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I made a bad decision over the weekend. I was faced with a choice and I picked the wrong one. I got away with it.

I won't go into details here because it happened on a skydive. What I would like to pass along here is the lesson I carried away from it.

The outcome is not the way to measure the wisdom of your decision. Just because you walked away from something doesn't mean you earned that right.

Be honest with yourselves after you have a close call and really evaluate what happened. Is there a way you can prevent it in the future?

Most of the time when I have a close call it is because of a mistake I made. I consider that embarassing. If it was a planned risk, I don't consider that a close call. Then I am managing the amount of risk involved and accepting it. Sloppiness is not cool. That is usually what causes most close calls.