You have to learn to not stop when you make a mistake. Play through the whole track even if you tank a section. It’s often easier to punch in the fix.Noooooo shit, lol.
Worse still is when you're playing pretty well, but you make a small mistake in a take so you stop, delete, and start over... and then suddenly you do the exact same thing on 20 takes within the first 30 seconds because you've gotten inside your own head and can't play something that should be doable for you. does anyone else do this or am I just that special?
I do need to be better about that, to be fair, and I've noticed that "good" takes tend to come together in bunches. "Be a goldfish" and all that. Really what I need to learn, though, is the number of times I do a take, think "that was ok, but lets try again," save it, arm a new track... and 30 minutes later go back and re-listen to the three takes I've decided to keep and realize the first was the best, all along...
Thankfully I've at least learned to just save multiple decent takes rather than delete and re-record. 