Smarter Faster Better

CareerCast - Life-long Career Development

Charles Duhigg Are you achieving high quality goals that are important to you at a fast-tracked pace? If you are, you are rare. Charles Duhigg, Harvard MBA, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The New York Times, and author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit, believes that there is a science behind productivity and it can be learned and leveraged across industries, functions, and levels. In this CareerCast, Charles will share his findings, insights, and practical advice on how to accelerate your goal achievement and have fun in the process.

Aired October 19, 2016

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer prize winning reporter for The New York Times, based in New York. He has authored a number of books including, Smarter Faster Better about the science of productivity and The Power of Habit, about the science of habit formation in our lives, companies and societies.

Charles is a native of New Mexico, he studied history at Yale University and received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

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Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhig

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