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Five-Second Rule (Mel Robbins)

Count down 5-4-3-2-1 and start before your brain talks you out of it.

Bypasses task aversion by acting before resistance forms. Useful for starting Pomodoros.

Related

• Procrastination — Voluntarily delaying intended actions despite expected negative consequences.
• Task Aversion — Negative emotion attached to a specific task.

Use it in Promodify

Most of these terms become real the moment you start a timer. Open Promodify →

More from the glossary

• Pomodoro Technique
• Flowtime Technique
• Deep Work
• Shallow Work
• Flow State
• Ultradian Rhythm
• Circadian Rhythm
• Chronotype
• Default Mode Network
• Diffuse Thinking