Goals imply commitment to assumptions. We assume some end state is the best we can do and is achievable with the schedule, activities and costs we assume will work. Our commitment to these assumptions shuts down our openness to other possibilities. Openness would constitute failure to reach the goal.
Pathways are future directions we are attracted to as good. We are open to multiple and agile pathways. Our commitment is to our questions empowered by our continously unfolding unknowns. They are not assumption based in any way. We move forward on the power of our questions.