GREGORY M. WALTON
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Here you can find information about me, my research, and my collaborators. Thank you for visiting. I'm glad you're here.
When has someone seen in you the good and successful person you could become, maybe even before you could see this for yourself?  Appreciate the ordinary magicians in your life. Become an ordinary magician in the lives of others. ​Spiral up!
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Why In-N-Out ​made me spiral down?
Thank you to Tom LaBaff.
A Next Big Idea Club ​Must-Read
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How to harness everyday moments for extraordinary impact, from the Next Big Idea Club 
Excerpts 
​(I didn't write the headlines!)
  • Why we spiral. Behavioral Scientist (August 18, 2025)
  • Improving school for the most vulnerable children. The Psychologist (July 4, 2025)
  • The three questions guaranteed to save your marriage (and lead to better sex) revealed by top psychologist GREGORY WALTON. The Daily Mail (May 12, 2025)
"The book is deeply grounded in rigorous research yet feels deeply human--he shows us not just experiments but the real people behind them. His ability to bridge the gap between lab studies and everyday living is rare: you don't need a PhD to grasp the lessons...[T]he breadth of examples--across education, relationships, social systems--gives the reader many entry points to see the value of ordinary magic in their own context." (Tal Gur, Elevate Society)
US publisher: Penguin Random House
UK Publisher: Hachette
Translations Forthcoming: Chinese (simplified), Dutch, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese

Ordinary Magic isn't my first book. Far from it! 

From the archives!
  • My first book (Walton, 1984)
  • My second book (Walton & Erman, 1987)

The Handbook of Wise Interventions: How Social Psychology Can Help People Change, edited with Ali Crum, provides in-depth descriptions of 19 prominent wise interventions by the original researchers, for research, practice, and teaching. Featured Author Q&A.
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