Sometimes when reading we try and find answers, a clue to the internal monologue that will push us to the ideal character or the ideal action that will get us what we want.
But we have to remember that we can simply act to become the ideal character or act to take the ideal action that will get us what we want. The key is that we have to do it for our own internal validation, not external validation.
Which brings us full circle, what is the nature of our internal validation, and how do we fulfill it?