The Sixty-Second Motivator Paperback – May 16, 2006

I will give this book thumbs up on getting to the point as well as being easy to comprehend, but in the end I felt like there is more to the subject and it has been left out.What if sixty seconds doesn't get it? Can one develope a protocol that is sucessfull without cultivating frustration in the motivator? I would like to understand how to let go and come back later after planting a seed.I understand the man is a professional and needed results now, but as an individual who is struggling with motivation, I would have scenarios that took longer, yet still achieved the desired result. Perhaps an addendum of "What if" situations that had failure initially, yet success at the end with a decription of how the journey was made in the context of more time than a mere minute +.Of course that's out of the context of sixty-second motivation isn't it?Never the less, the book was helpful and insightful so therefore 3 stars. It was worth the modest price and short time needed to digest it.

This is a quick read that I found to be short, clear, concise, and right on target! The insight I gained really helped me re-focus my efforts, with very little down time reading!

First of all, if you have any concerns about your ability to read this book through, put them to rest. The book is technically 67 pages, but each page is only about 3/4 full, and the type font used is pretty big, so there's really not that much to it in total. You won't need more than an hour, tops!Yea, it's a story about a physical therapist who learns how to motivate patients by figuring out if he needs to (a) "Increase the importance" of the change, or (b) "Increase their confidence" in making the change. But that's it, folks. That's all you get when you buy this book.And, pardon my surprise, but is this news to people? Seriously? If I'm not doing something I "should" be doing, or believe would be beneficial, it's no mystery to me that it's either not important enough or that I don't feel sufficiently skilled or equipped to accomplish the change. Is this some big revelation? When I need to make a change that I'm not making, I keep poking at it. I keep exploring my options. I keep searching for clues and solutions, often not sure what the real key is until I find it. But when it's important, I keep it at it.OK, I'll give the author a break. Maybe there is a difference between discerning one's own challenge with motivation and being able to determine the challenges of others, quickly, and consistently, on a daily basis, when it's your job to do so, which is what this story is about, and which is a quite valuable (and marketable) skill to have. But if that is the case, then the author should be helping his readers learn how to do THAT (and in "Sixty Seconds" as the title implies), which he does not.I say, save your money, and look elsewhere for the real how-to material.

As far as motivational books are concerned, this one actually teaches you how to motivate yourself. I bought this book back in 2006 and I give credit to the author in my book "One Minute To Done". Mr. Johnson gives an outline at the end of the book on Confidence and Importance.Other authors such as Robert Maurer and Stephen Guise praise habits for change, and I agree with them wholeheartedly. But really, there's nothing wrong with getting excited on a mundane task. This book delivers the goods!David DelgadilloAuthor of "One Minute To Done!: How To Start Taking More Action and Procrastinate Less Using The Habit Builder System"

I was very disappointed in this book and would advise fellow readers to re-consider buying it. Mr. Johnson has over simplified motivation into about 3 paragraphs of information, built a little story around it geared to physical therpaists and tried to sell it as a general self-motivation book; it is more a book on self promotion (of Mr. Johnson). The book consists of 50 pages, large font with about 4 paragraphs on each page. There are 4 sources cited for his book. If all motivation could be distilled down to a few simple concepts, derived from reading 4 articles, we would all be able to motivate ourselves to make whatever desired changes we want to make in our lives (lose weight, save money, quit smoking, etc). Save your money. Look for a motivation book written by someone who has some in-depth knowledge on this subject.

This is a great book for anyone to learn about how to motivate yourself or others. It's in a very simple story format without a lot of exercises like other self-help books. Very good book - I highly recommend it to anyone that needs to know more about motivation.

In its efforts to be easily understood, this book comes ends up being condescending and shallow. The useful information contained within could be described on a single page, but instead it's mostly filler in the form of an overenthusiastic oversimplified story.

Very well done, short essay about why people find change so difficult and a way to motivate them. This essay offers a method for helping people make achanges that will improve their lives.

This book should be up on the bookshelves next to "The One Minute Manager". It's written in the same style - an easy to read, short novella - and it's at least as useful.I have a lot of books on change. They're all considerably more complex and academic than this one. I've also not read any of them (except for the Heath Brother's Switch) all the way through.I've just read this six-second book in less than an hour and the ideas are incredibly simple and I know I'll use them over and over and over. In fact, I know I'll start using them on Monday when I'm back at work and I'm just about to tweak a chapter in my own book based on what I just read.So, here's the thing: the concepts and examples in the book are simple - if you want to motivate yourself or someone else then figure out how to increase the importance of the change & how to increase their confidence that they can do it - but if you only spend a few seconds reading them, you won't take them in; so spend 60 minutes with this book, learn the concepts quickly, but follow along with the story just so that you have time to let the concepts sink in.It's a very good book.

This is a simple, easy to read explanation of motivational interviewing - probably the most effective way to help people change. Using a story format helps not only with remembering the information, but with knowing how to apply it, either for yourself, or for someone else. I'm a psychologist, and I'm trying to use this technique more in my work, so I've read professional books, watched DVDs, talked to colleagues, etc. I can honestly say this little book has probably helped me just as much as any of those. Highly recommended.

I read this short book within a space of an hour. It is straight to the point, and is written in the style of a story. The author is a US Physical Therapist and tells the story of when he was a student and he visited a senior Physical Therapist in a hospital as part of his training. He learned how to motivate someone within 60 seconds to undertake therapy by increasing importance + confidence in the patient. Although this book was essentially about how someone was able to increase his patients' motivation, this can also be applied to other areas of your life - for any goal. It is an easily understandable read and if you are looking for a way to increase motivation quick then look no further than this book.

Unlike most personal training or self-help books that are endlessly repetitive (and so self-defeating in their tedium), this book is direct, simple and written in the style of an engaging story. You can read this book in 30 minutes and get all the juice. This is a very good thing.I'm not giving away too much by saying the main premise of the book is "motivation = importance + confidence" - you'll need to read the book to understand why this assertion is true.I was dissappointed though that the book dealt fully with the "importance" side of things - giving various techniques and tricks for increasing importance - but the "confidence" side was brushed off in just 2 pages or so.So 2.5 out 5 for only giving half the story.

'A book that will change your life!' the cover boasts. What a load of rubbish. This book is just common sense, but there is nothing in it that will actually motivate you, it is just summarising things you already know. As already stated by a previous reviewer, the 2 secrets are :- Increase Importance and Confidence. The tip for losing weight goes as follows, quote :-'A good example of this is telling someone to walk a little every day because it will keep them healthy. What if I told you that walking a little every day could also help you get that extra fat off your stomach and thighs? Then, what if I told you you might also start getting more looks and attention from the opposite sex?'I know all that and it has never motivated me to lose weight!!! If you're hoping to be motivated into weight loss, don't bother because that's it! There are no revelations in this book and it was just a waste of an hour, reading a story that was obviously meant to wow but instead just irritated.He also needs to get a better proof reader as the book was littered with mistakes that only added to my annoyance.