Smarter Better Faster

Author: Charles Duhigg

As the punchline says the book is all about how you can be more productive and effective in everything that you do. While some things maybe applicable in the work environment alone, a lot of things people can apply to their personal life as well. Each chapter focuses on an aspect that you need to cultivate in order to achieve more productivity. It has plenty of examples to drive in the point and also a lot of techniques how one can inculcate them in their life. The author has collected data from many different fields and that makes the book very interesting to read. From GE to Google to Toyota to some high schools. It talks about how you need to have a high sense of motivation, a productive team, good focus, smart goal setting, ability to manage others and make informed decisions, how to be innovative and to absorb data.

There were a couple of things that were interesting. For example – how a team works is more important than who is in the team, a commitment culture goes a long way vs the startup culture, to make an informed decisions it’s important to know about the failures and so on.

Unfortunately the more I write about the book, the more I would reveal the content and that may take away from the joy of reading this book. I would highly recommend this book. It was very interesting, inspiring and full of great content!