If you are serious about improving yourself, the first step is to become aware of the weaknesses which may be holding you back and preventing your evolution. These might include your tendency to bluff, your difficulty managing certain things, your instability, and your unwillingness to change certain opinions.

Berton Averre has the ability to detach himself from his emotions to analyze and observe them, but this tendency sometimes prevents him from truly engaging himself in emotional terms. This is why he subjects all his feelings to an intellectual interpretation rather than yielding to them. It is also the reason why he might falter, hesitate, contradict himself and seem to say both yes and no when he has an opportunity to commit himself emotionally. He should make a conscious effort to overcome this unconscious conditioning which may be related to his childhood. He must first learn to observe and assimilate other people’s feelings instead of rejecting them. This exercise will teach him to understand his own reactions and affects better.