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16: The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

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How to Use a Checklist to Get Things Done

The checklist really functions as a support system just to make sure that like, okay, we focused on this. It kind of goes back to the very first book we did getting things done with David Allen. Your brain is for having ideas not holding them. And when you do something new in brain chains, he talks about how when you're getting into a new habit or you're doing something for the first time, your reflective mind is taking over.

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