"Answering emails, taking phone calls, and sitting in meetings have a way of taking over your schedule and rarely lead to making major improvements in your life. For your own happiness and to protect the time necessary to focus on the deep work, the first few hours of your day must be grabbed by you, for you. Fight for it."

- Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule

"Doing things that scare you actually make you more confident. If you have the courage to take action, your confidence will follow."

- Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule

"A purposeful morning routine sets the tone for a purposeful day."

- Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule

“Your curiosity is how your instincts get you to pay attention to what your heart really cares about.”

- Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule

“You can’t control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act.”

- Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule

“You are one decision away from a completely different life.”

- Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule

“When it comes to goals, dreams, and changing your life, your inner wisdom is a genius.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“Whatever reason you use to hold yourself back — you are wrong… There is no “right time” to improve your life. The moment you move you’ll discover your strength.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“There’s greatness inside of you, and it’s on the other side of your excuses.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“There is no right time. There is only right now. You get one life. This is it… It’s up to you to push yourself to make the most of it and the time to do it is right now.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“There are only two words of advice you need to improve any relationship. Say It.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“The world rewards those who are courageous enough to stop waiting and start.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“The moment you check email, read the news or surf social media, someone else’s priorities jump in front of yours.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“Start before you’re ready. Don’t prepare, begin.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“The difference between people who make their dreams come true and those of us who don’t is just one thing: the courage to start and the discipline to keep going.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“More than any other change, ending your habit of worrying will create the single biggest positive impact in your life.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“Live by this rule: Leave nothing important unsaid.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“It’s not the big moves that define our lives; it’s the smallest ones.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“If you only act when you feel like it, you will never get what you want. You must learn how to separate what you feel from the actions that you take.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

“Greatness is not a personality trait. It’s inside all of us and sometimes it’s hard for us to see it.”

- From The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins