve all had an effective day, haven’t we? filling station. When he wasn’t pumping gas, to live effectively and examine the technique
famous person.” “By the end of the day I’ll Let’s say you live in a house and you wake up he decided to use his spare hours to cook he used to accomplish great things.
have dropped that bad habit.” It’s impractical one day knowing that tonight there will be a chicken on a skillet he kept in the back of the At the turn of the previous century Andrew
to believe any of that. But somehow, so many birthday party at your place. You prepare by station and sold it to his customers. People Carnegie was on his way to becoming
of us believe that if success doesn’t come mowing the grass, weeding the flowerbed, liked his chicken so much that he was able the richest man in the world. As he was
instantly or in the timing that we expect, cleaning the garage, straightening up the to open up a restaurant. After experiencing building his steel empire he was challenged
then it’s not meant to be. We find ourselves basement, setting up chairs and tables and several ups and downs in the restaurant with prioritizing his tasks and creating the
hoping and wishing for change to happen getting the grill prepped. By the time the business, including the great depression most effective days possible. He contacted
immediately and sometimes we even act party begins everything is ready. in the 1920's and 30's that forced him to a man by the name of Ivy Lee who is
unreasonably in hopes of hurrying things close down, and catastrophic fires that left widely considered to be “the founder of
along. It’s like watching someone hit the After the party is over, you clean up and his properties in ashes, Col. Sanders was public relations.” Mr. Carnegie felt Mr. Lee
elevator button a dozen times thinking that when you sit down to rest, you think to finally able to establish a steady business in could teach him how to use his time more
the elevator will get there any quicker. yourself, “Did I mow the lawn this morning?” Corbin, Kentucky. But soon, he experienced effectively. He was right! Ivy told Andrew
You’ve accomplished so much during the another setback when the new interstate-75
Sometimes in our impatience we even try course of the day that you can’t even was built in 1955. People were no longer to make a list every night of the things he
shortcuts to get to our goal faster, only to remember what you did in the beginning. stopping through to check out the Colonel’s wanted to accomplish the next day.
find that we have actually set ourselves back That’s an effective day. chicken. They were now just passing by. Then he told him to prioritize the list from
a few steps. Sanders was forced to sell the restaurant the most important to the least important
Most people live efficient lives, but if you and at the age of 65 he had to start all over.
The techniques and formulas that you’re want to become a champion or to see and do the six most important things on
learning through this Starter Program will He took off on a road tour trying to sell his the list. As Andrew Carnegie began to use

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