The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN


ENRICH YOUR RELATIONSHIPS


here    are only    two words   of  advice  you need    to  improve any relationship.

Say It

I was speaking at a sales meeting for a retail brokerage firm in Florida and
afterward a tall man named Don approached me. He was in his late 50s, had a
beard, and was wearing a sport coat over his madras shirt. He said he wanted to
share something with me about “my 5 Second Rule.”


Don had “his own version of it that had changed his life.” He had “made a
decision a few years ago, that nothing important would be left unsaid.”


Then he shared a story about how, acting on instinct, he pushed himself to
share something with his daughter that had completely changed their entire

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