Have you heard of the 5 second rule?

It's those fleeting moments when your brain tries to talk you out of seizing an opportunity that you know you want to take. If we hesitate, we open the window for our inner doubter to jump right in and convince us of all sorts of reasons why we shouldn't do whatever it is we want to.
This is just our Inner Doubter (our primal brain) trying to keep us safe and if we're aware of it, we can over ride any unhelpful impulses it's sending us.
I'm on holiday in the beautiful island of Mallorca with my husband this week. I had an accident earlier in the week and banged my leg - nothing serious and it certainly wasn't going to spoil my holiday. So when my husband asked me this morning if we should go for a long ramble I knew I wanted to go, but I hesitated just a moment, long enough for my Inner Doubter to jump right in trying to keep me safe. 'Should you?' she said, 'you hurt your leg, you don't want to aggravate it', 'it might be a long way, it might rain, it might......'
Luckily I recognised this as my Inner Doubter just trying to keep me out of danger so I leapt up and said 'YES - let's go now!'
Once you're aware of your Inner Doubter you can handle him or her, but always remember the 5 second rule and get moving straight away or they will win the battle every time!