You can only benefit from reflecting on where you went wrong ex post to the extent you practiced systematic doubt, disconfirnation seeking, and skepticism ex ante.
Certainty —> Failure —> “Where did I go wrong?” Is mostly just a futile self-flagellation religious thought pattern
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I had a big problem with the self-flagellation for many years. Often the best you can do is to quickly go "ah, okay" and then move on to taking whatever actions help to fix, recover or regroup... but it's tempting/addictive to stay in the flagellation loop
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