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yourself. You will not only wake up and realize just how much you’ve held yourself
back. You will also awaken the power that’s been inside of you all along.

As you read the stories inside these pages, you might even realize that you’ve
used the #5SecondRule before. If you look back on your life and reflect on some
of the most important moments, I guarantee that you’ve made a life-changing
decision purely on instinct. In five seconds flat, you made, what I call, a “heart-first
decision.” You ignored your fears and let your courage and your confidence speak
for you. Five seconds of courage makes all the difference.

Just ask Catherine. When she first learned about the #5SecondRule at her
company’s executive leadership offsite, it made her realize she had used the Rule to
make one of the most important decisions of her life—she just didn’t realize it at
the time. In 1990, her sister Tracy was killed and Catherine traveled back home to
help. That’s when “a 5 Second decision” changed not only her life “but so many
others as well.” She decided to raise her sister’s “two little ones” who were “left
behind” when Tracy died.