#12 Smarter Faster Better. Author, Charles Duhigg Interview
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 106 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2016
⏱️ 30 minutes
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SMARTER FASTER BETTER: The new book by NYT investigative journalist, Charles Duhigg
My guest today is Charles Duhigg, and in this segment of The Not Old Better Show we'll talk the Pulitzer Prize Winning author, New York Times investigative reporter, about his new book, "Smarter Faster Better." In the book, Charles Duhigg talks about motivation, goal setting and decision making – and why some people get so much done. As always, here on The Not Old Better Show, we'll focus on how those in the 50+ age community can learn, hone, refine our skill set, despite some of the economic forces thrown our way.
Charles Duhigg's newest book called "Smarter Faster Better" explores the science of productivity. Being busy is not the same as being productive. In fact, that's an important distinction, particularly now, today, as it is easier and easier to be busy, and that does not mean that you're necessarily becoming more productive. The most productive people, in fact, often understand that distinction and they go out of their way to try and not be busy, but to do the things that actually matter. For the Not Old Better audience, we'll learn this science of productivity and how to succeed with less stress and struggle.
Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and the author of The Power of Habit. Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and the author of The Power of Habit. He is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.
One of the book's best stories is of the creative process around the hit Disney movie "Frozen," and how the movie, which almost didn't happen, ultimately came together because Disney found the right creative process. Creativity and productive creativity is about having the right process in place, a creative process that helps people understand how to take the ideas that they know are real and meaningful and to use them in new ways.
It's a wonderful book, and we'll put an excerpt to "Smarter Faster Better" in the notes for you, courtesy of Random House and Charles Duhigg. You'll find a great resource on how to build a better "to do" list on Charles' web page: CharlesDuhigg.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogel saying. My guest today is Charles Dewig and in this segment of the Not Old Better Show will talk to the Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times investigative reporter about his new book, |
| 0:15.0 | Smarter, Faster, Better. In the book, Charles Dewey talks about motivation, |
| 0:20.0 | goal setting, and decision-making and why some people get so much done. |
| 0:25.0 | As always here on the Not Old Better Show will focus on how those in the 50-plus age community can learn, hone, refine our skill set despite some of the |
| 0:35.9 | economic forces thrown our way. There's a fundamental debate going on about what |
| 0:41.4 | productivity is, how you define productivity, how you gauge or evaluate |
| 0:46.6 | some of productivity, and particularly for baby boomers for people who are nearing retirement |
| 0:51.8 | age but are not at retirement age there's a lot of |
| 0:55.2 | questions about how do I remain competitive how do I find the job that seems |
| 1:00.4 | satisfying and the life that seems satisfying as the world changes around me |
| 1:06.0 | because I don't have time to completely reinvent myself but I certainly want to stay at the top of my |
| 1:10.8 | game and I want to be someone who employers and friends and colleagues |
| 1:15.0 | desire to work with and to spend time with. |
| 1:18.0 | Charles Duigs newest book called Smarter, Faster Better explores explores the Science of Productivity. |
| 1:24.0 | Being busy is not the same as being productive. |
| 1:27.1 | In fact, that's an important distinction, particularly now, today, as it's easier and easier to be busy, and that does not mean that you're necessarily |
| 1:36.4 | becoming more productive. The most productive people, in fact, often understand that distinction, and they go out of their way to try and not be |
| 1:45.4 | busy but to do the things that actually matter. For the not old better audience |
| 1:50.4 | we'll learn this science of productivity and how to succeed with less stress and struggle. |
| 1:56.0 | But this is kind of the point is that the people who are most productive and most successful |
| 2:02.0 | tend to be those people who have practices in their life that |
| 2:06.8 | gives them the time to think about what productivity actually is, what their most important goals are, how they say focused on those goals, |
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