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887 The 5 Second Rule To Change Your Life with Mel Robbins

The School of Greatness

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The Five Second Rule at the Gym

The second you hesitate, it's action. Hesitation signals a red flag to your mind that something's up. You've got a five-second window from the moment you feel that instinct to move and if you don't, your brain is actually designed to kill it. Counting backwards requires focus. It's also not a habit for you yet. So when you feel yourself hesitate, you're triggering our mind that something’s up. We have an 11-year-old son who has dyslexia. And what I'm about to tell you is right under everybody's nose. There's a 5-second window between the instincts, the shoulds, the urges, the

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