No side-eye from me on this one, but I do have one quibble: There’s just so much to take away from the book that if you asked me to talk about how I am planning to apply all of these things in my daily life, I’d be overwhelmed. I particularly loved his appendixes where he showed how he applied these techniques himself. From a very clear chapter on what makes teams successful (hint: It’s not at all what you’d expect) to techniques for being more innovative and creative, Duhigg demonstrates exactly how to meaningful engage in work. What I loved about each chapter of this book is that Duhigg provides clear, evidence-based strategies that anyone can emply to move away from busy and toward productive. (Yeah, I write books and have a job, but I’m not nearly as good at either as Duhigg is.) But I’m certainly not a Charles Duhigg who writes incredible books while holding down a full-time job as a reporter. I particularly like his technique of interspersing narrative with research to keep the chapters balanced.Īpplicable recommendations. He has a way of taking what could be really dry research and turning it into propulsive narratives that keep you turning the pages. Duhigg is a master at finding a story about some person or case that perfectly illustrates the point of each chapter. And know the difference between busy (my resting state) and productive (my unicorn state).Įngaging narratives. Like, if you told me you wrote an article explaining how to increase production of flibbetynibbets at the flibbettynibbet factory in the city of Flula Forgunberg, I would be like, “I don’t know what those things are, but I must read your article immediately! Send it to me!”
I can’t explain why, but I’ll read absolutely anything about productivity. I’m definitely going to buy it because I’ll need to re-read it to really apply the lessons.īooks and articles about productivity are my absolute favorite nonfiction sub-genre. Then I wished that I’d take more time with it. I ran across Duhigg’s latest book on the New Nonfiction shelf at my local library, and I read it in two days. I read Charles Duhigg’s previous book, The Power of Habit, last year, and I loved it enough that I decided to use it for a class I’m teaching next semester.
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