The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage by Mel Robbins 

This book was the reason why I was able to do my Wake Up Early project. The main idea is to count 1-5 backwards and launch like a spaceship. No thinking. No questions. No second-guessing your earlier decision. 5 seconds is just about your window before your mind realizes what you're going to do and gets activated into convincing you not to do whatever it is you decided to do. "When you start counting backward, you interrupt the habit of overthinking, you assert control, you focus yourself on taking new action, and you activate a different part of your brain. The counting down from five-part sounds silly (I thought so too), but it is actually a powerful form of metacognition." (The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life With ... - Mel Robbins)

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