Since my local library didn’t have Being Mortal yet, I picked up The Checklist Manifesto also by Atul Gawande, instead. It’s a short read, even shorter since I skimmed quite a few of the anecdotes regarding how to use checklists, but I did manage to pick up a few good tips for approaching projects and managing them more successfully.
Gawande writes with an accessible style, which helps make what is essentially a one page outline worth pushing on through for 200+ pages. Gawande’s advice is straightforward and simple and wouldn’t be out of place with any other number of business self-help books, in fact its practical advice is probably more useful than 90% of the business self-help books out there, so if you need help with organizational project management, definitely read this.
More useful than 90% of the business self-help books but 2 stars? I’m confused! I do like a good business book but I feel like you’re telling me to give this one a pass?
Alexis, definitely worth a read. Only gave it two stars because it really did drag on a bit. Totally got what he was talking about by the middle of the book, but he drives home the point with multiple examples from different industries. I think for most people this is helpful, but since I was reading more for general interest, not so much.