To really break a habit, create a real representation of your 'ideal self'.

They portray their ideal self rather than their true self.

These different selves lead to constructed images dichotomized between what people want to be (the ideal self) and how others see them (the limited self).

The first social capital motive seeks for validation by acting consistently with the values of ones ideal self.

Classic research questions involve how people maximize or minimize the expressiveness, how one stage ideal self, the process of impression-management, etc.