Page 135 - The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage

Maybe your health challenge isn’t about the gym. Maybe it’s about something
scarier, like fighting an illness. You aren’t alone and you need courage every day to
heal, to live, and to stay strong. A lot of people have written about struggling with
cancer and setbacks in health, wondering how they can reclaim their courage and
strength to fight. The #5SecondRule is a tool that you can use to find the inner
strength to face serious illness.

Greg Cheek is one heck of an inspiring guy to follow. Stage three cancer. What
did he do? He’s run 10 marathons—since his diagnosis! How incredible is that?

Maybe it’s not about running marathons. Maybe health for you means being
brave enough to get your annual mammogram screening done. When Amy Robach,
the host of Good Morning America, was asked to have her first-ever mammogram live
on-air during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, her initial internal response was no
way, no how. She didn’t have any connection to the disease and didn’t want to make it
look like she was trying to steal the limelight. Amy turned to Robin Roberts, a