Personally I never related to the "state your goal" advices. I guess that most of the times, other people simply don't care about your stated goal if it doesn't

Personally I never related to the "state your goal" advices. I guess that most of the times, other people simply don't care about your stated goal if it doesn't impact them personally. Also consider that most people who state goals fail to meet them (in my experience), so most people will not think about it twice and won't give you grief about it.