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By comparing your strengths and weaknesses, or the dots and the gaps, your map should show you what you possess and what you need to work on.

Now, think of a long-term goal, like becoming
a musician.

Your goal doesn’t have to be realistic;

remember that the purpose of having the goal clearly written is to map out a way to get there.

Understanding where you want to go is an important step, so
the next step is laying out a plan to push on to that goal.

By comparing your strengths and weaknesses, or the dots and the gaps, your map should show you what you possess and what you need to work on.

<compare A and B>는 ‘A와 B를 비교하다’라는 뜻이다.

동사 show의 간접 목적어로 you, 직접 목적어로 관계대명사절 what you possess와 what you need to work on이 쓰인 구조이다.

Your goal doesn’t have to be realistic; remember that the purpose of having the goal clearly written is to map out a way to get there.

세미콜론(;) 뒤에 주절에 대한 부연 설명이 이어지고 있다.

<사역동사 have + 목적어 + p.p.> 구조의 표현으로, 목적어인 the goal과 write는 '목표가 적히는’, 즉 수동 관계이므로 목적격 보어로 동사원형이 아닌 과거분사가 쓰였다.

Understanding where you want to go is an important step, so the next step is laying out a plan to push on to that goal.

Understanding의 목적어로 wh-명사절인 where you want to go가 쓰였으며, Understanding where you want to go는 동명사구 주어이다.

Parents, teachers, friends, and others you trust can also provide insight into you that you may not have noticed.

you trust 앞에 목적격 관계대명사 that이나 which가 생략되어 있으며, you trust는 Parents, teachers, friends, and others를 수식한다.

that은 목적격 관계대명사로, insight를 선행사로 한다.

<may not have + p.p.>는 과거에 대한 추측을 나타내는 표현으로, ‘~이 아니었을지도 모른다’라는 뜻이다.