Categories: Ideas

Sticky Change Example 7: The Power of Checklists

Here’s the 7th example in the Sticky Change series.
Derived from: Chip and Dan Heath, Switch : How to Change Things When Change is Hard

In RAP10 we talked about building habits.

And we explored pre-thinking our actions to ensure we covered all the necessary things we had to do.
Atul Gawande uses checklists to save lives. That’s sounds a little outrageous until you realise he’s a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
In emergency situations making a big mistake could mean the difference between life and death.
He’s also a writer for the New Yorker and author of the highly regarded book The Checklist Manifesto.

Here’s some I could use…

• Packing for travelling – to ensure I have all the cables I need for my equipment
• Running workshops and lunches – to ensure I’m clear in the head to present and not thinking about all the logistics
• Publishing blog posts – to ensure I remember to tag and categorise them
• Cooking – to make sure I have all the ingredients when I go to the supermarket
• Business Systems – as a way to systematise what I do and have a VA do some work for me

What might you use a checklist for?

Geoff McDonald

Share
Published by
Geoff McDonald

Recent Posts

Four Thousand Weeks – Say Goodbye to Procrastination

Still waiting for the perfect time to start? That moment isn’t coming. If you’re ready…

5 days ago

The Productivity Lie That’s Making You Miserable: 4000 Weeks

You’ve been lied to. There’s a lie that’s everywhere — in your planner, your inbox, your…

1 week ago

Four Thousand Weeks and the Power of Priorities

If you’ve ever said, “I just need more time”, you’re not alone. Most of us…

2 weeks ago

Four Thousand Weeks and the Power of Saying No

Productivity advice usually tells you what to add: more systems, more habits, more tools. But…

3 weeks ago

Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It

What if I told you that mastering time is a myth? That all the apps,…

3 weeks ago

Why Time Management is a Lie Lessons from 4000 Weeks

If you live to 80, you get about 4,000 weeks on this planet. That’s it. Not…

1 month ago