I humbly hold myself as an example here for all to see. Yup, I screwed up. If you can learn from my mistakes here, take that knowledge and prevent a similar event in your own flying. We don't personally have to make every mistake to learn every lesson. And if there's one universal lesson in all this, it's that experience, currency and good hands are not the only prophylactics needed to prevent an accident or incident.
Judgment is a key ingredient, too.
He is still an active GA pilot who has flown hundreds of different aircraft in his 30 years of flying.