The High 5 Habit
by Mel Robbins
Robbins' follow-up is about self-encouragement: the odd practice of high-fiving your reflection each morning and the research she cites on self-affirmation and celebration. It is more personal and more vulnerable than her first book, and the central practice is easier to mock than to dismiss once you try it for a week.
Read it if…
your inner voice is relentlessly critical and you have tried positive thinking without any physical ritual to anchor it.
Skip it if…
you want evidence-heavy writing; the studies are cited loosely and the memoir sections run long.
Three things you will actually use
- Celebrate effort physically, not just mentally.
- Interrupt self-criticism with a planned gesture.
- Keep a short log of what you did right each evening.
Do this first
Tomorrow morning, before your phone, high-five the mirror and say one thing you are doing today.
Our verdict
Soft, sincere and surprisingly sticky; the practice outlasts the skepticism.
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