The article was based on Goal Theory and motivation research. It describes goal theory and why it is linked with motivation. Without goals there would be no purpose to be motivated no final destination to reach. The article goes to explain the contexts of goal theory and motivation, and why we choose these goals and how we apply them to our everyday life. It has many helpful examples that help to explain the theory and its contexts. It also contains where the author found his information to write this article.

There are twenty-seven different types of goal contexts related to motivation. These contexts reflect organized systems, theory, or schema for approaching, engaging, and reflecting on a person's performance in an achievement context. It names a few of them but, mainly talks and explains about two of the goal theory contexts. The main two goal contexts are Mastery Goals and Performance Goals.

Performance Goals are also referred to as Target Goals, Relative Ability Goals, and Ego-involved Goals. These goals are known to describe people who focus on self, ability, or performance relative to others. These goals are connected to a set of outcomes such as self-efficacy, self-regulation, interest, and choice behaviors. So in summary it describes performance goal-oriented people as people who focus on the outcome of things rather than the task at hand.

Mastery Goals are the opposite as performance goals. These are the goals that focus on the task rather than the outcome. Not that these goal-oriented people do not like to win or do well it is that they feel it will come with the application of the skills they have learned. This goal is also known as learning goals, task goals, and task-involved goals.