Sheepdog Tip of the Day, Before Combat tip 295
The next paragraph in our performance analysis is called "solution analysis." Here we recognize all the things that were missing from our perfect performance. But we must turn them around from a negative overtone to a positive one. If, for example, we missed a wind shot, we wouldn't write down, "I missed a wind shot." This causes you to mentally list all the ways you accomplished this mistake. Instead, you should write down the solution for this in the present tense, first person, as if you're already doing it correctly. For example, "I always memorize the wind flags and the mirage, I relate this to the results of my last shot, and I use this information to apply the correct setting to my next shot."
Linda K. Miller and Keith Cunningham, Secrets of Mental Marksmanship
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