Ked,
You said it when you said..."future goal"
Your purpose is like stepping stones of intentions that put in the direction of your goal.
E.g.
You're standing on one side of the river... your end goal is to get to the other side to escape the enermy...
meanwhile you're reading a book with the purpose of finding out the fastest way to cross that river... so that you can get to the other side.
Next you're in the forest lopping down a tall tree, you need to do this ASAP but you're lopping down a tree for the purpose of making a quick bridge, so that you can get to the other side.
Once you reached your goal, you are done, no more purpose required.
Purpose, explains the reason that you are doing something and is usually one of many actions that lead toward a goal. It's say that when you do this you are moving closer toward your ulitmate goal.
My purpose for for using photoreading on my reading material, is, to access the information relevant to my current work and get it done in the fastest time, "so that I can" progress towards my goal and at the same time ensure some free hours to continue to pursue my hobby.
A goal (the reward) does not define what action steps are required in between where you are now and where you want to be.
Purpose (the why you are doing it) Identifies the action steps. It's saying I'm doing this because it is what it takes to get to my goal.
Alex
[This message has been edited by Alex K. Viefhaus (edited June 04, 2004).]
