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Intention vs. Goal: Why Mystics and Coaches Agree on This One Thing

A goal is a destination. An intention is how you want to travel. Both work better together than apart.

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Performance coaches will tell you that outcome goals alone can be demotivating, because so much of the result is outside your control. Spiritual teachers have said something similar for a long time: set the intention, release the outcome.

Try writing both. Goal: finish the first draft by December. Intention: write from curiosity, not fear. When the goal slips, the intention is still there to come back to.

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