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Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive

Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive

byCharles Duhigg
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Uday Reddy
4.0 out of 5 starsOne of the most ADVANCED books on PRODUCTIVITY!
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 20 June 2021
Why this is a hard book to read –
1. The strategies are way too advanced to apply quickly.
2. The author doesn’t try to clearly differentiate the story and the advice.
3. The book is filled with many unnecessary anecdotes and stories.
4. The advice is hard to grasp if you don’t pay attention to the lines.
5. Only with patience and perseverance will you be able to use the advice in your life.
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Productivity is a topic on which a boatload of books have been written. All of them offering more or less the same cliched advice. But this book beats all of them to be one of the most advanced books on productivity ever.

The book has one of the most advance strategies to improve your productivity. So hard in-fact, they might be difficult to apply. Each chapter starts off with a story and moves along with it. The author doesn't make any effort to make a difference between the advice and the story. The advice is mixed up within the story, and it takes a keen eye to discern the advice from within the lines.

Another thing is that the author uses way too many stories to illustrate his point. Which in fact makes this book a collection of short stories. The stories have unnecessary details and almost 90% of a chapter is dedicated to the story. I must stress this point, if you don't pay attention to the lines while reading, you will lose the advice given by the author. The productivity strategies are very advanced and difficult to apply. This book isn't your typical sugar-coating about good thoughts, which many books on productivity are. The tips are actionable only if you have the patience and perseverance to stick with them. If you can skillfully apply the strategies, you can find yourself being better and more productive.

So, please pay attention while reading this book, only then will you be able to discern the full potential of this book.
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3.0 out of 5 starsGood but not great
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 2 September 2019
This book like other Charles books is full of interesting stories. Although I would not say it's a great book.
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Uday Reddy
4.0 out of 5 stars One of the most ADVANCED books on PRODUCTIVITY!
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 20 June 2021
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Why this is a hard book to read –
1. The strategies are way too advanced to apply quickly.
2. The author doesn’t try to clearly differentiate the story and the advice.
3. The book is filled with many unnecessary anecdotes and stories.
4. The advice is hard to grasp if you don’t pay attention to the lines.
5. Only with patience and perseverance will you be able to use the advice in your life.
The long version -

Productivity is a topic on which a boatload of books have been written. All of them offering more or less the same cliched advice. But this book beats all of them to be one of the most advanced books on productivity ever.

The book has one of the most advance strategies to improve your productivity. So hard in-fact, they might be difficult to apply. Each chapter starts off with a story and moves along with it. The author doesn't make any effort to make a difference between the advice and the story. The advice is mixed up within the story, and it takes a keen eye to discern the advice from within the lines.

Another thing is that the author uses way too many stories to illustrate his point. Which in fact makes this book a collection of short stories. The stories have unnecessary details and almost 90% of a chapter is dedicated to the story. I must stress this point, if you don't pay attention to the lines while reading, you will lose the advice given by the author. The productivity strategies are very advanced and difficult to apply. This book isn't your typical sugar-coating about good thoughts, which many books on productivity are. The tips are actionable only if you have the patience and perseverance to stick with them. If you can skillfully apply the strategies, you can find yourself being better and more productive.

So, please pay attention while reading this book, only then will you be able to discern the full potential of this book.
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Sandeep Pandya
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful for Team Managers
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 18 June 2022
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Excellent book for understanding a faster team approach, beautifully explained through examples and case studies. Language & flow are so good it's easy to grasp.
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Archana L
4.0 out of 5 stars A good collection of insights
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 10 April 2018
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I picked up this book after I read Charles Duhigg's, "The Power of Habit". This book is packed with good insights and observations on productivity and the appendix ties it all together with a practical example in classic Duhigg style. The only gripe I have is that there are too many concepts packed into a small book. There's enough content in here to write 4-5 separate books, each exploring a unique facet of productivity. Perhaps that's why when you read it all at once it all seems a bit disjointed. Regardless, one can still reap many benefits by focusing on one chapter at a time and supplementing it with a real life action plan to find out which techniques work the best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 23 June 2022
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Best book
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Debashish pani
4.0 out of 5 stars Good.
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 13 July 2021
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PACKAGING IS NOT UP TO MARK.
ONLY A THIN POLYTHENE.
Book size should be large.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative.. learnt few things from this book
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 21 August 2020
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Ive read charles another book. The habit one. It was really simple n informative. Charles has a vaery good writing style. Read this book atleast once . However i dont say te knowlege in it is mindvlowin or anything but it was ok.
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Faizan
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Duhigg
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 21 April 2021
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Duhigg studded the diamonds everywhere in the book..
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Manish Sharma
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative!!
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 12 April 2019
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A great book indeed!! The author really knows how to capture little details with ease. I am glad I came across this book and it had really motivated me to bring positive changes in my mindset.
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DEP Prasad
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 16 April 2017
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This book is so simple to read and understand. It was nicely split into 8 steps and all the examples were described as some real stories which is easy to connect with our own lives,. Tbis is one of the best books I ever read on objective ways to utilise psychology in improving speed and productivity
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Manas
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 1 October 2018
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Recommend this book to anyone who is looking to become more creative with problem solving, be at work or home. Lots of new ideas presented, now I must take sometime for them to sync in.
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