Just Do It My Way

Do you like the toilet paper to roll up from the bottom? Or do you prefer that roll down from the top? Chances are that you have a preference. I deliberately ignore the direction of the role when I replace it (yes, I do replace it). By doing this, it rolls from the...

Too Much Process. Not Enough Thought

When I was a kid, I would watch my mother bake.  She meticulously measured the cups and tablespoons of ingredients to ensure they were precise.  The resulting products were unsurprisingly consistent. When it tried baking and cooking as an adult, I followed the same...

In Defense of Checklists

A 2009 study from the New England Journal of Medicine showed that when surgeons used a basic checklist prior to a surgical operation, deaths were reduced by almost 50%, and complications due to surgery were reduced by more than a third. These basic checklists included...