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Author Nierenberg, Gerard I.

Title Do it right the first time : a short guide to learning from your most memorable errors, mistakes, and blunders / Gerard I. Nierenberg
Published New York : John Wiley, 1996

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Description x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Partial table of contents: -- The Errors Of Our Ways. -- No Shame, No Blame. -- The Error-Awareness System. -- The Types Of Errors We Make. -- Errors in Transcription. -- Mistakes in Meaning. -- The High Cost Of Errors. -- The Snowball Effect. -- What It Costs When We Don't Protect Ourselves from Others' Errors: A Critical Look at Medicine. -- The Causes Of Our Errors. -- How to Cut Down on Reading Errors. -- Classifying the Causes of Error. -- Strategies To Reduce Your Errors. -- Improving Your Memory. -- Managing and Supervising to Reduce Errors. -- No Shame, No Blame, Revisited. -- Index
Summary In Do It Right the First Time, world renowned personal improvement guru Gerard Nierenberg shows us just how we can reduce the number of errors we make - both in and out of life and the workplace. Nierenberg's Error Awareness System teaches us how to increase our sensitivity and cut down on the errors we make - and guard against those made by others that affect us. He shows us how to identify the causes of our errors, how to deal with them - and most importantly - how to prevent them from recurring
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Decision making.
Errors -- Psychological aspects.
Errors.
Thought and thinking.
LC no. 96002172
ISBN 047114889X