The honest distance between how you actually work today and how you say you want to work.
Example
You say you want to be the kind of person who exercises every morning. You actually exercise twice a week. The gap between those two sentences is information, not failure. It tells you what to plan for next, instead of pretending the gap is not there.
How it fits in
Most people have a stated way they want to work and a real way they actually work. The gap is information, not a verdict. Hiding it makes it grow. Naming both lines out loud, then naming the gap, turns a private discomfort into a working tool. The smaller the gap, the more your stated self and your real self can rely on each other.
Where this is taught
Related terms
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