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Doing It Right the First Time: A Short Guide to Learning From Your Most Memorable Errors, Mistakes, and Blunders

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This book is very deceptive in its simplicity. It explains how errors can and do occur. The theme is 'if you know what can go wrong, you can do something about it'. Filled with examples of how simple (and not so simple) mistakes can happen and the sometimes tragic consequences. Excellent reading for managers, engineers and anyone interested in understanding and reducing errors- including the typo in the one line summary.

'Doing It Right the First Time: A Short Guide to Learning From Your Most Memorable Errors, Mistakes, and Blunders', by Gerard Nierenberg;

I have owned this book since the nineties. I consider it to be the best. More importantly, it's the only simple straight-shooting guidebook available on helping one to develop & enhance error awareness. In short, how to cut down your learning curve & to create better & exceptional quality when doing something for yourself or others.

I reckon most people have come across the following exhortations:

- Do it right the first time & every time!

- If you don't take the time to do it right the first time, when will you have the time to fix it?

& yet don't know how to go about it, this is the book to read.

By the way, the author's other books e.g. on creativity, negotiation, are worth pursuing too.

[Reviewed by Lee Say Keng, Knowledge Adventurer & Technology Explorer, Optimum Performance Technologies, May 2010;]

I bought this book from after reading other's review, however, after reading a few pages, I am starting get disappointed. The book talks a lot of memory tichniques that is not really something I am interested.