Tactical / Strategic
One axis. Two ways of seeing.

Thinking and Behavior
• What matters is the optimal means and way forward among present options
• “How to proceed” matters more than “what to aim for”
• Goals change with the situation: finds objectives that fit the route
• More interested in widening today’s options than in a future ideal
• On reaching a goal, prone to a sense of emptiness or lost direction

Behavioral Tendencies
• Plans around the path and its feasibility rather than the goal
• Poor at, or avoids, setting long-term goals
• Envisions multiple routes: “this might happen,” “I could also do this”
• May be at a loss when asked “so what’s your objective?”

Frequent Vocabulary
• “method,” “means,” “flow,” “way of doing,” “task,” “for now”

Thinking and Behavior
• What matters is the objective — the point they want to reach
• “Where am I heading” matters more than “how do I get there”
• Means are adjusted flexibly in service of the goal
• Changing a goal once set is difficult and disorienting
• Feels unsettled without a goal; prone to feeling “life has no meaning” without one

Behavioral Tendencies
• Judges current actions by whether they bring the goal closer
• Strong drive to advance straight toward the goal
• Feels that effort without a purpose is meaningless
• Tends to analyze past events for how they contributed to reaching goals

Frequent Vocabulary
• “goal,” “objective,” “destination,” “plan,” “achievement,” “vision”