Maksym Turzanski's Key Ideas from Smarter Faster Better
by Charles Duhigg

Your brain relies on mental shortcuts to make decisions.

✔️ Train your brain to anticipate success and failure before they happen.

✔️ Build mental habits like visualizing success and planning responses to setbacks.

✔️ The best decision-makers think several steps ahead before taking action.

💡 Think like a chess player, not a checkers player—always anticipate your next move.

Time management isn’t enough—you need to control your focus and energy.

✅ Eliminate distractions—turn off notifications, and set deep work blocks.

✅ Use mental contrasting—compare where you are now vs. where you want to be.

✅ Practice selective attention—focus only on what truly moves the needle.

💡 Time is finite, but your attention is your real superpower.

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The best teams aren’t the ones with the smartest people—they are the ones where everyone feels safe to contribute.

✔️ Encourage open dialogue—team members should feel heard.

✔️ Value input from everyone, not just top performers.

✔️ Trust leads to innovation—people take smarter risks when they feel safe.

💡 The strongest teams are built on trust, not just talent.

The best performers set two types of goals:

1️⃣ Stretch Goals – Huge, ambitious targets that push you beyond limits.

2️⃣ SMART Goals – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound steps to achieve stretch goals.

✔️ Dream big, but break it into actionable steps.

✔️ Measure progress regularly and adjust when needed.

💡 Success happens at the intersection of ambition and execution.

The best creative minds don’t start from scratch—they remix existing ideas.

✔️ Look for patterns and connections between different fields.

✔️ Take inspiration from unrelated industries and apply it to your work.

✔️ Creativity isn’t about talent—it’s about learning how to connect the dots differently.

💡 Innovation happens when you break old ideas apart and put them together in a new way.

Your brain has limited decision-making power each day.

✅ Make critical decisions in the morning, when your mind is fresh.

✅ Automate small decisions (like meal choices or routines) to free up mental energy.

✅ Create systems to reduce unnecessary decision-making (e.g., batching tasks).

💡 The fewer small decisions you make, the more energy you have for big ones.

Highly productive people don’t avoid failure—they recover from it quickly.

✔️ Reframe failures as learning opportunities.

✔️ Develop a growth mindset—ask “What can I learn from this?”

✔️ Train yourself to push through resistance.

💡 Your ability to bounce back determines how far you’ll go.

Habits determine success more than willpower.

✔️ Use triggers—connect habits to existing routines.

✔️ Make it easy to start—remove obstacles to success.

✔️ Reward yourself to reinforce positive habits.

💡 Success isn’t about one big breakthrough—it’s about small habits, repeated daily.

Where others see obstacles, high achievers see potential solutions.

✔️ Ask “What’s possible here?” instead of “Why is this happening to me?”

✔️ Look for hidden opportunities in every challenge.

✔️ Train yourself to focus on solutions, not problems.

💡 Your perspective determines your reality—choose a perspective that fuels growth.

✔️ Productivity isn’t about personality—it’s about learning better habits.

✔️ The best performers aren’t born—they are made through daily practice.

✔️ Start small, improve daily, and watch your productivity skyrocket.

💡 The most successful people in the world got there by mastering the skill of productivity.

The biggest barrier to success? Overthinking instead of taking action.

✔️ Take the first step—momentum builds motivation.

✔️ Don’t wait for perfect conditions—start now.

✔️ Keep moving forward, even if progress feels slow.

💡 Thinking smarter is important, but action is what creates results.

By applying these principles from Smarter Faster Better, you can:

✅ Make smarter decisions by managing attention and eliminating distractions.

✅ Boost motivation by creating autonomy and purpose in your work.

✅ Improve team dynamics through trust and open communication.

✅ Develop lasting productivity habits that fuel long-term success.

✅ Stay adaptable and resilient in an ever-changing world.

💡 Productivity isn’t about doing more—it’s about doing what matters most.

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