Having a high goal isn't a problem. The problem is wanting to be in a high place without earning it. This fictional future reference point pulls all movements in the same compensatory direction. The view of the future guides the person in the present, i.e. never feeling pain. Some of us tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
Therapeutic goal is to reduce the size of the goal to an achievable level.
Style of Life Adler AA Practical Application Alcoholics are often self-indulgent, avoid responsibility. Involves all or nothing thinking, rather than the flexible problem solving of a healthy person. Dissolving of the life style. The view of the self and the world. Limits ability to make realistic judgments, but serves the purpose of protecting fictional final goal and life style.