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Think a Little, Change a Lot

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59 Seconds

By: Richard Wiseman
Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
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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”.

©2009 Richard Wiseman (P)2009 Random House Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Inspiring Motivation Mental Health Health
Scientific Evidence-based • Practical Life Strategies • Nice Voice • Actionable Advice • Myth-busting Insights
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this book starts with the authors personal story. it then seems to lead him into a ton of research that cuts through all the bs and presents to the reader a short version of many studies in a fun way.

entertaining and straight to the good stuff

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I enjoyed this book but it was 8 hours long, NOT 59 seconds long like the title would indicate.

Good book, bad title.

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You hope for a major take away from every book you read and this book provides this. Some part of his book as an audio book are a little to follow (lists) but the reader did a great job.

Praise for effort and not results

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Dull at times, but brilliantly enlightening. People interested in self-improvement would benefit from this book. I might recommend getting the paper edition, to make it a quicker read.

Very interesting on happiness and other topics.

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I love this book! It is full of great ideas that you can use immediately to improve your life. Based on scientific studies, it gives 100's of easy strategies to improve many areas of your life; from relationships to motivation, happiness, parenting, and diet. I've listened to this book 3 times, and each time I have more ideas I can use in my life. It's not a new age feel good book, but a treasure chest full of practical, scietifically proven strategies for a better life.

Great practial ideas for living a better life!

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Not bad, not great. Lots of old stuff here presented in a rather structured way: 59 Second Exercises. I think that Malcolm Gladwell and Johah Lehrer do a much better job of articulating some of the background and original research of these concepts. I may return to the book again and perhaps there will be more but for now, it's just above average.

Not bad

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Entertaining read I've read this 3 times now and recommend it to my friends. The science references are very helpful.

Great tips

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I found this book refreshingly interesting and am glad I came across it. Very motivating, very nicely written and read. One of the best.

One of the best

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At first I did not know what to expect because I was guessing "this will be another motivational book, where magic is the key" but no, it is about getting the best of every minute of the day, still it is a book to listen and listen and re listen as many times as possible to get the whole point, because some ideas are kind of not so credible at first, but yes they work.

Good reading!

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A lot of profound scientific studies from our day-to-day, designed for us to implement quickly and simply into our lives!
The "Pareto" of "what\how to", proving wrong myths we may have.

This book is really underrated !

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