A word about goals and linguistics.
There is a concept in linguistics, which is about perception, receiving, relaying. Where the object or action is placed.
In French, when a person makes a statement, linguistically it is in process. This is my foundation, and my initial framework from my ancestors. (Gene tests so far are French, Northern European, with childhood of British English & Ojibwe.)
In 2017, I was consulting with a pre-olympian, and he was set-up, but there were things that stopped him. I believe, that he actually was accomplishing what he wanted. And that his resistence, was actually his "cry for help". Only, it was indirect, and that wasn't the framework of the consults, therefore it was both unethical and inappropriate, for me to tell him what I clearly saw.
Step 1 when you want to get out of or over something, is to be honest. You have to know exactly what it is, and say that you want to get to the other side. You do NOT need to know how to get there. Afterall, if you did, you would have. Under that premise, and that very clear honesty, of what you do know, and what it is you don't, is where it all begins. Then you have to commit to the process, and work within a safe container.
That man, he actually was working for a company that was agreggating data without consent, and so he lied to me about what he was really doing. As to what he wanted, he couldn't say it directly either. I could absolutely see it, but back to ethics. The person asking the consultant, has to be specific, and honest.
Next, we had a linguistics problem, which I could recognize, but hadn't dug more deeply into at the time. In my core foundation, me, and my ancestors, we only speak, when things are in progress, otherwise we are silent. His culture, does things differently, and a statement, does NOT mean action in progress. Instead it's just words; objects without verbs. If we had cleared up that difference in linguistics, and explained things differently, we could have bridged the gap. BUT, none of that can ever even begin, unless the foundation is transparent honesty and informed dual consent.
(I'm pretty passionate about ethics, and against ALL people, who have approached me throughout my life, stating they wanted one thing, and lying about their true intent. It's always transparent; sometimes the due diligence just takes a while. I only accept honest, ethical, and lawful people in my reality.)