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TOPUCU Standard Workbook Lesson 6: Part 2

this principle he discovered that he was To further help set you on the path to using LESSON 6: QUIZ
accomplishing more important tasks every your 168 hours a week in an efficient way,
week. He taught this principle to his direct here is an exercise you can do. Most of you
line of management who then taught their aren’t going to like this because this exercise
people and so on. This simple principle is one is really going to challenge you to look in
of the main reasons why U.S. Steel became the mirror and examine exactly how your
the world’s largest steel manufacturer in priorities stack up, and whether you’re living 1. What is the recommended time to spend NOTES:
those days. It was one of the keys to his an efficient lifestyle or an effective one. We daily on yourself and your goals?
living a very effective life. want you to journal your time for the next
seven days. Literally write down blocks of
Now it’s your turn to make a list. If you were time you spend doing every task in your
to get a pencil and paper and write down week. For example: “7 AM to 7:45 AM I got
all the tasks you wanted to complete the ready for school. 7:45 AM to 8 AM traveled 2. How many tasks should you concentrate
next day what would it look like? Obviously to school. 8 AM to 3 PM I was in school,” and on completing every day?
there are some important things that will so on. If your schedule looks like this, what
end up at the top of your list like attending are you doing during that 3PM to 9 PM
work or school or other aspects of your life block? What are you doing during that 6 AM
that you are obligated to accomplish on a to 7 AM block? Write everything down. Then
day-to-day basis. And, of course, there are at the end of the 7 days, review everything 3. You can maximize your 168 by being more
urgent matters beyond your control that on the list and put them into categories: productive and creating
arise from time to time. But in most cases, important tasks and unimportant tasks. How
from day to day, your list will be filled with does your list of important tasks stack up days.
a collection of tasks, goals and desires. Now next to your list of unimportant tasks? This
once you get into the habit of prioritizing this will confirm whether you’ve learned this
list by importance and making it a point to lesson or whether you have work to do. It’s 4. What six tasks will you accomplish today?
check off the 6 items at the top, you’ll begin not going to be easy at first – we’ve already
to see just how much you can get done in a discussed how difficult it is to start new
day. You won’t be able to procrastinate when habits and break old ones. But this is your
it comes to getting your homework done life we’re talking about. This is your own
or going to the gym because there are 4 or personal development. This is not the time to
5 other things on your list that you have to be tentative, lazy or complacent. This is the
accomplish. You’ll look at the list and see time to put on your hardhat and go to work.
that reading a chapter from that “How To...” Because, remember if you don’t, “The Only
book is of more importance than watching Person U Cheat Is U.” TOPUCU.
TV or playing video games. Is this to suggest
you can’t do the things at the bottom of your Your memorization for this lesson is simple to
list? No, that’s not the case at all and this is learn yet hard to do at the start. Memorize,
also not meant to encourage you to work Do Six Things, that’s easy. Now do the top
yourself to death. But times for amusement six things on your priority list every day,
should be limited. And those things that which will be hard in the beginning, but will
are useless and even harmful to achieving transform your life if you master it.
positive transformation should be eliminated
altogether. If you stick to this principle you’ll
find yourself at the end of the day saying,
“I can’t believe how much I got done today.”

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