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The 5 Second Rule
A review of

The 5 Second Rule

Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage

Mel RobbinsPost Hill • 2017

Countdown!

by David Meyer

Mel Robbins’s mega bestseller details how you can gain courage, overcome procrastination and improve your health just by saying five little words.

Readers have bought more than two million copies of acclaimed motivational speaker Mel Robbins’s self-help classic, The 5 Second Rule. It has been translated into more than 30 languages, and received, across a variety of formats, more than 100,000 five-star reviews. Clearly, Robbins’s ideas created a niche. A big niche.

Millions of people credit the author’s simple countdown technique with solving their anxiety and procrastination issues, while boosting their self-confidence. Robbins details how she herself overcame financial and psychological challenges by thwarting her brain’s negative orientation and finding the courage to honor her instincts and pursue her dreams. She urges you to do the same.