🔼: [[🛠️ Goals and Intentions]] ###### Compensatory Goal A goal set to compensate for past failure(s). These are really two goals in one: 1. Achieve the thing. 2. Make up for past failure(s). - [[🔑 We have nothing to prove]] These goals are born of [[⭐️ Emotions]] like [[💡 Shame|shame]] and [[💡 Resentment|resentment]] – they're driven by [[💡 Protector Parts|Protector Parts]] and our [[🔑 Exiles have a Drive For Redemption|🔑 Exiles' Drive for Redemption]]. They tend to be [[🛡️ Perfectionism|🛡️ perfectionistic]] and riddled with [[💡 Black-and-White Thinking|All-or-Nothing Thinking]], which can set us up for failure and encourage us to quit when things get tough or don’t go our way. > [!example] > Someone tries their best but fails a class. > They think, “Next time I have to get an A.” > Progress looks like from F to D, C, B, and then A. > Aim for a C or B. [^1]: