There are many contexts where it is clear and realistic to think a good future will mean multiple rather than singular dimensions of the future. Pursuing multiple directions means moving from each through questions that emerge from our curiosity, actions and learning. As we move from our questions our sense of each pursued direction shifts. Some we edit, some we combine, some we delete, some we add.
One of the interesting benefits of questions is that as we get better at discovering and shaping questions, our progress produces value along the way. There is no value delayed or deferred. We gain new resources, opportunities, support, capacity and immediately useful outcomes.
This is one of the most interesting differences between directions and goals. Goals defer usable benefits until completion and directions deliver usable benefits along the way.