Coaching practices for Stop Repeating Mistakes

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I keep nothing written down, so every fresh start I’m working from a fuzzy memory of last time
• I keep making the same mistake over and over, and every time I just resolve to execute better next time
• I missed one day and that single slip somehow gives me permission to miss the next, and the next, until "I do this every day" has quietly become "I used to do this"
• I keep making the same kind of mistake and my response is just to "study more" in general, which never fixes it
• I get something wrong, mutter "ugh, wrong," and just bash at it again right away

Practices that may help

1. Keep a written PDSA log so the cycle has memory
   Record each cycle so patterns across attempts are visible and the same mistake is not repeated indefinitely.
   Plan–Do–Study–Act: Deming’s Loop for Personal Improvement
2. Examine your assumptions, not just your actions
   When reflection reveals a pattern of repeated mistakes, look for the underlying belief that generates them.
   Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle: Learning by Doing and Reflecting
3. Apply the never-miss-twice rule when the chain does break
   When the chain breaks, restart it the very next day — never let two consecutive days pass.
   The Seinfeld Strategy: Don’t Break the Chain
4. Error archaeology
   Examine every mistake to identify which chunk misfired, was missing, or had a faulty boundary.
   Chunking: How Experts See What Beginners Miss
5. Treating errors as data points
   After any failure, immediately extract the specific information the error revealed about the problem.
   Productive Failure: How Struggling First Makes Instruction More Effective
6. Maintain approach framing after a setback
   When you miss, ask "what does success look like from here?" rather than "how bad was the failure?"
   Approach vs Avoidance Goals
7. Track the gap between misses, not a perfect streak
   Watch for consecutive misses rather than chasing an unbroken run.
   The Two-Day Rule: Never Skip Twice
8. Reflect to turn experience into lessons
   After a task, extract what to keep and what to change instead of just moving on.
   Metacognition: Knowing What You Actually Know
9. Use errors and failures to refine the mental representation, not just the technique
   When something goes wrong, ask: "What was wrong with my model?" — not just "What was wrong with my execution?"
   Mental Representations: The Expert’s Internal Map
10. Let the apology change the pattern
    The real apology is the different behavior the next time the situation arises.
    The Art of Apology

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