Page 22 - The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage

I’ve built Real Confidence by learning how to honor my instincts with action so
that they come to life in the real world. I use the word “honor” on purpose. That’s
what you are doing when you use the Rule. You are honoring yourself. You are
championing your ideas. And each time you use it, you take one step closer to being
the person you are truly meant to be. I have changed from the kind of person who
just thinks about my ideas to having the confidence to share, act on, and pursue
them. If you use the Rule consistently and you honor your instincts with action, the
exact same transformation will happen to you.

Marlowe discovered just how easy it is to use the Rule to transform herself.
Days after learning the Rule, she used it to stop thinking about signing up for
classes and actually do it, which was something she “had been wanting to do but
kept making excuses for, for a long time.”