Make a little note of things to make sure you check. There's no shame - tell them you got the idea from Checklist Manifesto.
You can do electric or paper. If you're new, I'd go with clipboard and paper so you can jot notes wherever.
Biggest tip: Before you leave the property, check that your dimensions close the floorplan. I mean check that one side is 24' and the other sides total to that as well. It's really stressful getting back to the office and seeing a 5' gap between sides.
One thing I do is print the Assessor sketch and use that as a guide or check while I'm out on property visits.
Lastly, you mention you don't have a lot of experience. I'm not sure if that's for measuring or property visits in general. Be kind and professional, but don't get pushed around. If the agent or owner starts prodding for values, just say you haven't worked through that yet. Also, if this is like your first property visit, it seems odd to me that the supervisor wouldn't go on a few with you to get you oriented.
Basically yes. It’s all to do with checklist design. If you make a checklist too long and full of stuff you already know how to do without a checklist, you’ll end up skipping ahead on the checklist and actually skipping that one critical step that was buried in all the other minutia. If you’re interested in more about checklist design, I’d recommend the Checklist Manifesto. Also of all the times I’ve had an emergency, I’ve never used guard since I’m already talking to someone on a different frequency.
The surgical industry got the idea of using checklists from the construction industry, which actually has a really good track record historically (there have been a lot more botched surgeries than buildings that fall apart). Source
I just finished reading The Checklist Manifesto (Fantastic, I highly recommend it.) One section details the Miracle on the Hudson and credits it to a synchronized effort of a Team sticking to their checklists. Apparently when Sully and the co-pilot deboarded they looked at each other and said, "Well, that wasn't that bad." The author makes the point that we tend to celebrate lone heroes. The myth of the "master builder." One man has all the information and experience in his head to accomplish a complicated task. When the truth (and more importantly, saving lives) is about teamwork, management, and following a checklist.
That's a great app! Personally I hate the idea of being locked down into a routine & having to do things step-by-step, but I've also embraced the concept of using a checklist to be 100% successful because it ensures that you never miss anything & actually get stuff done! I also use time-based tasks on a checklist these days to help me make sure I actually
I hit a point where I decided I cared more about being productive than I did about using seemingly silly tools like a pre-written checklist for things like bedtime, because those checklists became magic in terms of results. There's actually a great book on that whole concept that really changed my perspective on the power of checklists:
It's funny because when you zoom out from that feeling of constriction of "having" to use checklists & realize it's basically an ultra-simple way to ensure 100% success, it suddenly becomes a goldmine of a resource to use because (1) you can define what success is, (2) you can define how YOU want to achieve success (in the form of a checklist), and (3) you can ensure compliance to your chosen method of success simply by executing the checklist when reminded.
This lets us do marvelous things, like studying new things consistently, working on projects to make steady progress, repeating routines on a daily basis (ex. bedtime routine, exercise routine, meal-prep plan for macros, etc.), and so on.
I currently divide my day up by Work (job, school, family, chores), Passion (personal projects, hobbies, side gigs), and Play (unstructured free time where I can either choose from options, like a list of movies I want to watch, or just unplug & do whatever without having to think about stuff anymore lol), then I use checklists & "power" routines for my morning routine, after-work routine, bedtime routine, etc. to ensure that I'm supporting my 'life vision'.
Basically, checklists enable you to engage in worldbuilding for your own life, where you can come up with great ideas & then actually follow through by ensuring that you execute them properly. And checklists are really more like diving boards into the pool of work rather than the purpose of productivity in & of themselves, so for me, being able to bypass the idea that checklists are limiting let me embrace them as my BFF's & recognize that limitations are what gives you wings to fly!
And like you said with your night-time routine, life is still a struggle - you are simply equipped with better (not perfect) tools to help you get stuff done. Forcing ourselves to do what we really want to do is probably the hardest thing on the planet lol. Otherwise we'd all go to bed early, have 6-pack abs, etc. hahaha!
>I don't want to be forgetful either
https://www.amazon.com/Checklist-Manifesto-How-Things-Right/dp/0312430000
All day every day! My core format is Discrete Assignments:
I use Todoist a lot, as well as printed checklists. I would highly recommend reading the Checklist Manifesto:
Jumping in here to recommend to anyone who hasn't read it, go get a copy of The Checklist Manifesto.
Checklists.
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It's sort of like learning how to cook: maybe you forget the salt one time & realize wow, that didn't taste as good as it could have! And then the next time you over-salt it, so that failure leads to knowledge which leads to enabling you to create successful outcomes in the future. But as human beings, we kinda-sorta hate this method because we're all emotional sponges who quit easily haha!
