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TOPUCU Adult Faith-Based Workbook Lesson 6: Part 2

"In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty." — Proverbs 14:23 (ESV) burying it away? Every hour you have; every at the top of your list like attending work or
minute you have is an opportunity to make school or other aspects of your life that you
you live in a house and you wake up one day he decided to use his spare hours to cook that choice. Let’s look at another individual are obligated to accomplish on a day-to-
knowing that tonight there will be a birthday chicken on a skillet he kept in the back of the who made the choice to live effectively day basis. And, of course, there are urgent
party at your place. You prepare by mowing station and sold it to his customers. People and examine the technique he used to matters beyond your control that arise from
the grass, weeding the flowerbed, cleaning liked his chicken so much that he was able accomplish great things. time to time. But in most cases, from day to
the garage, straightening up the basement, to open up a restaurant. After experiencing day, your list will be filled with a collection
setting up chairs and tables and getting the several ups and downs in the restaurant At the turn of the previous century Andrew of tasks, goals and desires. Now once you
grill prepped. By the time the party begins business, including the great depression Carnegie was on his way to becoming get into the habit of prioritizing this list by
everything is ready. After the party is over, in the 1920's and 30's that forced him to the richest man in the world. As he was importance and making it a point to check
you clean up and when you sit down to close down and catastrophic fires that left building his steel empire he was challenged off the 6 items at the top, you’ll begin to see
rest, you think to yourself, “Did I mow the his properties in ashes, Col. Sanders was with prioritizing his tasks and creating the just how much you can get done in a day.
lawn this morning?” You’ve accomplished so finally able to establish a steady business in most effective days possible. He contacted You won’t be able to procrastinate when it
much during the course of the day that you Corbin, Kentucky. But soon, he experienced a man by the name of Ivy Lee who is comes to getting your homework done or
can’t even remember what you did in the another setback when the new Interstate-75 widely considered to be “the founder of going to the gym because there are 4 or 5
beginning. That’s an effective day. was built in 1955. People were no longer public relations.” Mr. Carnegie felt Mr. Lee other things on your list that you have to
stopping through to check out the Colonel’s could teach him how to use his time more accomplish. You’ll look at the list and see
Most people live efficient lives, but if you chicken. They were now just passing by. effectively. He was right! Ivy told Andrew that reading a chapter from that “How To…”
want to become a champion or to see true Sanders was forced to sell the restaurant to make a list every night of the things he book is of more importance than watching
transformation you need to live an effective and at the age of 65 he had to start all over. wanted to accomplish the next day. Then he TV or playing video games. Is this to suggest
life. You need to plan for effective days, even He took off on a road tour trying to sell his told him to prioritize the list from the most
if you’re not having a party or planning for a secret recipe of pressure frying chicken in
major event. We’re not saying you shouldn’t his own special mix of herbs and spices to "…but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
have any efficient days. Every so often, you different restaurant owners. Col Sanders They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
should plan to have days when you can visited over 1,000 locations before someone they will walk and not be faint." — Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
relax and do only what has to be done and finally bought his recipe. It was at the age
nothing more. But these kinds of days can’t of 68 that he had his first franchise and you can’t do the things at the bottom of your
dominate your life if you want to see change. the rest, as they say, is history. Today KFC important to the least important and do list? No, that’s not the case at all and this is
If you don’t see immediate results, you can’t is a household name. It took time for Col. the six most important things on the list. also not meant to encourage you to work
allow yourself to become discouraged. You Sanders to achieve ultimate success. And As Andrew Carnegie began to use this yourself to death. But times for amusement
must continue to strive for as many effective notice his story is full of effective days in principle he discovered that he was should be limited. And those things that
days as possible. accomplishing more important tasks every
which he filled his downtime with activities week. He taught this principle to his direct are useless and even harmful to achieving
Let’s consider the life of Harland David that promoted positive transformation in his line of management who then taught their positive transformation should be eliminated
Sanders; better known as Col. Sanders, the life. And what we’ve spoken about today is people and so on. This simple principle is one altogether. If you stick to this principle you’ll
founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC only scratching the surface. If you look up of the main reasons why U.S. Steel became find yourself at the end of the day saying, “I
as it is called today. He was not an overnight the story of Harland David Sanders you will the world’s largest steel manufacturer in can’t believe how much I got done today."
success. In fact Mr. Sanders was at the age find a man who spent his life trying to live as those days. It was one of the keys to his To further help set you on the path to using
of retirement before he became Col. Sanders. effectively as possible. Yes, it took some time, living a very effective life. your 168 hours a week in an efficient way,
But from the time he was young he never but it paid off! here is an exercise you can do. Most of you
gave up and he never stopped trying to live So how do you spend your 168? Is it efficient Now it’s your turn to make a list. If you were aren’t going to like this because this exercise
an effective life. In the early 1900's he had or is it effective? Are you cooking chicken in to get a pencil and paper and write down all is really going to challenge you to look in
several odd jobs, working as a fireman, an your spare time or just eating it? Are you the the tasks you wanted to complete the next the mirror and examine exactly how your
insurance salesman and eventually running a man in Jesus’s Parable who is investing his day what would it look like? Obviously there priorities stack up and whether you’re living
filling station. When he wasn’t pumping gas, are some important things that will end up
money, or are you the man who is sampling an efficient lifestyle or an effective one. We

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