Fifty-nine seconds : think a little, change a lot. --

New York, N.Y., Estados Unidos : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009.

320 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Introduction: Self-help exposed, Sophie's question, and the potential for rapid change. -- Happiness: Why positive thinking often fails and how the real route to happiness involves a pencil, keeping the perfect diary, small acts of kindness, and developing the gratitude attitude. -- Persuasion: Why rewards fail, how to give the flawless interview, improve your social life by making mistakes, never lose your wallet again, and convince anyone of anything by using your pet frog. -- Motivation: The dark side of visualization, how to achieve absolutely anything by creating the ideal plan, overcoming procrastination, and employing "doublethink". -- Creativity: Exploding the myth of brainstorming, how to get in touch with your inner Leonardo merely by glancing at modern art, lying down, and putting a plant on your desk. -- Attraction: Why you shouldn't play hard to get, how the subtle art of seduction involves the simplest of touches, roller-coaster rides, and avoiding artificial Christmas trees. -- Relationships: The perils of "active listening," why Velcro can help couples stick together, words speak louder than actions, and a single photograph can make all the difference. -- Stress: Why not to kick and scream, how to reduce resentment in seconds, harness the power of a four-legged friend, and think your way to low blood pressure. -- Decision making: Why two heads are no better than one, how never to regret a decision again, protect yourself against hidden persuaders, and tell when someone is lying to you. -- Parenting: The Mozart myth, how to choose the best name for a baby, instantly divine a child's destiny using just three marshmallows, and effectively praise young minds. -- Personality: Why not to trust graphology, how to gain an apparently magical insight into other people's personality from their fingers and thumbs, their pets, and the time they go to bed. -- Conclusion: Sophie's answer: Ten techniques. --

From mood to memory, resilience to relationships, the self-help industry often promotes exercises that destroy motivation, damage relationships, and reduce creativity--the opposite of everything it promises. Here, psychologist Wiseman brings together a broad range of scientific advice supporting the new science of rapid change and describes how these quirky, sometimes counterintuitive techniques 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 publisher description. --

9780307273406

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