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Here is my answer though. If you want to hate on this too then go ahead
Having ones own set goals, goes very well in hand with having ambitions.
Ultimately I think, ambitions have to do with high level of life force - the opposite of being depressed.
A strongly depressed person lacks ambitions since nothing feels fun/exciting etc. No ambition and no goals - except for death perhaps. On a cross or something.
The opposite of that is a person who has a ton of ambitions, and thus a ton of goals he/she wants to reach in life.
For such a person - surviving is crucial since he/she wants to live and pass life on to children etc. Really depressed people don't even have these goals.
So, my conclusion is: the more spiritually elevating things you engage in (asanas, breath of fire, RTR's meditations etc.) the more ambitions will pop up, and thus goals.
Goals set by You and your ambitions, not someone else.
I tend to sometimes get new creative ideas on the go when I'm out running or meditating longer sessions.
The will and strength to actually get down to the creative business also comes along with it.