It's taken most of my adult life to reach the conclusions that our willingness to buy into our excuses is what cuts us off from success. The systems of the world will always be stacked against us, but life isn't set in stone! I keep this meme around to remind me that no matter what my excuses are, at the end of the day, I'm still the one stuck living with the results of whatever happened:
Which means that I have the choice to get back up & get on the bike again & overcome that temporary setback, or I can choose to stay stuck, not pivot, and not put anymore effort in. This is why overcoming our internal barriers by adopting better checklists is what enables us to live a better life! Not because of the barriers, but because of our attitude & our persistent effort in the face of problems!
>That being said I will try it out, this checklist to organize my life thing. I need it
The best place to start is with the book "The Checklist Manifesto" by Atul Gawande:
He dives deep into the magic power of checklists, not in theory, but in practice. I'd also highly recommend checking out /r/theXeffect as a way to implement following through on checklists on a daily basis. Imagine spending just 5 minutes a day learning Photoshop, or 10 minutes a day learning the guitar, and seeing where you will be a year from, with 365 individual learning & practice sessions behind you!
Checklists are POWERFUL stuff. It can be really hard to wrap our minds around the concept because it seems to bland & simple, but behind the mask of everything we see in life is a checklist, so the better checklists we can create & adopt into our lives, the better quality of life we get to enjoy!
For example, statistically, simply getting an Associate's degree automatically earns you a million dollars more over the course of your working career than a High School diploma does. Or buying an Instant Pot will give you the tool in your home kitchen to make cooking easier so that it's easier to consistently make food at home to save money, eat healthier, get in shape, have food available, and feel energetic!
Looking at life through the lens of checklists sort of turns into a superpower, because now we're not stuck living life reactively or simply taking what comes our way - we're free to engaging in the work of world-building our own lives where we define success in any given situation & we put in the effort to work & pivot around obstacles to our success & press on regardless!
I can't tell you how much this mindset has changed my life. My health is better, my educational experience has improved, my house is cleaner, I eat great food all the time, all because I've come to heavily rely on custom-made checklists for success! Which leads back to my two original points:
The systems of the world are always going to be rigged; this has nothing to do with how we choose to live our lives, because with a growth mindset & adopting the pivot-effort attitude, we can choose not to be stuck anymore! As harsh as it may sound, the reality is that anything else is just another excuse to quit trying & to stop creating new options to pivot around problems, which is totally fine, if that's all we want from life & from the individual situations we deal with in life that are unique to us! I love this quote from Jordan Belfort, the "Wolf of Wallstreet":
No one is going to come into our lives to define happiness for us, and no one is going to come into our lives to put in the daily effort required to be happy per our own personal definition. The world is full of opportunities, based on our attitude, our work ethic, and our choice to pivot around obstacles & keep moving forward. The world is our oyster!
In no way it sounds stupid, fella. People write books and build careers on this topic:the checklist manifesto
interesting as hell read
I mostly do this in my head, but yeah sometimes I make real lists. It's a huge help. Real LPT material. Lists are incredibly useful both in professional life and personal life.
Also, be sure to adapt this idea for your personal style of thinking. You can see in these replies that people have different methods for breaking down large goals into simpler tasks. Figure out what works for you.
Further reading: The Checklist Manifesto
Or listening: NPR interview about The Checklist Manifesto
Here's an amazing read on checklists: "The Checklist Manifesto" http://www.amazon.com/The-Checklist-Manifesto-Things-Right/dp/0312430000
Yes. And here's a book that shows you how.
There's a whole book about that... I've been trying to get my boss to read it for years.
Read "The Checklist Manifesto" it briefly covers how feats like this are accomplished.
http://www.amazon.com/Checklist-Manifesto-How-Things-Right/dp/0312430000
I always sucked at my job.I hate routine and get distracted easily!
Oh,squirrel!
Here i am replying to stuff on reddit and facebooking :(
So i very often make stupid mistakes because i dont prepare for tasks so my evaluation reports always suck
on the bright side im good with out-of-the box stuff and making stuff work so that sort of makes up for my failings in other departments up to a point i'm sort of the only person who can get stuff done quickly
anyway ive been using time management and task management tools on the web to keep tabs on what im supposed to do and its been helping quite a lot
also, checklists!
read this:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Checklist-Manifesto-Things-Right/dp/0312430000
check out trello.com