By Professor Richard Wiseman
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59 Seconds is about the science of self-help. So one part of the book explodes commonly held myths. So for example, the idea that to motivate yourself, you have to visualize the perfect you. From a scientific perspective, that's a disaster. What you want to do is visualize the steps it will take to obtain your goal, rather than you obtaining the goal itself.

Another part of the book describes a whole load of techniques, which are scientifically sup...