Last Night A Checklist Saved My Life STP095
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Episode 95 - In this episode, we are resharing one from the archives about the humble checklist.
In today's complex and sophisticated life, we often have equally complex solutions. However, sometimes there's still a place for the simple checklist. It can be a lifesaver, and in certain circumstances - literally.
Some of the stuff in there is:
- Why should we consider checklists?
- Who uses them
- Our brain and why it needs help at times
- We considered the Psychology Today article on why we only retain certain information
- What you've got in common with an airline pilot, a doctor, a diver - and me
- The solutions we come up with to make allowances for our brain's limitations
- Beans
- The tragedy which caused the airline pilot checklist to come into existence
- The Art Of Manliness - their ideas about checklists
- Atul Gawande, author of - The Checklist Manifesto
- Gawande's Ted talk
- Malcolm Gladwell's review of his book
- You can order The Checklist Manifesto from Amazon UK here
- Or you can order it from Amazon USA here
- That bumbling dufus and his report this week
- My checklists - the podcast, travelling
- Ideas about what you could consider making simpler with checklists
- Cleaning routines
- Morning routine
- Checklists for Kids in the morning
- Xmas Day
- Photographer/Filmmaker's checklist
- Holiday checklists - packing or actions before the holiday
- First Aid kits
- Entertaining
- Finances
- Networking
- Blogging or online content checklists
- How to manage them - from paper to apps
- Evernote
- Nozbe - this shows you how to set up a template
- Wunderlist - we now use Todoist for this, it's SO good
- Atul's guide for creating strong checklists
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