Fresh ears
A couple of years back I bought a Zoom H4, when they were the "newest thing". I have found that recording is an awesome tool for getting feedback about your playing in a lot of ways, tempo being among them. I'm trying to work hard to improve my vocal ability and I actually record a goodly portion of all my playing now.
Listening back with a critical ear helps me to improve a lot of things about my playing. I have discovered some bad habits that I wasn't even aware of (like hitting my pick against the pickguard) that I have been able to "clean up", but even more than that, I have noticed some things like lack of energy, starting at the wrong tempo (like your posting mentions), or singing in the wrong key.
I find recording to be a very valuable tool. Only about 1 percent of what I record is for actual producing of recorded music.
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