The Five Second Rule- Tricking Yourself Into Action
"If you want to change anything about your life just do the things that you don't feel like doing."- Mel Robbins
I discovered Mel this weekend. I happen to be listening to TED talks and her speech moved me. It moved me enough to look her up and watch some of her other spots on various shows. One of the YouTube videos was for Success magazine. In it she says the above quote and other words of wisdom..
One of the things that she speaks of is anti-actions. These are actions such as surfing the we, updating Facebook, watching TV, updating twitter, etc. that fill your time and take away from your true work. I completely agree. These things are easy and require no effort. They are mindless time fillers.
She speaks of, "every time you push through you are making a long term investment in yourself". So every time we push through the 'I don't feel like it' we are building our muscles for taking actions. We have to make now the time instead of saying that this is not the time. In reality, we will never feel like it. We have to take action anyway.
I believe that the best way to build this muscle is to execute the 5 second rule. When you get a thought to do something towards your goal to immediately start, within 5 seconds, and get momentum to move you forward. So the only question you should quickly ask is, "Is this action strategic towards my goals or an anti-action?" If the answer is first then do not stop and start doing it.
Today's question is:
"Are you going to execute the 5 second rule?"
"If you want to change anything about your life just do the things that you don't feel like doing."- Mel Robbins
I discovered Mel this weekend. I happen to be listening to TED talks and her speech moved me. It moved me enough to look her up and watch some of her other spots on various shows. One of the YouTube videos was for Success magazine. In it she says the above quote and other words of wisdom..
One of the things that she speaks of is anti-actions. These are actions such as surfing the we, updating Facebook, watching TV, updating twitter, etc. that fill your time and take away from your true work. I completely agree. These things are easy and require no effort. They are mindless time fillers.
She speaks of, "every time you push through you are making a long term investment in yourself". So every time we push through the 'I don't feel like it' we are building our muscles for taking actions. We have to make now the time instead of saying that this is not the time. In reality, we will never feel like it. We have to take action anyway.
I believe that the best way to build this muscle is to execute the 5 second rule. When you get a thought to do something towards your goal to immediately start, within 5 seconds, and get momentum to move you forward. So the only question you should quickly ask is, "Is this action strategic towards my goals or an anti-action?" If the answer is first then do not stop and start doing it.
Today's question is:
"Are you going to execute the 5 second rule?"
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