The short-term goal of stabilizing the currency is creating a bigger problem of corporate insolvency.
These stark realities have prompted some would-be mediators to worry less about Kosovo's long-term constitutional status and to focus instead on the short-term goal of securing a ceasefire, ideally with dividing lines clear enough for peacekeepers to monitor.
The most obvious short-term goal is the French Open in Paris, also on red clay, where Nadal has won a remarkable seven times, including last year.
The government has said the fare increases are necessary in the short-term to achieve the goal of bringing down the cost of running railways and making services less dependent on taxpayers.
For many years my colleagues and I have seen business and non-profit leaders intentionally capture the spirit and energy of a short-term crisis and use it not only to achieve the immediate goal, but also to build more effective ways of working over time.
While the firm is pursuing short-term financial returns to shareholders as its primary goal, it will always need a profusion of C suite jobs to adjust the repercussions of a goal that has limited long-term viability.
Last week on CNBC, John Silvia, chief economist for Wells Fargo Securities, asked me how, as a disciple of asset allocation, I help my clients focus on the long-term goal in the face of such dramatic short-term volatility.
If you want to keep it somewhere safe and accessible for emergencies or a short-term goal like a home purchase in the next 5 years, you might want to open it with a bank, credit union, or money market fund.
But even that modest-sounding goal is virtually impossible, at least in the short term.
In such a stakeholder economy the primary goal, it is said, is not the maximisation of short-term profits for the benefit of the shareholders.
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"Cathy's long-term goal now is to compete in Athens but, in the short term, her aim is to qualify for this year's world championships in Paris, " said Fortune.
These steps are just a short-term down payment on our larger goal of ensuring that all Americans get the skills and education they need to succeed in today's economy.
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"Instead of setting one big, lofty campaign goal, the thing that the campaign did most effectively was set very short-term, interim goals, tied to political or calendar events, " said Vinay Bhagat, Chief Executive Officer of Convio.
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