563. Don't Be a Goldfish

In today's episode of the Daily Drive, we dive into Donald Schön’s “Reflective Practitioner” model and why it’s a game-changer for athletes stuck in repeating the same mistakes. Schön separates reflection-in-action—those real-time adjustments you make mid-pitch or mid-at-bat—from reflection-on-action, the critical post-performance analysis most athletes skip entirely. Without that deliberate look-back, small mechanical flaws or mental misreads quietly compound until they show up as another four-pitch walk. Pair this with George Santayana’s timeless line—“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”—and the message lands hard: if your pitcher isn’t reviewing what just happened, he’s practically guaranteeing the next outing looks the same. Time to build the habit of honest, structured reflection so the past finally teaches instead of tortures.