Term
Starting ritual
A brief, repeated action before beginning a task. In Robbins’s model, counting backward can serve this role.
The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage, Mel Robbins
Explained in
- The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage, Mel Robbins
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Cal Newport
a fixed sequence of actions (a place, a time, a set of rules) that quickly switches your brain into focus mode every time