Every person has basic innate needs.
The activity of one's life seeks to fulfill this set of needs. In order to fulfill these needs, a person works towards goals. Goals are states of being that do not now exist but that we can imagine existing. In other words, goals are targets toward which we direct our actions. We are intentional, goal-directed beings, seeking the fulfillment of our needs through the achievement of our goals, and we are beings who must pursue our goals in social settings.