According to Atul Gawande, the author of The Checklist Manifesto, there are two types of checklists and you’ll have to decide first which one to use, before creating your list: 1. READ-DO checklists 2. DO-CONFIRM checklists In the case of READ-DO, the checklist acts like a recipe. First, you read the item on the list, then you act according to the item and then you move on to the next item. The DO-CONFIRM checklist is a bit different. In this case, you do a task from your own memory (or from experience) and then at some point you consult your checklist to make sure that you did everything
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