Hello, and welcome to our second core lesson. And this one is all about time, specifically time management. And the title of this particular core lesson is, how to get time to work for you. Let's take a look at our quote of the day. And then we'll go through the list of what's to be expected in this lesson. Our quote of the day is this.

Ordinary People think merely of spending time, however great people think about using it. So something to keep in mind as we progress. What we'll cover in this lesson is, first of all, our introduction and mystery question. Then, what is time management and why do it the five step process to good time management, time management tips, and then finally we'll wrap it up with the mystery question answered. So let's get into the next part. First of all, if you will recall our previous lesson on goals.

You learn how to To set goals and not only how to set goals, but how to set SMART goals remember Specific, Measurable, Attainable, relevant and time based. You also know that having goals plus a strategy is your formula for success. But how true is that? Well, the truth is that good intentions just aren't enough. And I think everyone's experienced this. Most likely, you've had goals before, and you had a clear strategy, but for some reason, you didn't reach those goals.

And this is all too common. For example, losing weight, most of us have wanted to lose weight or still hope to lose weight. But how often do we succeed? How often do we fail? There are a lot of reasons for this. What do you think?

Why do you think a lot of people fail to lose weight and keep it off? And what about more generally, why do you think people fail at goals in general? Well, do you know when you should work on your goals? Do you know the best time to work on your goals because you know, timing is crucial. Let me introduce you quickly to a man named Robert Cialdini or Dr. Cialdini, Dr. Robert Cialdini has spent his entire career researching the science of influence, earning him an international reputation as an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance and negotiation, so he's someone you can listen to. And he states that research shows that this disappointing success rate that we all experienced is caused mostly for two specific reasons.

Number one is that we don't really recognize the best times to work on our goals in number two, we're quite often distracted, not by normal events, but unexpected events that just happen out of nowhere, and then we lose focus on our goals. And interestingly enough, he shown that there is a scientifically proven method to get around this issue, and it's rather simple. He says that by saying a specially worded quote unquote self statement. You can overcome these problems. For example, when patients were having trouble remembering to take their medication, and they use these self statements adherence rose from 55% to 79%. That's pretty significant.

Furthermore, when recovering drug addicts were asked to prepare a resume to help them find a job after being released from their rehabilitation clinics. There were very impressive outcomes. Some people were asked to use this self statement, and of course, there was a control group where they were not what do you think the results were? Well, those who did use a self statement 80% remembered 80% successfully completed their resumes. However, those that did not use a self statement or were not asked to what do you think their percentage was? shockingly, zero percent.

What a huge difference between the two. So this should give us idea that this self statement has some effect. So my mystery question to you is, what was this self statement that was so effective? Can you guess what it is? Keep that in mind as we progress throughout this course, maybe you can guess and if not, I'll let you know at the end. So let's recap what we covered on this section on our core lesson on time management.

We came to understand that although you have goals and you have a strategy, good intentions really aren't enough, you need to know when to do your goals properly. Which leads us to the next part, recognizing the right times you need to recognize when you should work on your goals. In addition to that, you need to be aware of unexpected events and make sure that they don't interfere with you working on those goals. Number four, I mentioned that there's a certain self statement people use that really helps them overcome the problems of timing and unexpected events. And finally, it is my question to you. What do you think that self statement is?

Okay, that completes our introduction and mystery question. Next, let's get ready to learn about what is time management and why should you be doing it