Tracking lessons learned has emerged as a crucial element of personal growth, and especially in my life-as-experiment philosophy. It "failure" into "knowledge," and takes the sting out of actions by putting them into perspective. The idea is you made the best choice in the moment (trust yourself here), so how could you know any different? The main point, of course, is to learn from them and improve yourself. This is why I've been tracking them since '05.
With that in mind, let me present my 2008 after action debrief. This is a mix of large and some small, and I thought you might get something my analysis. This is a bit of soul-baring, offered in the spirit of openness and self-improvement. The list is long, so I invite you to scan to see if anything pops out at you.
