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Values vs Goals

Directions, not landmarks

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Values are directions (kindness, integrity, curiosity). Goals are landmarks along a value's direction. Confusing them turns life into a checklist and dead-ends when a goal fails.

Value (direction)
Goal(s) that live along it
Next tiny action
Where I've confused a goal with a value
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