If you really want to improve and transform yourself, the first step is to become aware of the weaknesses which may be holding Bob Goff back and preventing his evolution. – His preference for illusion, his hypersensitivity, his emotionalism, his lack of self-confidence, and his guilt.

Bob Goff sometimes senses a conflict between his desire for social and professional success and his need for a stable, secure domestic life. He is deeply committed to both ideas and does not always succeed in reconciling their schedules and demands on him. Sometimes it feels as though he will never be able to find a balance. However, no job promotion will really satisfy him if he has neglected his most intimate needs and desires. Although it sometimes seems easier to him to climb the rungs of the career ladder out there in the real world, if he merely sacrifices his domestic life, he is only trying to fool himself. He should accept the fact that his domestic life is the true basis and foundation of his development. All his career endeavors and success will be even more rewarding if they are supported by a safe, warm personal life.

Bob Goff’s mind tends to soar from one ideal or theory to the next without ever adopting any one approach. Because Bob Goff rarely takes the trouble to steady his vision and deepen it, or to stick to an activity after it becomes tiresome, he is often disappointed. His lack of constancy and his inability to commit himself to any long-term effort, as well as his tendency to evade responsibility, could be obstacles to his life in the real world.

Bob Goff sometimes has difficulty stabilizing his life and steering a steady course. He is proud of his intellectual abilities and even tends to overestimate them in a search for recognition and admiration. Yet, at other times, he might seem to scoff at other people’s opinions. At times, he tends to be overwrought and high-strung. He might want to schedule frequent rest periods for himself.

Bob Goff often finds himself too tense and irritable to stick to a task for long. He is easily bored and distracted, and his bouts of inattention usually keeps him from engaging in any action totally. He tends to start a multitude of projects, but rarely finishes them, because meanwhile he has started some new enterprises. It might be advisable for him to learn to coordinate his energies and actions, if he wants to avoid exhausting his vitality.

Bob Goff has significant intellectual potential which may merely need to be managed better and oriented toward his environment. In the first part of his life, this mental energy may have some negative effects and drive him into self-destructive behavior. He will have to make an effort to understand certain obsessions, which are unconscious and therefore all the more powerful and irresistible, if he wants to overcome the feelings of failure they cause. A complete psychological metamorphosis may occur when he makes up his mind to accept and understand the matters he has rejected and repressed.