The Important Distinction: Means Goals Versus End Goals.
How to identify means goals:
- Means goals usually have a “so in them. Means goals don’t stand alone but are stepping stones to something else.
- Means goals are often about meeting or conforming. Is your goal one you think you “should” meet as part of achieving your ultimate goal, for example, get a college degree, get married.
How to identify end goals:
- End goals are about following your heart. Time flies when you’re pursuing them, it recharges you.
- End goals are often feelings. To be happy, to be in love, to consistently feel loving, to consistently feel joyous are all very good end goals.
~ Vishen Lakhiani, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind