Title - Definitions for goal attainment Tags - businesssystems systems processes plan
Mission (Fundamental Choice)
“your long-term purpose and continuous responsibility.”
Goal (Primary Choice)
“the object of a person’s ambition or effort; an aim or desired result.”
Result
“a thing that is caused or produced by something else; a consequence or outcome.”
Reality
“the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.”
Strategy
“a plan to create value.”
“the entire operating approach of your business.” (Jay Abraham)
Action
“the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.”
Activity
“a thing that a person or group does or has done”
Process
“a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.”
System
“a set of things working together as parts of a an interconnecting network; a complex whole.”
Objective
“a thing aimed at or sought; a goal.”
Plan
“an intention or decision about what one is going to do.”
Here’s my interpretation of how these things relate to each other…
Mission is the long-term purpose and continuous responsbility of a person’s life or business, or a particular component of one’s life or business.
A goal is a vision of a specific result you want to achieve which helps you achieve a mission.
Reality is where you are right now in relation to a goal.
An objective is a landmark or milestone result on the way to the goal.
Strategy is the overall approach to move from current reality to the goal - including how the different parts of the approach relate to each other.
An action or activity is a single step you take to get from A to B.
A process is a series of actions taken to get from A to B.
A system is a group of interrelated processes working together to reach the goal.
A plan describes the action steps, processes, systems, strategies and objectives you decide will build to move from current reality towards a goal.
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