In this discussion, Mel Robbins, renowned author and life coach, shares her inspiring journey from battling depression and anxiety to becoming a self-improvement icon. She introduces her transformative Five Second Rule, a simple yet powerful technique to beat hesitation and make impactful decisions. By counting down from five, Mel explains how we can break free from fear and procrastination, unlocking our true potential. Her approach emphasizes that sometimes, the simplest methods can create profound changes in our lives.
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Mel's Breaking Point
At 40, Mel Robbins faced unemployment, debt, and anxiety.
This hardship inspired her to develop the 5 Second Rule.
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The 5 Second Rule
If you hesitate before an action, count down from 5 to 1.
This interrupts overthinking and activates your prefrontal cortex.
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The Window of Hesitation
Hesitation creates a window for negative thoughts and patterns.
This 5-second window can determine your actions and life trajectory.
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In these ‘Moment’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO. This week, I’ve chosen a section from my conversation with Mel Robbins. Mel is the author of The Five Second Rule, a business woman, a life coach, and a sensation in the world of self improvement. At a point in her life Mel was really struggling with huge amounts of depression, anxiety, and fear, making it extremely difficult for her to get out of bed in the morning and generally just be present in her life. This moment describes the method that has changed Mel’s mindset to become who she is today. Mel got herself out of her dark side which saw her marinating in fear and anxiety, using her Five Second Rule. The rule was born from that window of hesitation that comes into our minds before we make a decision, a decision that could define your whole life. Inside that window lives fear, anxiety, procrastination and imposter syndrome, so we create patterns of feeling, patterns of behaviour, and patterns of thinking that tempt us to steer away from making that decision. It can be a dangerous cycle getting stuck in these broken patterns of denial so Mel brings this down to one fundamental method. The Five Second rule works because of its simplicity. You make yourself a promise, you count backwards - 5,4,3,2,1 then you do it. Listen to the full episode here - https://g2ul0.app.link/94zhHbl49pb Mel - https://www.instagram.com/melrobbins/?hl=en https://twitter.com/melrobbins?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Watch the Episodes On Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos