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

Product Information

The following is excerpted from the book, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Productivity in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg.

Smarter faster better the secrets of bein charles duhigg Smarter faster better the secrets of bein charles duhigg

Productivity is the name we give our attempts to figure out the best uses of our energy, intellect, and time as we try to seize the most meaningful rewards with the least wasted effort.On cue, one of the copilots began ticking off things that were still operational: Two of eight hydraulic pumps still functioned. CHARLES DUHIGG is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and the author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. On the Origin of Species” described the natural world similarly, as a place consisting of, at bottom, nothing but organisms single-mindedly pursuing reproductive success. Cognitive tunneling: a cognitive process in which the brain becomes hyper-focused on one stimulus—usually the stimulus that’s the most immediate and obvious—at the expense of all others.

Charles Duhigg Books Archive - Charles Duhigg

Experiments have shown that people with SMART goals are more likely to seize on the easiest tasks, to become obsessed with finishing projects, and to freeze on priorities once a goal has been set. From the bestselling author of The Power of Habit comes a fascinating new book exploring the science of productivity, and why, in today's world, managing how you think—rather than what you think about—can transform your life.

Learn how to build a productive team, how combining different types of goals can increase your productivity, and how the makers of Disney’s Frozen avoided box-office disaster by innovating productively. This reality is not unique to soft-power resources: Having a larger tank army may produce military victory if a battle is fought in the desert, but not if it is fought in swampy jungles such as Vietnam. Once in the educational context, the nature of the role became both apparent and idealistic but not enacted.