The 5 Second Rule - Mel Robbins Pt1

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- Whenever you feel an instinct fire up to act on a goal or a commitment, or you feel yourself hesitate on something you know you should do. You start the 5,4,3,2,1 countdown, when you reach 1 you have to physically move.
- Wake up the inner change agent inside you
- You can use the rule to take action or stop bad behaviours
- Every bad habit will snowball into more bad habits
- A situation can always be made worse by your own thoughts
- It's easier to feel sorry for yourself, than yo take actions
- The counting mentally disrupts you’re pattern of overthinking and creates a closed loop since the counting ends. Physical movement means your mind will fall in line with your body.
- Force yourself to do the productive things that you don’t want to do
- Increase the locus of control of you life. The more you believe you’re in control of your life, the happier and more successful you’ll become
- The rule doesn’t make things easy, it makes things happen
- You are not your behaviours - you can stop bad behaviours
- The longer you wait to act from your initial thoughts, the more excuses and doubts will creep in, as your brain is given more time to think. The lower your urge to act becomes
- When we hesitate it reinforces our thought patterns that our brain thinks something is wrong
- There is no right time to change your life, the best time is now when your heart tells you to move
- We dodge challenges to protect our egos. Deep down, we’re afraid to try
- The results are irrelevant. Taking action is all that matters.
- Almost doesn’t count. Actions count. The difference between the successful and the dreamers, is the courage to start, courage to keep going
- Studies show that we want to do what is easy in the now, rather than what’s hard now but is good for us in the future
- Separate how we feel, with the decisions we make is the key to the whole 5 second rule
- The results of your actions don’t matter, it’s the actions you take that are the true catalyst for change

- The first 5 second challenge:
Set your alarm 30 minutes before you normally do. 54321 and get up. It’s simple yet difficult. Change requires you to act deliberately, and you if you can change this simple habit, you can change anything in your life

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