Process v. outcome

"A goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don't sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of happiness in the long run. If you do something every day, it's a system. If you're waiting to achieve it someday in the future, it's a goal."
—Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip.

Note: It's from his book: "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life" (2013).