If you want to improve, you need to become aware of your weaknesses and how they’re holding you back. First, you need to recognize when you’re needing security, retreating into fantasy, needing approval, or longing for the past. Next, you need to figure out what you’re eating for fuel, and find ways to adjust your habits so that you’re getting the most out of life. Finally, you need to create a plan for achieving your goals, and then work hard to make it happen.

Benzino’s mind tends to soar from one ideal or theory to the next without ever adopting any one approach. Because Benzino 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.