The Single Decision

How to make changes with teleological vision.

About two years ago, I wrote a piece that made the rounds — “A Technique for Deciding How to Say No.” This concept, while not explicitly stated, utilized the notion of teleology to create a constraint for what you should give your time to.

A Technique for Deciding When to Say No

The insights of the article can certainly be useful in today’s conversation, but the teleological emphasis was how a vision assists in forming the notion of what you should not do (which therefore helps delineate what you should do). Two years later, I’d like to frame a process using teleology again.

This time, however, let’s explore how to use the same concept to explicitly create a destination for catalyzing changes you want to make in your life and in the world.

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Defintion of teleology.
• Why purposive goals are necessary for making changes.
• How an ideal ought to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Exercise One: Affirmations