It has eight main chapters, each focusing on a single idea about how to increase productivity in business or in life, each telling a story of how the idea works in practice. The New York Times journalist Charles Duhigg has already contributed to this genre with his first book, “The Power of Habit,” which was an engagingly deep dive into the psychology of how routines are formed and modified. Like many of us, Obama is influenced by the literature that draws upon psychology, neuroscience and behavioral economics to tell us how to be happier and more successful. You need to routinize yourself.” The studies that Obama was referring to suggest that if you exhaust your decision-making capacity with unnecessary choices, you’ll end up making mistakes when it really matters. When interviewed by Michael Lewis a few years ago, Obama explained that he wears only gray or blue suits so as to cut down the choices he has to make each day, and then he cited research showing that “you need to focus your decision-making energy. SMARTER FASTER BETTER The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business By Charles Duhigg Illustrated.
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