A review by tabithar
Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

4.0

In my opinion, this book was worth the time. I went back and listened to the appendix (in which he broke down steps more succinctly but still used a new example to tie it together) a second time and made notes. I feel like there are a couple of other common links between some of the observations made beyond what he mentioned and that "teams" is not an actual method. However, he also made it clear (by the end) that the focus was on the top 8 factors that he felt impacted focus, motivation, and productivity. Unfortunately, when he said that, I was surprised. It wasn't clear to me from listening what each of those were. Of them, I could identify most when I looked for the table of contents online. A summary chart, table, or graphic for them would be a helpful visual.

One thing that would have improved it would be to break things down into more action steps. It seemed like some of the stories over generalized without making the points more clear.

This is a book I can see going back to again. It would be good for book club and work team discussions.