The Third Axis of Goals

A goal per se is something that you are actually doing cognitive work on to figure out, well, how do I get this? How do I make this happen? If it's going to happen without any special attention and effort on your part, you don't set it as a goal. It needs to be something that if you don't actually put in some extra attention and effort, it's not going to happen. So when you set something as a goal, you actually are committing to a whole bunch of work associated with that particular outcome. And so by setting this purpose and having a short list that you can remember, say, you know, a handful of goals at any one time,