I work on the assumption that students have all they need to achieve their study goal. Together we reaffirm what that goal is and determine what they need to do to achieve it. We establish what obstacles might be in the way and how to deal with these obstacles. I aim to show the students that they are capable of choosing the path to work through these obstacles. In practice the students demonstrate this to themselves. This work begins with a choice which necessitates a commitment on the part of the student. This commitment requires taking action and we discuss the possibility that some actions are likely to be difficult to undertake. In making a commitment, students soon arrive at a point where it becomes obvious that in order to remain committed, they must continue to take actions that get a task completed.

Making a commitment to a specific objective involves students in accepting their circumstances; a necessary understanding in order to do what needs to be done to make their study work better. I encourage a particular practice of choice which is distinct from those obstacles. This choice is for a future which is not governed by a particular set of obstacles -- a choice not conditioned by the past but by the future.