Goal Hierarchy
- At the bottom of the hierarchy are our most concrete and specific goals
- These are the tasks we have on our short-term to-do list
- These low-level goals exist merely as means to ends
- In contrast, the higher the goal in this hierarchy, the more abstract, general and important it is
- The higher the goal, the more it’s an end in itself, and the less it’s merely a means to an end
- Between the lowest and the highest level might be several layers of mid-level goals
- The top-level goal should be a compass that gives direction and meaning to all the goals below it