Airbus girl wrote: "I always take a few minutes to self-brief before take-off. I consider the runway direction/ length, wind, airfield, obstacles, etc. On take-offs I always have a look around so I am familiar with the "land out" fields, should the engine quit. Its much easier to spend a few minutes on the ground considering the options rather than in the air with a dead engine."
Would also recommend GoogleEarth as a great pre-flight resource to research options for EFATO.
E.g. have a look at where you might prefer to steer the aircraft having had EFATO at 400-600ft off Blackbushe or Fairoaks westerly runways. Not obvious even from the comfort of an armchair?