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  • The 5 Second Rule

  • Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
  • By: Mel Robbins
  • Narrated by: Mel Robbins
  • Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3,691 ratings)

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The 5 Second Rule

By: Mel Robbins
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How to enrich your life and destroy doubt in five seconds.

Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends, and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself?

Using the science of habits, riveting stories, and surprising facts from some of the most famous moments in history, art, and business, Mel Robbins will explain the power of a "push moment". Then, she'll give you one simple tool you can use to become your greatest self.

It takes just five seconds to use this tool, and every time you do you'll be in great company. More than eight million people have watched Mel's TEDx Talk, and executives inside of the world's largest brands are using the tool to increase productivity, collaboration, and engagement.

In The 5 Second Rule, you'll discover it takes just five seconds to:

  • Become confident
  • Break the habit of procrastination and self-doubt
  • Beat fear and uncertainty
  • Stop worrying and feel happier
  • Share your ideas with courage

The 5 Second Rule is a simple, one-size-fits-all solution for the one problem we all face - we hold ourselves back.

The secret isn't knowing what to do - it's knowing how to make yourself do it.

©2017 Mel Robbins (P)2017 Mel Robbins

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Seriously?

I feel like I just bought one of those annoying Tai Lopez adds thats all reach and no vomit. So much unneccessary filler chatter to flesh out what could be summed up in one sentence.

Here it is; Don't wait longer than 5 seconds when you have an impulse to do something. Done. Save yourself the money.

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Too long

While the context of this book is quite good and I have found the actual 5 Second Rule to be somewhat helpful, the length of this recording is way too long.
The author has repeated the same stories over and over like some sort of affirmation or ritual. 1 hour would have repetitive.

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Average

Full of repetitive tail-chasing. Could serve as an affirmation tool, but as an actual piece of literature, it is a poor experience.

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one big sales pitch for her 5 second rule.

personally I couldn't listen to this book. had to stop at chapter 3 as she said the same thing over and over. 5 second rule will change your life like it did for Bob cos he can run a marathon now and is rich. do I care ?? I found the repetition so annoying and the fact she said nothing in the first fifteen minutes made me not waste my time any further. I'll be returning this one as it's not for me. don't even care what this magical rule is.

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returned it.

I couldn't get past the first few chapters. It sounds like a great big sales pitch and self-absorbed dross. It's so drawn out it feels like an infomercial. I just wanted her to get to the point.

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Great tool

A great tool but seriously not a 20 chapter book. I listened for 11 chapters hoping it would shed some light then telling the same storyline 30 different ways.

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Very little substance and repetitive

I was trying to get though this book but could only get to chapter 13. The author describes her struggle to write this book, I'm sorry but it is very evident that this book was a struggle to write! Very little substance, repeating the same story over and over again and using 150 (in her own words) social media stories and feedbacks that are supposed to bring credibility to the subject. This book is filled with - research shows - statements that provide evidence that is neither substantiated or referenced, it feels like a collection of chapters that have been filled with information freely available on the internet and pulled together to suite the authors message. Watch the TEDx talk of Mel on the 5 second rule on YouTube and you have heard everything that you need to know about this subject.

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Should have been a blog post

The message in this book is great but it carries on so much needlessly instead of getting to the point. first Audible book I've ever skipped chapter in. GET ON WITH IT MEL.

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Don't waste your time and credit

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

To not have to listen to someone from a well-off family complain about being in financial trouble. I understand everything said and can sympathise with the situation they were in, but find it incredibly hard to feel sorry for someone who always had wealthy family and friends to fall back on if they had to.

Would you ever listen to anything by Mel Robbins again?

No.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The 5 Second Rule?

Most of it.

Any additional comments?

The title of the book is literally all the information you need. The book contents don't contain any more useful information, unless you like listening to a person with wealthy family and friends complaining about how little money they had.

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miss this book at your own peril

this, I must say, as someone who consumes a lot of positive psychology material, is an amazing book.

Too often we hear the terms "hustle", "do the work" etc and that's all good and week, but if you are down and out, it's like your best friend telling you to snap out of it!

Mel shares a really simple method here to honor your greatness, do the stuff you need to do and sing the songs inside of you.

Mel, your sincerity makes this my favorite book, I will be recommending it wherever I go, 5 4 3 2 1 go.

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