Telos-OS

Strategic direction — where you're going and how you'll get there.

Purpose

Provides DIRECTION while Ontology-OS provides DEPTH, Context-OS provides BREADTH, and Pulse-OS provides STATE.

The Schema

TELOS-OS
IDENTITY (Who)
├── History:      Background, key experiences
├── Narratives:   Stories you tell about yourself (N1, N2, ...)
└── Archetypes:   Roles you embody (links to 3rd → Living → Archetypes)
DIRECTION (Where)
├── Problems:     What you're solving (P1, P2, ...)
├── Mission:      What you're building toward (M1, M2, ...)
└── Goals:        Tiered outcomes (G1, G2, ... by priority tier)
STRATEGY (How)
├── Strategies:   Approaches to achieve goals (S1, S2, ...)
├── Projects:     Active work containers (PJ1, PJ2, ...)
└── Actions:      Current items to execute
CONSTRAINTS (What's Blocking)
├── Challenges:   Known obstacles (C1, C2, ...)
├── Value Voids:  What's missing creates what you value
└── Traumas:      Deep patterns requiring processing
VALUES (What Matters)
├── Tier 1:       Core values (fully lived)
├── Tier 2:       Expression values (partially lived)
├── Tier 3:       Emerging values (intellectually valued, behaviorally underdeveloped)
└── Alignment:    Lived vs. Stated check
TRACKING (Measurement)
├── Metrics:      Key indicators (K1, K2, ...)
├── Predictions:  Expected outcomes with probability
└── Milestones:   Key dates and targets
LEARNING (What's Known)
├── Wisdom:       Principles that guide you
├── Wrong About:  Past beliefs now corrected
└── Ideas:        Current hypotheses and insights
RELATIONSHIPS (Who's Involved)
├── Personal:     Family, friends, inner circle
├── Professional: Colleagues, mentors, collaborators
└── Growth Edges: Relationships to develop

1. IDENTITY

Who you are — the foundation for direction.

History

Narratives

Archetypes

2. DIRECTION

Where you're going — problems, mission, goals.

Problems

Mission

Goals

Tier 1: Non-Negotiables

3. STRATEGY

How you'll get there — strategies, projects, actions.

Strategies

Projects

Actions

☐ _______________ ☐ _______________ ☐ _______________

4. CONSTRAINTS

What's blocking — challenges, voids, traumas.

Challenges

Value Voids

Traumas

5. VALUES

What matters — evidence-based hierarchy (Demartini method).

Value Determination

Look for what appears 3+ times across answers — those are your TRUE values.

Values Hierarchy

Tier 1: Core Values (fully lived)

Alignment Check

6. TRACKING

Measurement — metrics, predictions, milestones.

Metrics

Predictions

Milestones

7. LEARNING

What's known — wisdom, corrections, ideas.

Wisdom

Wrong About

Ideas

8. RELATIONSHIPS

Who's involved — personal, professional, growth edges.

Personal

Professional

Growth Edges

Telos Overview

IDENTITY
├── Primary Narrative:    ___
└── Primary Archetype:    ___
DIRECTION
├── Primary Problem:      ___
├── Primary Mission:      ___
└── Primary Goal:         ___
STRATEGY
├── Primary Strategy:     ___
├── Active Projects:      ___
└── Next Action:          ___
CONSTRAINTS
├── Primary Challenge:    ___
│   └── Ontology Link:    ___
└── Value Void:           ___
VALUES
├── Top 3 Lived:          ___
└── Top Underdeveloped:   ___
TRACKING
├── Key Metric:           ___ (current: ___, target: ___)
└── Next Milestone:       ___ (date: ___)

Integration

Telos-OS → Context-OS:

Telos-OS → Pulse-OS:

Telos-OS → Ontology-OS:

Flow: 1. Telos-OS answers: "Where am I going? What matters?" 2. Context-OS answers: "Where across life do I focus?" 3. Pulse-OS answers: "What's my current state?" 4. Ontology-OS provides: Reference map for all items