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Avoid costly mistakes, get it right first time with The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

Moonshots Podcast: Superstar mindsets and success habits

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The Power of a Checklist and Working Like a Pick Crew Did the Unthinkable

A three-year-old girl fell into an icy fish pond with her family while out on a picnic in Austria. She wasn't breathing and most ominously of all, her pupils were dilated and didn't react to light - meaning that the brain was gone. But you don't give up on little girl. They got her in a helicopter and transported her to the nearest hospital. Her temperature was 66 degrees, more than 30 degrees below normal,. Her pulse was absent; she wasn't breathing but they took over taking care of the chest compressions. The power of a checklist and working like a pick crew did the unthinkable and brought her back to life.

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