I think both affirmations and intentions can be goals. It just depends on what your goal is.
If I want to be a better public speaker, I could say "I feel comfortable as a public speaker" or something like that as an affirmation. But this would be an end.
But if my goal was to become a multi million dollar public speaker, then it just might be a road clearing exercise for my ultimate goal/intention "I intend to earn $1 m this year from my public speaking engagements."
I'm not sure if these statements are good examples, but I think you get the idea if you don't get too hung up on the wordings that I've chosen.
I wonder if they are both the same in that they can equally lead a person with equal ease to the goal, whether it is within the person or outside the person, but only differ in their approach. One from the inside and one from the outside.
If I wanted to make a million bucks through my business, then I could see it going it both ways. Affirmation of "I am a successful millionaire business person" will start to open up my road blocks within my own mind and help me to build up the confidence and other elements necessary to make that statement true.
On the other side, stating the intention "I intend to earn over a million dollars through my business" might start its way from the outside-of-me and begin to effect the circumstances around me. But in the process, I would end up gaining similar if not the same elements necessary to make that statement come true.
Just a thought.
Maybe it's just a matter of preference; believing in oneself as the source and/or limit of one's affective influence or believing in an outside power as the source and/or limit of it. Maybe what really matters the most is the faith that it's going to work. By having a strong faith that it will work, you can make affirmations and intentions to manifest your desires.
What do you think?
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