If you want to improve 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 defensive attitudes, your fear of being dispossessed, your ambivalence, your radicalism, and your over-reliance on your instincts.

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

Stetson Bennett struggles with setting realistic goals and with organizing his emotional relationships. This is particularly evident when it comes to his potential partners, who he idealizes in the beginning but then tries to dodge his commitment and desperately plot to extricate himself. In other life pursuits, Bennett often rushes into activities without fully understanding what he is getting himself into. Life can step in to urge him to slow down and induce him to organize himself more patiently and forethoughtfully.