{"id":797,"date":"2013-04-04T20:36:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T20:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/?p=797"},"modified":"2013-04-04T20:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T20:36:41","slug":"the-5-second-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/the-5-second-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 second rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Wikipidea (http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Five-second_rule<\/a> ) the \u20185 second rule\u2019<\/strong> is said to be:<\/p>\n

\u2018A common superstition that states that food dropped on the ground will not be contaminated with bacteria if it\u00a0is picked up within 5 seconds of being dropped. Some may earnestly believe this assertion, whereas other people\u00a0employ the rule as a polite social fiction that will allow them to still eat a lightly-contaminated piece of food,\u00a0despite the potential reservations of their peers.\u2019<\/p>\n

However, it is not this \u20185 second rule\u2019 I want to talk about.<\/p>\n

In Success.com<\/strong> (July 2012 http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/c7rcxo5<\/a>) Mel Robbins<\/strong> said the \u20185 second rule\u2019 is a crucial trick for\u00a0outsmarting your brain.<\/p>\n

The important message is that we are wired to avoid change.<\/strong> Our brain wants to protect our physical integrity, so\u00a0in order to avoid risk it does everything in its power to keep us away from the unknown.
\nSo the \u20185 second rule\u2019 says if we don\u2019t take action within 5 seconds of having an idea you will abandon it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"5seconds\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is why most people end up not fulfilling their dreams<\/strong> or pursuing their ideas.
\nThey get in their own way because their brain prevents them from taking action and breaking a comfortable\u00a0pattern for which results are known.<\/p>\n

When our ancestors were living in caves this system served them well, but in today\u2019s world success and happiness\u00a0cannot usually be achieved without risk<\/strong> and most certainly without acting upon our ideas.<\/p>\n

Have you ever looked around you and thought that everything you see that is man-made started as an idea? And\u00a0that most of them, before they were a success, were made fun of and met innumerous set-backs?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you ever stopped to think what your life would be like if you had acted upon some of the ideas that have\u00a0gone through your head?
\nObviously not all ideas that seem good to start with will be feasible, but you will never know until you study it and\u00a0test it.<\/p>\n

So I challenge you: Next time you have an idea that resonates with you, take the first step within 5 seconds.<\/strong>
\nYou see, the week has got 7 days and \u2018Some Day\u2019 is not one of them.<\/p>\n

When you hear yourself think \u2018later\u2019 when you are dreaming about having your own business, or even if this\u00a0happens when you have an unpleasant task to do at work, when you are looking at a pile of dirty dishes or when\u00a0you are thinking about inviting someone to go out for diner, breathe in, say NOW<\/strong> and take the first small step!<\/p>\n

If you put your ideas on paper, make a plan and commit to take a step every day you will have the life and success\u00a0you deserve!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Wikipidea (http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Five-second_rule ) the \u20185 second rule\u2019 is said to be: \u2018A common superstition that states that food dropped on the ground will not be contaminated with bacteria if it\u00a0is picked up within 5 seconds of being dropped. Some may earnestly believe this assertion, whereas other people\u00a0employ the rule as a polite social fiction […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800,"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.success-academy.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}