Darrel points to the MSF Risk Management Discipline. Indeed, this is something I believe to be very important, however, I did not put my money where my mouth is, and although I've read about it, I never got the chance to actually practice it. Ah, live and learn. I'll be reading this in the next couple of days, but I've already learned to trust that what Darrel recommends is probably, well... recommended.

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