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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 communityRichard 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 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 happyFrom 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.
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Richard Wiseman is Britain's only professor for the Public Understanding of Psychology and has an international reputation for his research into unusual areas including deception, luck, humour and the paranormal. He is the psychologist most frequently quoted by the British media and his research has been featured on over 150 television programmes in the UK. He is regularly heard on Radio 4 and feature articles about his work have appeared prominently throughout the national press.Photo by BDEngler (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) ], via Wikimedia Commons.
