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3 Reddit comments about 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot:

u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/ZenHabits

I've read 59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman, the psychologist who conducted this experiment. It's a fantastic and an entertaining book. If you like to read stories more like the one in the post, give this book a shot.

u/AnalyticContinuation · 1 pointr/AskReddit

59 seconds is based on peer-reviewed research. It debunks several self-help myths and gives some advice which (at least in theory) is scientifically valid.

u/therealcreamCHEESUS · 1 pointr/askscience

According to 59 seconds which nearly all content is based upon peer reviewed studies;

Congradulating children for hard work and effort makes them think that the reward of congradulation is achieved through effort. It also takes away the fear of failure as regardless of whether you succeed or not, if you try hard then your doing the right thing.

Whereas congradulating Children for abilities such as intelliigence is actually harmful for work motive as they put less effort in due as they think they are already intelligent or whatever. It also makes them fear failure more or so he reasons.

He also shows through studies that the colour green encourages creativity as does certain types of modern art. He also says that hospital patients with views of greenery and plant life have better chances of recovery and pensioners on old peoples homes live longer if they care for a plant. They do not live longer if the plant is in their room and cared for by someone else.

Normon Diodge the author of the brain that changes itself advocates the use of the Feldenkrais method

Danial Goldman author of Emotional intelligence shows how emotions can have an effect on health. I forget the exact precise figures but they are accurate to about ~5 units:

A study was done on males who had, had a heart attack to see who was still alive 10 years later. The biggest predicting factor was how angry they are. Out of 100, of the 25 most angry ~3 had survived whereas of the 25 most calm and peaceful ~2 had died.

He also shows that the same is for females except with anxiety instead of anger.