Coaching practices for What Went Well Analysis

Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For What Went Well Analysis, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.

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

• When something goes badly I’ll pick it apart for hours, but when something actually goes great I just enjoy it and move on without a second thought
• It went well so I assumed I did everything right and moved on
• Good things happened this year and I’m grateful for them, but I genuinely couldn’t tell you what I did to make them happen
• When something doesn’t land the way I hoped, I write the whole thing off as a failure and myself along with it
• I lost, so I’ve written the whole thing off as a failure

Practices that may help

1. Apply the AAR to successes, not only setbacks
   Reviewing what actually caused a win produces replicable insight; reviewing only failures produces only loss-avoidance.
   After-Action Review: The US Army’s Tool for Continuous Learning
2. Debrief against process goals, not just the outcome
   After performance, evaluate whether you executed your process goals before evaluating the result.
   Process vs. Outcome Goals in Sport and Performance
3. Go deep on "what went well" — extract the recipe, not just the win
   A win recorded but not analyzed produces no transferable knowledge — identify what specifically caused it.
   The Annual Review (Tim Ferriss Method)
4. Reframe feedback from outcome to process
   After any outcome — good or bad — ask "what did I do well?" before "how did it go?"
   The Confidence–Competence Loop
5. Review process goal execution separately from outcomes after each performance
   Evaluate how well you executed your process goals independently of whether you won or lost.
   Process Goals, Made Practical
6. Debrief after performance without letting relief collapse the strategy
   After a successful performance, acknowledge the outcome honestly without abandoning the preparation habit that produced it.
   Defensive Pessimism, Made Practical
7. Balance the review with a genuine positive inventory
   List three specific things you did well today — not three things that went well, but three things you did.
   The Pythagorean Evening Review
8. Three good things (what went well)
   Each night, write down three things that went well and why they went well.
   Positive Psychology, Made Practical
9. Separate judgment from analysis in the debrief
   The AAR only produces learning when the analysis phase is free of performance judgments.
   After-Action Review: The US Army’s Tool for Continuous Learning
10. Evaluate the outcome and adjust
    After implementing, honestly assess what worked, what didn’t, and what to do next.
    Problem-Solving Therapy, Made Practical

Describe your situation in your own words to search the complete practice library.