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Recommended by 3 notable people, including Money Mustache and Jeff Atwood
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See customer reviews on Amazon →59 Seconds serves up brisk, bite-sized psychology tips and myth‑busting claims written by Richard Wiseman, a psychologist. it reads as quick and practical: chapters are built around single ideas you can try immediately. Its usefulness lies in fast heuristics that invite small experiments rather than big overhauls. The main limitation is simplification—many suggestions are presented with light anecdotes and short summaries of studies, so readers wanting full methodological depth or dense reasoning will find it unsatisfying.
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A psychologist and bestselling author gives us a mythbusting response to the selfhelp 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 selfhelp industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and red...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Psychology, Most Recommended Books, and Psychology.
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“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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