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.<br><br>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 <i>59 Seconds,</i> 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.<br><br>From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, resilience to relationships, Wiseman outlines the research supporting the new science of &#8220;rapid change&#8221; 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: &#8220;Think a little, change a lot.&#8221;<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>