Not Able to achieve your goals?? Try this 5 minute trick

Ashima Sethi
Productive Ways
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1 min readApr 8, 2024

Hey there, ever feel like you just get stuck in a scroll-hole when you should be tackling that to-do list? Mel Robbins, a coach who used to be a champion procrastinator herself, came up with a super cool trick called the "5 Second Rule" to smash through that.

Here's the deal:

instead of waiting for motivation to strike (spoiler alert: it might never come!), you count down from five before diving into a task. It sounds crazy, but this little countdown disrupts your brain and puts you back in the driver's seat.

Robbins says that just wanting to do something isn't enough. You gotta take action, even if you're feeling scared or unsure. The 5 Second Rule helps you do this by messing with your prefrontal cortex, the part of your brain that controls decisions, memories, and all that good stuff. By using this trick, you can take charge of your thoughts, calm those pre-task jitters, and say goodbye to fear that holds you back. This all adds up to you getting way more done, feeling more confident, and basically becoming a productivity machine!

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Ashima Sethi
Productive Ways

I am a python developer having 4 years of experience in web and application development.