The 5 Second Rule

This one is boiled down to one long sentence at the last page. Could be a blog post if you have some imagination. 150 pages full of screenshots of social media from people praising “the Rule” and how they are on day one of their glamorous life transformation.
Honestly, not entirely sure why I read this one.

The good thing is you can skim it in an hour or two...

This is absolutely a principle that could be covered in a TED talk, but it's oddly helpful to have the author reinforce it in dozens of different ways for 7 hours. The audio book is weirdly informal and engrossing (she apologizes for her stomach growling, she gets choked up at a few points). You'll finish the book motivated to make change but convinced that 30 percent of the people who apply the 5 second rule do it to write their own self help book - no one really needs that, but I'm glad those people don't feel stuck anymore. Interesting, and I'm not mad at it. 3.5 stars.

You don't have to read the book if you can summarize it in 1 sentence. 1 extra star because I'll try it.

Decent book on taking action in your life, by giving you a tool for doing so (counting downwards from 5 seconds to 0).

For my taste, there were too many examples of what to use it for and especially success stories, and too little time spent on how to actually implement the method.

Did I find her advice really useful? Not really. If I had to answer on the spot I'd say Mel Robbins comes from a good place but her suggestions are oversimplified and thinly based on science. And the book was very repetitive. But I did find her narration comforting, I consumed it in audiobook form and I had an enjoyable time listening to her talk. She feels like a genuine person and I deeply connected to her experience of suffering from crippling anxiety. Though she talked a looot about the snooze button and her inability to get up on time in the morning and that is not a problem I've ever had, ha ha. But I can see where she's coming from.