Goals vs. the Process

What motivates you to accomplish things and meet personal commitments? Is it the consequence of not doing it or the enjoyment obtained by doing it, whatever "it" is?

When asked about setting goals, I immediately recoil and feel a minor disdain for the idea. Not exactly sure where that reaction comes from — it is simply there. Instead, I prefer to think in patterns of moving toward desires in a step-by-step fashion.