5 Second Rule- Transform your life, work and confidence with everyday courage
The moment you feel an instinct or a desire to act on a goal or a commitment, use the Rule. .
You are one decision away from a completely different life.
When you feel yourself hesitate before doing something that you know you should do, count 5-4-3-2-1-GO and move towards action.
There is a window that exists between the moment you have an instinct to change and your mind killing it. It’s a 5 second window. And it exists for everyone.
If you do not take action on your instinct to change, you will stay stagnant. You will not change.
But if you do one simple thing, you can prevent your mind from working against you. You can start the momentum before the barrage of thoughts and excuses hit you at full force.
What do you do?
Just start counting backwards to yourself: 5-4-3-2-1.
The counting will focus you on the goal or commitment and distract you from the worries, thoughts, and excuses in your mind.
As soon as you reach “1” – push yourself to move.
This is how you push yourself to do the hard stuff – the work that you don’t feel like doing, or you’re scared of doing, or you’re avoiding.
That’s it. 5 seconds is all it takes.If you don’t act on an instinct within that 5 second window, that’s it. You’re not doing it.
Courage
Courage is the ability to do something that
is difficult or scary. Stepping outside of your comfort zone. Sharing your
ideas, speaking up, or showing up. Standing firm in your beliefs and values.
And some days getting out of bed.
Goals & dreams
When it comes to goals, dreams, and changing your life, your inner wisdom is a genius. Your goal-related impulses, urges, and instincts are there to guide you. You need to learn to bet on them. Because, as history proves, you’ll never know when your greatest inspiration will strike and where that discovery will lead you if you trust yourself enough to act on it.
Taking action
Pushing yourself to take simple actions creates a
chain reaction in your confidence and your productivity. By pushing yourself to
take the simple steps of moving your life forward, you create momentum and
experience a sense of freedom and power that’s hard to accurately describe
One of the reasons why the 5 Second Rule is
so empowering is because it turns you into the kind of person who operates with
a bias toward action. If you tend to overthink every move, you’ll discover the
energy and confidence to stop thinking and actually move. Using the Rule
strengthens your belief that you do have the ability to control your own fate—because
you are proving it to yourself one push at a time.
The Rule doesn’t make these things easy; it
makes them happen. That’s why it’s described as a tool.
Small moves
It’s not the big moves that define our
lives; it’s the smallest ones. Within five seconds of stopping to think, you’ll
have decided not to take any action on those small things. Over time, those
small decisions build. We’ve repeated this pattern of hesitating, worrying, and
doubting ourselves so much, that these actions are now habits that have encoded
in our brains.
The fact that hesitating, holding yourself
back, and overthinking are habits is good news. There’s a simple, proven way to
break or replace bad habits and the 5 Second Rule is the easiest way to do it.
Productivity
Productivity can be boiled down to one
word—FOCUS. There are two types of focus you need to master productivity:
1.
The ability to manage distractions so
that you can focus moment-to-moment on the task at hand.
2. The skill of focusing on what’s truly important to you in the big picture, so you don’t waste your day on stupid stuff.
Learn how to manage distractions –
first you must decide that distractions are not good. Interruptions of any sort
are the kiss of death for your productivity. You have to decide that your goals
are more important than push notifications. It’s that simple. Then you just
remove them. When you start to remove distractions and are able to focus on the
moment-to-moment things that matter you will have “no idea” how much it will
help.
Big picture focus – own your mornings. Taking control of your mornings is a game changer for productivity. Create a morning routine that helps you focus on your priorities. Customise it to your needs, include some planning time for the day ahead. Add exercise or meditation. Create a routine that you can do every single day.
Procrastination
Productive procrastination – this is not the problem. If you are working on a creative or innovative project, research shows that procrastination is not only good, but it is also important. The creative process takes time, so when you set a project aside for a few days or weeks, your mind can wander.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Make Progress
“When you set a goal, your brain opens up a task list. Whenever you are near things that can help you achieve those goals, your brain fires up your instincts to signal to get that goal completed. Let me give you an example. Let’s say you have a goal to get healthier. If you walk into a living room, nothing happens. If you walk past a gym, however, your prefrontal cortex (front part of your brain) lights up because you are near something related to getting healthier. As you pass the gym, you’ll feel like you should exercise. That’s an instinct reminding you of the goal. That’s your inner wisdom, and it’s important to pay attention to it, no matter how small or silly that instinct may seem.”– MEL ROBBINS
Ways to use the 5 Second Rule:
- To push yourself
- Become more influential at work
- Be more productive
- Step outside your comfort zone
- Become more efficient
- to self- monitor and control your emotions
- To Manage, engage, Motivate and encourage your friend and family member
Favorite quote from the author:
You can't control how you feel. But you can choose how you act.
Needless to say you don’t need
anything else to give The 5 second rule a try, but as we just learned, explaining an idea is rarely
enough to get us to take action. If you want to learn more first, take a look
at Mel Robbin’s TEDX Talk. She’s full of upbeat, positive energy and it’s quite
contagious.
Needless to say you don’t need anything else to give The 5 second rule a try, but as we just learned, explaining an idea is rarely enough to get us to take action. If you want to learn more first, take a look at Mel Robbin’s TEDX Talk. She’s full of upbeat, positive energy and it’s quite contagious.
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