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Conduct after-action reviews

Conduct after-action reviews

- My husband Peter and I watch a lot of live theater, particularly Broadway musicals. We've come up with a detailed rating scheme on a scale of one to five to describe what we thought of a play. For example, a score of one means we absolutely hated it. We left in intermission. Thankfully, that's only happened three times. A score of three means it was perfectly fine but nothing extraordinary. Oh, but a score of five means that it was exceptional. Going beyond our expectations, it was a unique theater experience. Then we spend a lot of time discussing why it was so good. We believe these conversations have helped us become better audience members. In addition to helping us realize what we like, we also know what to look for when buying tickets to future shows, and hopefully it will tell us which plays to avoid in the future. Athletes do this too, watching film of their performance after every competition. This is known as an after action review or AAR, and it can be a very valuable…

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