{"id":827,"date":"2026-08-18T18:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=827"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:08:40","slug":"the-moving-goalpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=827","title":{"rendered":"The Moving Goalpost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rogue Entity Encounters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Common Habitat:<\/strong> Workplaces, families, relationships, education, competitive environments, approval-seeking, perfectionism, negotiations<br><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Changing requirements, victories that immediately become insufficient, new conditions introduced after old ones are satisfied<br><strong>Classification:<\/strong> Standards \/ Control Entity<br><strong>Danger Level:<\/strong> Moderate to Severe<br><strong>Primary Effect:<\/strong> Prevents completion, success, approval, or resolution by changing the conditions required to achieve it<br><strong>Primary Defense:<\/strong> Plausibility<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get an A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You get an A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBut was it the highest grade in the class?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get the promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You get the promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBut you&#8217;re still not management.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Save ten thousand dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You save ten thousand dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cIn this economy? You really need twenty.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThirty would actually be responsible.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The finish line is several miles behind you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You distinctly remember being told it was ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meet <strong>The Moving Goalpost.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Field Identification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Moving Goalpost changes the conditions of success after the traveler approaches or reaches them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original requirement may have been completely reasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem is not necessarily the standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is its mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you do X, then Y.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Actually, X plus Z.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do Z.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new letter appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This can continue indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Standards Are Supposed to Move Sometimes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Important distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standards change legitimately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A beginner is expected to perform differently from an expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A business grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Requirements evolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New information appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A child becomes an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Circumstances change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The existence of a new expectation does not automatically indicate an entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The question is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why did the standard move?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was there a reason?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was the change communicated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or did success itself trigger a new requirement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Encounter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An employee wanted to work remotely two days a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His manager said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cI need to know I can trust you to stay productive.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat would demonstrate that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cHit your targets consistently for three months.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three months later:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe targets are good, but I also need you to show leadership.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat would that look like?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lead the new project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe issue now is visibility. If you&#8217;re working from home, senior leadership won&#8217;t see you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The employee finally asked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cIs there actually anything I can do that would make you approve this?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The negotiation had appeared to contain requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may actually have contained a predetermined answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Honest No<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes someone does not want to say no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No feels harsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So instead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cMaybe if\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The traveler completes the condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Moving Goalpost can therefore be a cowardly substitute for refusal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A clean no may hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An endless maybe consumes years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Approval Goalposts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A child wants a parent&#8217;s approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The child becomes forty-five years old and is still submitting assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At some point the Mage must ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Is approval actually available here?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some games do not contain a victory screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Perfectionist Goalpost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entity does not require another person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You finish the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Improve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still not ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One more revision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One more feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eventually:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I&#8217;ll release it when it&#8217;s good enough.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Define good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without a defined stopping condition, perfectionism can move the goalpost forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Success Resets the Baseline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You run one mile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One mile doesn&#8217;t count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You run three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Progress is useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But notice when yesterday&#8217;s achievement becomes retroactively worthless because today&#8217;s capacity increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The old victory still happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A higher mountain does not erase the hill already climbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Relationship Goalpost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cI need you to communicate more.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You communicate more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBut I shouldn&#8217;t have to ask you to communicate.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You begin initiating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cYou&#8217;re only doing it because I complained.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now improvement itself becomes evidence against you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If every attempt to meet the need generates a new reason it does not count, resolution may no longer be the actual objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Apology Goalpost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cI want an apology.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You apologize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cYou only apologized because I asked.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cNow you&#8217;re making excuses.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You stop explaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cSee? You don&#8217;t even care.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There may be genuine hurt beneath this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if no response can satisfy the condition, the traveler needs to recognize the structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A test with no passing answer is not functioning as a test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Purity Goalpost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The traveler makes an improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stops one harmful behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBut you still do this other thing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Improves that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cA truly good person wouldn&#8217;t have needed to change in the first place.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now even growth has become evidence of failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Moving Goalpost can make moral development impossible by requiring a perfect past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody possesses one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Negotiation Goalpost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One more condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deadline agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One more revision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scope agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWhile you&#8217;re in there\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is how projects expand while compensation remains strangely stationary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goalpost moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The budget does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scope Creep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Particularly common in work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could you add a shop?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And email integration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And booking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And a member portal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cIt&#8217;s basically part of the website.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the original task had edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When those edges move, the agreement should be revisited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New work is not automatically included because it lives near old work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Competitive Goalpost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You compare yourself to someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reach their level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediately find someone better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reach that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is always:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone richer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More skilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the standard is <strong>someone ahead of me<\/strong>, the goalpost has access to eight billion possible locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excellent creature habitat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Media Goalposts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thousand followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then ten thousand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then one hundred thousand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number that once represented success becomes embarrassingly small after reaching it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metrics can be useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But numbers are especially vulnerable to migration because they provide endless ladders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is always another zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Goalpost of Enough<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enough money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enough preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enough security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enough knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enough achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What number means enough?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If no answer exists, accumulation has no natural stopping point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The traveler may spend a lifetime approaching a destination that retreats at precisely the same speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detecting Legitimate Change<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What changed that requires the new standard?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good answers exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information unavailable before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the goalpost moved because the field changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different creature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detecting Manipulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If I meet this condition, will the matter be settled?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preferably before doing the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the answer is evasive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWe&#8217;ll see.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Useful information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps the stated requirement is not actually a finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Write the Goalpost Down<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For important agreements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deliverables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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