59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

Richard Wiseman

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Dec 29, 2009 - Psychology - 240 pages

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.”


From the Hardcover edition.

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Review: 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

User Review  - Javier - Goodreads

59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot starts being very critical of the self-help industry, but at the same time it tries to give you some tools to improve your life in many areas: relationships ...

Review: 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

User Review  - Julian Schrittwieser - Goodreads

An awesome book full of little quick mindhacks, all supported by scientific research. (All studies are referenced!). Did you know that you can become more creative simple by describing a typical ...

About the author

Richard Wiseman is based at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. He is the author of the best-selling The Luck Factor and Quirkology and other titles. He also regularly acts as a creative consultant for print, broadcast, and new media. From the Hardcover edition.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
• Author: Richard Wiseman
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009
• ISBN: 0307593266, 9780307593269
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / General