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Books like Smarter Faster Better
The best books like Smarter Faster Better are The Power of Habit, The Effective Executive, and Eat That Frog!. Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg is about productivity, decision making, motivation. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Power of Habit
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Charles Duhigg · Psychology
The Power of Habit is Charles Duhigg's investigation into why habits exist and how they can be changed.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - The Effective Executive
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Peter F. Drucker · Business
The Effective Executive is Peter Drucker's 1967 argument that effectiveness — getting the right things done — is a discipline that can be learned, and that it is the most important capability a knowledge worker can develop.
Both dig into productivity.
Read the summary → - Eat That Frog!
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Brian Tracy · Self-help
Eat That Frog!
Shares productivity and focus with Smarter Faster Better.
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- Deep Work
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Cal Newport · Self-help
Deep Work is Cal Newport's case that the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task is becoming both rarer and more valuable, and that people who cultivate it will thrive while everyone else stays stuck in shallow busywork.
Shares productivity and focus with Smarter Faster Better.
Read the summary → - Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Annie Duke · Psychology
Thinking in Bets is Annie Duke's argument that most decisions in life share a fundamental feature with poker hands: you're choosing under uncertainty, with incomplete information, and luck will affect the outcome regardless of how well you reasoned.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - Do Less, Get More
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Shaa Wasmund · Self-help
Do Less, Get More is Shaa Wasmund's argument that most people's productivity problem is not a shortage of effort or time but an excess of wrong activity.
Shares productivity and focus with Smarter Faster Better.
Read the summary → - Hyperfocus
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Chris Bailey · Self-help
Hyperfocus is Chris Bailey's second book, narrowing in on the attention piece of his earlier productivity triad.
Shares productivity and focus with Smarter Faster Better.
Read the summary → - Slow Productivity
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Cal Newport · Self-help
Slow Productivity is Cal Newport's argument that the dominant metric for productivity in knowledge work — visible busyness, inbox management, endless meeting attendance — is both exhausting and counterproductive, and that a more sustainable model exists.
Shares productivity and focus with Smarter Faster Better.
Read the summary → - The One Thing
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Gary Keller and Jay Papasan · Self-help
The One Thing is Gary Keller's argument that extraordinary results come not from doing more things but from doing fewer things better — specifically, from identifying the single most important thing at any given time and doing that before anything else.
Shares productivity and focus with Smarter Faster Better.
Read the summary → - The Power of Less
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Leo Babauta · Self-help
Leo Babauta's central argument is that doing less, not more, is the path to meaningful accomplishment.
Shares productivity and focus with Smarter Faster Better.
Read the summary → - A World Without Email
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Cal Newport · Business
A World Without Email is Cal Newport's most targeted critique of modern knowledge work culture.
Shares productivity and focus with Smarter Faster Better.
Read the summary → - Free to Focus
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Michael Hyatt · Business
Free to Focus is Michael Hyatt's productivity framework for high-achieving professionals who feel perpetually busy but not meaningfully productive.
Shares productivity and focus with Smarter Faster Better.
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Books like Smarter Faster Better: quick answers
What are the best books like Smarter Faster Better?
The best books like Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg are The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker, Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy, Deep Work by Cal Newport, Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Smarter Faster Better, such as productivity, decision making, motivation.
What should I read after Smarter Faster Better?
A natural next read after Smarter Faster Better is The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. A kindred self-help read. Other strong choices are The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker, Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy, Deep Work by Cal Newport.
What books are similar to Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg?
Smarter Faster Better centers on productivity, decision making, motivation. Books with a similar feel include The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker, Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy, Deep Work by Cal Newport, Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke, Do Less, Get More by Shaa Wasmund — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
