THE
5 SECOND RULE

Chapter-5:  EVERYDAY COURAGE

• Inside every decision there exist five seconds of courage that can change everything in our lives.

• It's not the big moves that change everything - it's the smallest ones in your everyday life that do.

• Courage is a birthright. It is inside each and every one of us.

• Courage = Push. The kind of push we give ourselves when we stand up, speak up, show up, go first, etc. When you push yourself, you may not change the world, the laws, or spark a civil rights movement, but you'll certainly change something equally as important - you'll change yourself.

• Our Heroes are not different than us. 

• you just have 5 seconds to make a decision

• Courage is the difference b/w focusing on the solution rather than the problem.

Chapter-6:  WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

• Whatever reason you use to hold yourself back - All your excuses and reasons are wrong. there's no right time to improve your life. The best time to do it is right now when your heart tells you to move.

• The power is inside of you. to Access that power: push yourself to try.

• Break the default setting of the brain wirings. (hesitation, doubts, fears, excuses, feelings..)

• Sometimes there is no next time, no second chance, or no time out. Stop waiting. It's now or never.

• You get one life. This is it. It's up to you to push yourself to make the most of it and the time to do it is right now.

• Waiting until you are ready will not make it happen. The world doesn't work that way.

• The world rewards those who are courageous enough to stop waiting and start.

• #AlmostDoesntCount

• The Big difference b/w winners and normal people: The courage to start and the discipline to keep going. The 5-4-3-2-1 rule is a game-changer.

• You really are just one decision away from a completely different life.

• To play any game, you have to start. To win, you'll need to keep going. If you want to make your dreams come true, get ready for the long game.

• Success is a numbers game.

Chapter-7:  YOU'LL NEVER FEEL LIKE IT

• It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

• 5-4-3-2-1-GO

• You can't control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act. How Pro athletes achieve so much? They may feel tires as the football game drags into the fourth quarter, but they don't act tired. IGNORE HOW YOU FEEL, JUST DO IT ANYWAY.

• Do Good, Be Good. Change your behavior first because when you do, you change how you perceive yourself.

• The more you use 5-second rule to speak up in the meetings, bringing out the ideas, the faster you will break the habit of staying silent in meetings and replace it with a new habit: courage.

• Never underestimate the power of you. Change NOs to YESes.

Chapter-8:  HOW TO START USING THE RULE

• WAKE UP CHALLENGE: set alarm 30 minutes earlier than usual, and the moment it rings count 5-4-3-2-1 and push yourself out of bed.

• If you can change your morning routine, you can change anything.

• activation energy is high during the start of the day (morning)

• If you get up on time, start your day powerfully, plan ahead, think about your goals, and focus on yourself, all before you get bogged down in your daily routine, then you will simply accomplish more. This is the first step to taking control of your life.