You can’t control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act.
You need to hear this loud and clear: No one is coming. It is up to you.
You Are One Decision Away from a Completely Different Life.
Hesitation is the kiss of death. You might hesitate for a just nanosecond, but that’s all it takes. That one small hesitation triggers a mental system that’s designed to stop you. And it happens in less than – you guessed it – five seconds.
There’s one thing that is guaranteed to increase your feelings of control over your life: a bias toward action.
You have been assigned this mountain so that you can show others it can be moved.
Your feelings don’t matter. The only thing that matters is what you DO.
I was the problem and in five seconds, I could push myself and become the solution.
Passion is not a thing, it’s a state of mind.
That’s the problem with so many adults, we’re all focused on getting it perfect, instead of trying. What ever happened to good enough?
That’s what it takes to get what you want. Not big scary leaps once a year. It takes small, but irritating moves every single day.
The 5 Second Rule: The moment you have an instinct to act on a goal, you must 5-4-3-2-1 and physically move, or your brain will stop you.
When it comes to change, goals, and dreams, you have to bet on yourself.
Life is gritty and hard and then suddenly it is brilliant and amazing.
Facebook is nothing but heavily packaged “Kodak moments” that bear no relation to how people really live.
I have a hard time finding the balance between not beating myself up when it doesn’t happen as fast as I’d like it to, and not wasting time while I wait for it to happen.
Resistance loves surfing the Web, vegging out in front of the TV, sticking to routine, not picking up the phone, hitting snooze, avoiding confrontation, making excuses, rumination, and isolation.
You aren’t battling your ability to stick to a diet, execute a business plan, repair a broken marriage and rebuild your life, hit your goals, or win over a bad manager- you are battling your feelings about doing it. You are more than capable of doing the work to change anything for the better, despite how you feel. Feelings are merely suggestions, ones you can ignore. To change you must do the same, you must ignore how you feel, and just do it anyway.
Every phase of your life and career will require a different you. Using the Rule, you’ll become the person you’re meant to become in this next phase of your life.
But when you’re stuck, the major task is deciding if you’re going to change at all. The challenge is finding the ability, in the face of an overwhelming amount of resistance, to create a small change in your life and build on it.