The 5 Second Rule is an audiobook by Mel Robbins, narrated by Mel Robbins. The unabridged Audible edition runs 7 hrs 35 mins.
Publisher’s Summary
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.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Mel Robbins
- Length: 7 hrs 35 mins
- Publisher: Mel Robbins Productions Inc.
- Release year: 2017
- Audible category: Business & Careers / Career Success / Motivation & Self-Improvement
Listener Ratings
The 5 Second Rule holds an average listener rating of 4.7/5 from 53736 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.7/5
- Story: 4.6/5
- 5-star ratings: 81% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “Go”
I just did the 54321 seconds rule, I’m writing a review…this alone is frightening for me. I think it’s because deep down I always want to write, what I think and feel, but I never bother because I thought about it to much . It’s simple and a small start will do, I just did. Thanks to Mel Robbins, I have re-connected within my self to force myself the "GO" push using her 54321. I recommend it to anyone, who desperately wants a change and a chance to find them self again. I totally love her tone of voice and stories she use to demonstrate her point across. The message is so clear, that I’m so glad I was listening. I hope you find my review useful, but most of all, that you find yourself doing the 54321, now Go!— Leo, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Just an amazing boom! A REALLY MUST READ”
I’ve been a member of Audible for some years now. Never had I cry during my hearing/reading time. I caught myself crying at times. Very inspiring…Mel Robbins does an excellent job narrating…it seems she is with you in the car. Just chatting. Never felt that before!! The content is pure meat, no hay…!! Beautifully!!!— Julieta, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “A life altering tool”
There are two modes of thinking in Zen. The first is the observing mind and the second is the thinking mind. The thinking mind does, the observing mind observe. If you’ve ever done something while you said to yourself that you shouldn’t be doing it, that’s your observing mind telling you you shouldn’t. If you’ve ever not done something that you felt you should absolutely do, that feeling in your guts pushing you to do it and decided not to, then that’s your observing mind telling you not to do something and your thinking mind stopping you with a catalog of what consequences might happen to come.But if you don’t like all the spiritual talk, you can instead think of it as right brain/left brain dichotomy (See https://www.amazon.com/Master-His-Emissary-Divided-Western/dp/0300188374 ) where it was shown through unfortunate stroke victims that the right brain is silent and holistic and the left brain is detail oriented and abstract, theories that came to be confirmed by hemisphere specific stroke victims where ones that had a stroke on the left hemisphere could still make an accurate drawing on paper about what they see, while those with a stroke on the right hemisphere could only draw a Picasso-esque shape (a ball with sticks poking out, an eye misplaced as a representation of a person). The left brain has an inhibitory effect on the right brain, this is further explained in detail in the book. My conjecture is, that this feeling we feel in our gut, our body, or soul is our right brain telling us what to do, if you don’t do it before there’s a shift in consciousness you will be filled with the dread of consequences, detail oriented left brain is very good in that regard, however with this tool, this 5 second count, you can skip it. You can ignore it and do what that inner voice tells you you should do. This is a revolutionary tool, both in your personal relationships and professional life.Larry King, a person that never went to college or had any credentials with a family on welfare got to a 15 million dollar salary and a private jet from a single meeting with the director of announcers at CBS on the street asking him what to do, and from there on out his journey started at 22 years old. Imagine if he were too scared at that time to go and talk to the guy, imagine the chances you missed or might miss in the future for not having the nerve to go ahead and simply do what you feel you really should be doing. This is where the 5 second rule can come in to the rescue and help you do what you are meant to do. Psychocybernetics<br/>Bruce Frantzis’ works<br/>Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck The son that died in a car crash 5 seconds to launch— Moh 3aly, Audible listener
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