The five second rule
‘’The moment you have an instinct to act on a
goal you must count backward 5-4-3-2-1 and physically move or your brain will
stop you’’ Mel Robbins
Mel Robbins,
the author and writer of the 5 second rule book, the well-known book on the
precedes decades as it was one of the most read one since it has made a hug
change in people’s lives which has turned people from procrastinated and lazy
to enthusiastic, successful and courage people who can definitely do things
than could change their lives to its best version. The 5 second rule, is a book
related to self-development field in which it easily pushes a person to be more
productive, courageous and energetic in his life so that acting and doing a lot
of beneficial things that he couldn’t do in the past. The core of the book is
its rule and how a person can use it to turn his life out , it is like a
changing point , simply the rule is only about counting backward for 5 second
then taking action and acting immediately without letting any second for the
brain to make excuses and stops a person doing the right thing , this has a
deep relation to a brain and Mel robins has strongly proven and given all the
evidence that when hesitating from doing things the brain starts improvising
virtual events and excuses to stop the physical movement from doing what it need
to be done at any situation. The author considered courage as the most crucial
concept in the book for it does truly help the person to act, and to achieve
that courage the rule should be used efficiently in the right time as a
consequence controlling the current situation. She also added an important and
meaningful understanding , she points out ‘’ I would use the rule to push
myself to do it , regardless how I felt”, that is , she explained that when
having goals in life and really want to achieve you must push yourself doing
the things that need to be done even though you feel you don’t like it, for
instance a person who is obese and strongly want to lower its weight ,
certainly he should practice sport probably three or four times a week so that
he has to be disciplined and practice it even though sometime he feels couch
potato especially in rainy days it will surely be hard for him to go outside
and practice sport for hours under heavily rain but he must do it since he
wants to achieve that ultimate goal. Therefore, doing that easily requires the
use of the 5 second rule then immediately acting so that ignoring totally the
brain and just focusing on the right goal. All in All, the book is a diamond
that only the readers can see its brilliance when read it deeply because it
will make life better when using and enjoying the magic of the tool, the five
second rule.