Adding on to my previous comment--I know it really ultimately down to what I ask of and expect from myself. But I'm also incredibly hard on myself. And tend to not have enough faith in myself to accomplish difficult things. Which can lead me to not try as hard as I could (with other things in life, too). So having an outside person who can help with both the having faith (which he said he did) and the pushing, I think could help me. Even though it all comes down to me in the end.