If you really want to improve and transform yourself, the first step is to become aware of the weaknesses which may be holding you back and preventing your evolution. Your defensive attitudes, your fear of being dispossessed, your ambivalence, your radicalism, and your over-reliance on your instincts can all be hindering factors.

Although it sometimes seems easier to me to climb the rungs of the career ladder out there in the real world, if Imerely sacrifice my domestic life, I am only trying to fool myself. I shouldaccept the fact that my domestic life is the true basis and foundation of mydevelopment. All my career endeavors and success will be even more rewarding if they aresupported by a safe, warm personal life.

Anathan Pham is endowed with sensitivity and great aspirations, but he sometimes sees little point in devoting himself to fulfilling the demands of practical reality. He escapes into his fantasy world to give him the illusion of a greater reward, but he often attracts dishonest people who are likely to take advantage of him.