A direction is a process-based goal. In the second case, the direction is really a change in a decision making process. It says that from now on, I'll I will decide differently. Opportunities that don't fit my new criteria will be rejected, and opportunities that meet my values will be accepted.
Directions are more abstract than outcomes.
If the new voice kicks in exactly where the old voice used to, then the very question itself will lead the person in a different direction of thinking that they went before. Note that unlike an outcome, a direction-setting intervention is often a question or feeling that interrupts a strategy and gets the person to head off considering different things than they otherwise would have considered. An outcome is simply a particular representation of what someone wants, and it may or may not affect their behavior. All rights reserved, though permissions are usually granted. Email Stever Robbins .