Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive

Charles Duhigg

Random House, Mar 16, 2016 - Self-Help - 400 pages

In his international bestseller The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize-winner Charles Duhigg explained why we do what we do. Now he applies the same relentless curiosity and masterful analysis to the question: how can each of us achieve more?

Drawing on the very latest findings in neuroscience, psychology and behavioural economics, he demonstrates the eight simple principles that govern productivity. He demonstrates how the most dynamic and effective people – from CEOs to film-makers to software entrepreneurs – deploy them. And he shows how you can, too.



‘Charles has some wonderful advice for increasing productivity . . . the tips he highlights have most definitely played a huge part in helping me to build the Virgin brand.’ Richard Branson

‘In Smarter Faster Better Duhigg finds provocative answers to a riddle of our age: how to become more productive (by two times, or even ten times) and less busy.’ Jim Collins

‘There are valuable lessons in Smarter Faster Better . . . I never felt like putting it down.’ Financial Times

About the author

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and the author of the international bestsellers The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. His works have been translated into over 45 languages. 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 California with his wife and two children.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive
• Author: Charles Duhigg
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Random House, 2016
• ISBN: 1473517656, 9781473517653
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving; Science / Cognitive Science; Science / General; Self-Help / Creativity; Self-Help / Personal Growth / General; Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success; Self-Help / Self-Management / Time Management