[nbm]

Stories (which is the medium used) about how things went right without effort are boring. Which leaves two stories - things that went right that had a lot of effort, and things that went wrong.

In the case of things going right with a lot of effort, there’s the case where things went right because of that effort. If you write stories about those, you can be accused of being self-aggrandizing - but they do give people practical options to consider in similar situations.

In the case of things going wrong, there’s the case where you tried to correct things, but were not successful. There’s value in exploring what you could do better - but that’s not a story. The story is the people and archetypes and systems and so forth. In that case, you can be accused of seeking to blame others.

The other stories could be where you did something wrong (but which at the time seemed like they were good and necessary), but despite that the outcome was successful, or because of that, the outcome was unsuccessful. If you’ve read enough of the back catalog, these do exist.

I like that these are presented as stories, and that they are representative of situations people will recognize and also find themselves in. If you’ve seen them, it’s validating that others perceive the challenges the same. If you haven’t, you’re forewarned about things that may come up.