Hi VJ
To me there are goals, strategies and tasks (or actions). Let me use an example:
Let’s assume that your goal is “To clear my debt”. Your strategies might be the following:
1. “Define my current financial status. “
2. “Create a vision of a debt-free life.”
3. “Explore alternative ways to clear my debts. “
4. Etc.
Under each strategy, there are some tasks or actions to be done. If your first strategy is to “define my current financial status”, the tasks or actions could be:
“Go through all my financial statement and identify the exact amount I owe.”
“Identify and write down my current income.”
“Identify how much I can pay each month.”
Once these tasks are done, you move on to the next strategy and identify which tasks you need to do to achieve that.
In my experience most people want to get into action too soon before they have identify their goals or strategies.
In short, if you have clear goals and strategies, your tasks will have more meaning.
You can read more about it
here.
I hope this helped.
Keep well
Derik
Sustainable Employee Motivation, Motivating Individuals And Teams