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Hal Elrod died. We're not talking metaphorically; he actually died in a head-on car accident. Driving home in his new car he was hit head on by a drunk driver. He bled to death on the side of the freeway. After six days in a coma he woke up to find that he had 11 broken bones, permanent brain damage, and doctors said he might never walk again. But he had learned a very important lesson from his time as a door-to-door knife salesman. He calls it the 5-minute rule. It's OK to be negative when things go wrong, but for no more than 5 minutes Not only did Hal walk, he went on to run a 52-mile ultra-marathon, become a hall of fame business achiever, international Keynote Speaker, success coach, hip-hop recording artist, and multiple-time #1 bestselling author of series of books. If you win the morning you win the day. That wasn't the only time he had to overcome huge problems. But again his 5-minute rule kicked in. Listen to Hal's incredible story and hear his list of six personal goals that he does every day. His