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You	can	get	it	back	with	the	#5SecondRule.	Bill	started	using	it	to	work	on	his
relationship	with	himself.	To	go	deep	and	“little	by	little”	start	walking	the	“journey
of 	a	thousand	steps,”	pushing	himself 	to	do	the	small	things	that	“quietly”	teach
you	to	trust	yourself.

    A	good	life	is	made	up	of 	small	steps—“making	tough	decisions,”	“being	able
to	say	no,”	even	“getting	out	of 	bed	and	taking	the	dogs	out”	just	because	you	said
you	would—they	may	be	little	steps	in	“learning	to	trust”	yourself,	but	they	are	the
most	“exhilarating”	moves	that	you	can	make	for	your	confidence.

    Trayce	 is	 a	 48-year-old	 stay-at-home	 mom	 who	 felt	 stuck	 in	 a	 rut	 when	 she
discovered	the	#5SecondRule	and	“WHAM…like	a	light	had	been	turned	on.”	She
uses	 the	 Rule	 to	 do	 things	 that	 “are	 small	 in	 the	 big	 scheme	 of 	 things,	 but	 the
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