Random House Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

I feel the content is very similar to Power of Habit, by the same author. I felt somewhat bored reading it.

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Good book

It is always challenging to live up the expectations after a flagship work. So after the power of habit, I have been a lit cautious if the smarter, faster, better can be as good as the big prior success of the author. Indeed although it does not feel the same (the power of habit is extremely well written) this book is equally strong & forward thinking. Therefore I certainly recommend it as one of the top books related to productivity & personal developemtn

In this book the author takes a detailed look at the habits and practices that improve personal and team performance. What makes this book stand out are the case studies and the scientific research that is explored. He explores motivation, team work, focus, goal setting, managing others, decision making, innovation and absorbing data in new and insightful ways. This book is not a rehash of the valid but often repeated principles of success. It is an investigation into what has been scientifically demonstrated to enhance success.He explores the rebelliousness of a retirement home resident, a successful businessman who suffered a rare form of brain damage that changed his brain’s ability to be motivated teaching us how motivation works in the brain. He looks at what motivation lessons come from the military.What kinds of people make up the ideal team? Should they be alike or diverse? How does diversity in personality types strengthen a team? What have hospitals and airlines learned about team work that can save lives?How does focus, too much or too little, affect performance? What have we learned from aircraft crashes about how focus and cognitive tunneling can cripple decision making in a crisis? What are mental models and how can they be used by anyone to improve focus and analysis of a difficult situation?How did a young woman win the National Poker Championship and what did she know about Bayesian psychology that anyone can take advantage of?What has the business world learned about effective goal setting? How are SMART goals effective and in what ways are they ineffective? What do you have to add to SMART goals to make them more effective?Duhigg provides insight into all these questions and many more. This book will provide you with a unique and provocative analysis into how we can perform smarter, faster and better.What I found useful about this book:Careful analysis of how people perform both on an individual level and as teams has provided us with considerable insight into what works best. While the traditional principles of success remain valid there is more to the story than that.Readability/Writing Quality:The book is very well written and engrossing. It is written as a series of stories that hold attention and teach at the same time.Notes on Author:Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer prize winning journalist with the New York Times. He is an author who digs deeply into his subjects. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College.Other Books by This Author:The Power of HabitRelated Website:Charlesduhigg.comThree Great Ideas You Can Use:1. Teams function most effectively when made up of diverse people with different approaches, attitudes and personalities.2. Goal setting must be a combination of measurable and achievable goals with stretch goals to prevent limited performance.3. By developing a mental model of what we want to achieve we can avoid cognitive tunneling and achieve more.Get the book here:  Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and BusinessSmarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business