According to SET theory, in order to function effectively inside their own skin and maintain their integrity, in the face of exponential cross purpose communication and increasingly conflictual stress resulting from an inability to reconcile the discrepancies between their own needs and their demands on others on the one hand, and others' demands on them and their needs, on the other, a person needs to identify which of their seven life domains including health, family, relationship, profession, education, finances and self, are not functioning, noting how the satisfactory domains are different. They then need to adopt cognitive and lifestyle restructuring micro-strategies and learn to invest an equal amount of their attention into all seven life domains at once rather than senselessly and aimlessly pouring energy, resources and time through futile efforts into and becoming pre-occupied with the life domains that are intractable and unsatisfactory.