59 Seconds
Think a Little, Change a Lot
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A psychologist and best-selling author gives us a myth-busting response to the self-help movement, with tips and tricks to improve your life that come straight from the scientific community.
Richard Wiseman has been troubled by the realization that the self-help industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and reduce creativity: the opposite of everything it promises. Now, in 59 Seconds, he fights back, bringing together the diverse scientific advice that can help you change your life in under a minute, and guides you toward becoming more decisive, more imaginative, more engaged, and altogether more happy.
From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, resilience to relationships, Wiseman outlines the research supporting the new science of “rapid change” and, with clarity and infectious enthusiasm, describes how these quirky, sometimes counterintuitive techniques can be effortlessly incorporated into your everyday life. Or, as he likes to say: “Think a little, change a lot.”
Customer Reviews
Excellent summary of applied psychological research.
Most self-help books rely on specious urban myth and fancy to recommend untried, untested theory. This book makes concrete, specific recommendations based on real, well-established research.
Not traditional self-help
Presents research-based findings on what tools can impact happiness.
Avoid this book
Writers approach was positive until they started condescending the reader. Unprofessional. Won’t read, there are better books on this same topic.