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  • The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
  • Written by: Charles Duhigg
  • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
  • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (251 ratings)

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Smarter Faster Better

Written by: Charles Duhigg
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •

The author of The Power of Habit and “master of the life hack” (GQ) explores the fascinating science of productivity and offers real-world takeaways to apply your life, whether you’re chasing peak productivity or simply trying to get back on track.

“Duhigg melds cutting-edge science, deep reporting, and wide-ranging stories to give us a fuller, more human way of thinking about how productivity actually happens.”—Susan Cain, author of Quiet

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 and rich storytelling to how we can improve at the things we do.

At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key concepts—from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics—as well as the experiences of CEOs, educational reformers, four-star generals, FBI agents, airplane pilots, and Broadway songwriters—this book reveals that the most productive people, companies, and organizations don’t merely act differently. They view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways.

Smarter Faster Better is a story-filled exploration of the science of productivity, one that can help us learn to succeed with less stress and struggle—and become smarter, faster, and better at everything we do.

©2015 Charles Duhigg (P)2015 Random House Audio

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Smart book

I really appreciated how this book focused on how to make the decisions on what to be productive at, rather than just the skills to crank out more widgets. At the beginning, he makes the distinction that being 'productive' varies depending on your situation. A weekend morning is productive when you put your phone away, do a load of laundry, have breakfast with the kids, and enjoy a walk with the dog. A Tuesday morning is productive when you work out and get everyone out the door as quickly as possible. These distinctions are important.
He also does a good job of illustrating his points with his own examples in the last chapter of the book.
I docked a point for performance, because Mike Chamberlain does an annoying thing when impersonating women's voices to go up an octave. He only did it once in this book, but in Duhigg's habit book he did it often, creating a 'nails on chalkboard' effect when I hear his voice. If you haven't listened to the habit book, or didn't feel that, you probably won't mind the performance.
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Loved every minute!

So much valuable information supported by various real life scenarios. Easily kept my attention from start to finish.

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Great book to beat procrastination!

Very good ideas about how to be better at everything by learning the way to create our habits. Good for managers and leaders

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Amazing book

A must read if you want to be better and faster. I learned how to focus better.

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Great storytelling and interesting content

Recommend listening at 1.2x
Great content to stay interested, sometimes needed to replay a few sections to get the main points he was getting across. He does jump back between related stories which can cause a bit of confusion.
The appendix is great as it ties everything together in useable pieces. Would be great for more examples of real world applications.

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Unhelpful

This book was not helpful at all. Unhappy I spent the money on this book as it wasn’t motivating. I disliked listening to the stories in each chapter that went on and on and on. Had to keep skipping forward.

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Smarter Better Faster

One of the best put together books I've read. great stories and performance will push you to keep listening and not turn off the audio! If you feel overwhelmed to the point of not making a decision this book will help you to break that down. Also to teach you how BIG bodacious goals with a plan to keep you motivated! If you're also want to know how companies become great this is also a must read!

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A Classic Charles Duhigg Book...

Charles Duhigg is phenomenal at packing half a book full of anecdotes that are well told and are useful to the overarching point while at the same time doing the exact opposite the other half of the time. A combination of useful and useless anecdotes seem to be a staple of this author. I never believed that blinkist was actually useful for something until I read this author a few times.

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A better you

Great book that can be applied to many facets of your life. Highly recommend that you give this one a try

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Good insights, but spends too long on stories.

Some really good content here. But again, this author spends way too long on stories.

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