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“Just ticking boxes is not the ultimate goal here. Embracing a culture of teamwork and discipline is. And if we recognised the opportunity, the two-minute WHO checklist is just a start.”
― Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

“Instead they choose to accept their fallibilities. They recognised the simplicity and power of using a checklist.”
― Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

“So Pabrai added the following checkpoint to his list: when analysing a company, stop and confirm that you’ve asked yourself whether the revenues might be overstated or understated due to boom or bust conditions.”
― Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

“You would think that this would be whether the entrepreneur’s idea is actually a good one. But finding a good idea is apparently not all that hard. Finding an entrepreneur who can execute a good idea is a different matter entirely. One needs a person who can take an idea from proposal to reality, work the long hours, build a team, handle the pressures and setbacks, manage technical and people problems alike, and stick with the effort for years on end without getting distracted or going insane. Such people are rare and extremely hard to spot.”
― Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right