Arjun Subramanian’s Reviews > Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business > Status Update

How is it so far? Trying to figure out where this should be on my wtr list.

It's not that great. It's a lot of ideas that have been recycled and re-packaged into a book. I'm going to finish it but I'm not really impressed right now. It's also not very information dense. There is a lot of fluff and filler material.

100% agree with Arjun. Very disappointing. I almost wondered why the book was written in the first place. I don't understand the ratings, but readers might be biased towards Duhigg's previous book was such a great best-seller.
I'm starting to ignore reading books unless I know the person has 'been there, done that', like Andy Grove did.

PS: Arjun, I think you and I have a very similar taste in books. Your Andy Grove review was spot-on similar to mine, and I see we agreed on this book as well.

Yea Moh ! Totally agree. It's pretty disappointing. It's a pity because I think there is a lot yet to be written on the topic. :)

Thanks so much for helping me avoid a bad book you guys. I had read reviews that said similar. Glad to verify before I wasted my time.

Darn, I wish I could see that this thread exists when I view your review, Arjun (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...) :(

:) seems like "conversations related to this book" is a feature huh?