Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (504 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081299339X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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They view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways.A young woman drops out of a PhD program and starts playing poker. What do these people have in common? They know that productivity relies on making certain choices. The way we frame our daily decisions; the big ambitions we embrace and the easy goals we ignore; the cultures we establish as leaders to drive innovation; the way we interact with data: These are the things that separate the merely busy from the genuinely productive.In The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charles Duhigg explained why we do what we do. In Smarter Faster Better, he applies the same relentless curiosity, deep reporting, and rich storytelling to explain how we can improve at the things we do. A group of data scientists at Google embark on a four-year study of how the best teams function, and fi
Too much reliance on anecdote to prove its points Edward Durney Charles Duhigg is a good journalist (his share of a Pulitzer Prize proves that), and his book Smarter Faster Better is a good read. I enjoyed reading it. It's inspiring and insightful.But the book promises to be more than just entertainment. The title takes off the Olympic motto: Citius Altius Fortius (Faster Higher Stronger), and its cover shows a runner smartly running directly to the center of a maze. A self-help, self-improvement type of book, it promises ". The book's good points get buried and forgotten in an epic flood of words A brief warning to busy and smart people: the book contains some interesting insights and pieces of valuable advice. But, in the tradition of most self-help books, its worthwhile points could be communicated in a book 70 to 80 percent shorter. It is just unbelievably tedious with runaway background information and stories. It contains so much superfluous material that it is actually painful to listen to. And the good points get buried and forgotten in a flood o. Kate said have listened to Charles Duhigg on podcasts and he's amazing. This book however. I have listened to Charles Duhigg on podcasts and he's amazing. This book however, was not read by him so I'm not sure if that's the problem, but I made it thru have listened to Charles Duhigg on podcasts and he's amazing. This book however Kate I have listened to Charles Duhigg on podcasts and he's amazing. This book however, was not read by him so I'm not sure if that's the problem, but I made it thru 4 discs and all it talks about is Saturday Night Live, literally. I couldn't find any benefit from what I heard and I'm disspointed because he's fantastic to listen to and watch.. discs and all it talks about is Saturday Night Live, literally. I couldn't find any benefit from what I heard and I'm disspointed because he's fantastic to listen to and watch.
. He is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children. Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and the author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better
It’s about seeing our lives as a series of choices, and learning that we have power over how we think about the world.”—Susan Cain, author of Quiet “A brilliant distillation of the personal and organizational behaviors that produce extraordinary results. Duhigg has rendered, yet again, a great service with his sharp, lucid prose.”—Jim Collins, author of Good to Great. He manages to reframe an entire cultural conversation: Being productive isn’t only about the day-to-day and to-do lists. “A pleasure to read Cha