The Advisor issue

So, there are two ways to track progress- what you are actually getting done and what your advisor thinks you should be getting done. Or where they think you should be. I guess the sticking point there is, usually, you're not as smart as they are yet, so you probably won't make progress according to their schedule. How in the heck do you rectify that? I'm not where he thinks I should be, that point is probably 2 months off. Any suggestions???