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CHAPTER	FIVE

         EVERYDAY	COURAGE

B efore	 I	 discovered	 the	 #5SecondRule,	 if 	 you	 had	 asked	 me	 to	 give	 you
       examples	of 	courage,	I	would	have	given	you	a	list	of 	history	makers.	I	would
never	have	said	that	courage	is	what	it	takes	some	days	to	get	out	of 	bed,	speak	to
your	boss,	pick	up	the	phone,	or	step	on	a	scale.	I	would	have	told	you	that	courage
is	a	word	used	to	describe	acts	of 	huge	bravery.

    Courageous	people,	in	my	view,	were	the	Nobel	Prize	winners	Malala	Yousafzai,
Leymah	 Gbowee,	 the	 Dalai	 Lama,	 Aung	 San	 Suu	 Kyi,	 Nelson	 Mandela,	 and	 Elie
Wiesel.	 I	 would	 have	 thought	 about	 Winston	 Churchill	 and	 Britain	 standing	 up	 to
fight	 against	 Nazi	 Germany,	 Rosa	 Parks	 standing	 up	 for	 her	 right	 to	 keep	 her	 seat
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