So your takeaway is that this one line in a review changed how your whole team worked with you? That sounds like a lot to hang on one comment, and maybe a bit too neat... Like the kind of story that sounds good looking back but probably had more going on. People say yes fast in meetings all the time, it is not some huge flaw, it is usually just being new or wanting to seem on board. I get that slowing down helped you, but was it really her calling it out that did it, or did you just get older and more sure of yourself around then anyway? Not saying the advice was bad, just that bosses say stuff like this constantly and most of it goes in one ear and out the other. Feels like you are giving her credit for something you probably would have figured out on your own.

Tomato seedlings that dry out and curl up usually bounce back once you water them again. They are tough little plants. Three days without water is not going to kill them unless they were already sick or sitting in full sun all afternoon. I have forgotten whole trays for a week and still got most of them to pull through. Your neighbor gave bad advice for sure, but losing all 12 over it seems like a stretch. What were they planted in, tiny cells or something bigger?