# Dan Heath - What’s the Goal of the Goal? (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/57055603) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Dan Heath]] **Full Title**:: What’s the Goal of the Goal? **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [behavioralscientist.org](https://behavioralscientist.org/dan-heath-whats-the-goal-of-the-goal/) **Host**:: [[behavioralscientist.org]] **Highlighted**:: [[2025-12-24]] **Created**:: [[2025-12-27]] ## Highlights - We can get so fixated on a goal that we miss the bigger picture. And when we lock into a particular goal too quickly, we blind ourselves to alternate routes forward that might have been better and easier. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kd85bjdbrj2na15abhrdyxzp)) ^969421754 - What are 10 different ways you could achieve or approach that aspiration, other than by following your initial resolution? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kd85dyf44jrf9xwt7egeyq4r)) ^969421829