Summary
by Mounir Aswad,
http://mouniraswad.blogspot.com/Introduction
Can you arrive at your optimum potential by counting down
from 5 to o? That what Mel Robbins thinks. As one of the most booked speakers
and the most booked female speaker in 2016 who has not gotten over her anxiety
of public speaking but used it to her advantage
She starts the book with her life story as she was depressed,
anxious and almost bankrupt where suddenly it dawned on her to jump out of bed,
counting down from 5 to 0 like a rocket, and it worked…
Summary
What is the rule
The moment you have an instinct to act upon
a goal and you find your brain hesitating, you count down from 5 to 0,
5 4 3 2 1 and you launch for action, if u don't do that your brain may kill your initiative.
5 4 3 2 1 and you launch for action, if u don't do that your brain may kill your initiative.
Why the rule works:
It's a form of metacognition to
beat your brain to accomplish your goal.
The 5 serving activates prefrontal cortex to override your feelings.
The 5 serving activates prefrontal cortex to override your feelings.
Categories the 5 Seconds may help with
·
Change of behavior,
establish new habit or stop a bad one, self-control and better relationship
·
Find courage, build
confidence, read more and be more creative
·
Control your mind and stop
negative thoughts.
o
Catch your brain when
drifting to worries especially during joyful situations.
o
Anxiety is when worrying
spirals out of control.
o
Stop anxiety and worrying
through counting and reframing. For example, labelling anxiety as being
creative.
o
When having fearful
thoughts, imagine positive outcomes in 5 seconds.
Recommendation to increase Productivity
·
You need Focus to master
productivity.
·
Remove distractions.
·
Own your morning.
o
Create morning routine that
makes you feel like a million dollar.
o
Peak productivity, best
time for the brain is 2-3 hours in morning after you wake up.
o
Getup and never ever hit
snooze button.
o
Sleep cycles are 90 to 110
mins long.
o
Don’t put your Alarm or
phone in your bedroom.
o
Take cold shower.
o
Write down 2 or 3 things
important for the day and why they are important.
o
Start planning your day before
checking emails or phone.
o
Most productive CEO work
from home before going to office.
·
Plan your quit time.
Other Interesting Points
·
It's not the big stuff that
defines your life it's the little stuff.
·
You are not procrastinator
you have habit to procrastinate, you are not warrior you have habit to worry.
·
Every phase of your life
and career requires a different you.
·
To modify a habit just
replace it with another one.
·
Courage is just a push.
·
Picasso created over 50,000
piece of arts, at a rate of 2 pieces of art a day resulting to about 100 master
pieces.
·
You make decisions based on
how u feel.
·
We are feeling machines
that think.
·
We are wired to take the
easier approach.
·
"The legacy
project" where most seniors at end of their lives regret worrying on the
past.
·
Confidence is skill not
personality.
·
The answers to find your
passion are inside of you if you have the courage to listen.
·
The greatest risk of all is
dying before pushing yourself to live.
Recommendations
Ted talk who are you really?
How to stop screwing yourself over
File Format
This summary is written using Microsoft Word 365 and utilizes Heading
Categorization, however, on the internet
it losses this functionality. If you are reading this on the web and would like
to get the original file, email me: maswad
at gmail.com. In MS Word, to navigate, click view and
check Navigation Pane. Categories can be collapsed or expanded from both the
navigation and from the main window.
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