Mixing up the goal with the means of getting the goal

Praise Be to Allah. Lord of The Heavens and The Skies
People nowadays always tend to mix up between the two. That is between acheiving their goal and with the means of acheiving their goal. Thats to say that people at often times in the process of trying acheive something, will tend to loose focus and in the end go far from what they had initially planed to do. For example in learning medicine. Why do some people choose to cheat in their exams. Its becuase their 'goal' is to pass the exams. Not to understand or to learn from their mistakes. For a person who chooses to be honest in ther exams. It shows that thier goal is not to pass but to gain more understanding so that they can acheive their higher goal which is to be a good doctor.

Well the one speaking isn't any better. I've just realised that in life we have to take these small test so that we learn that the point of these tests is not so that we can pass them its so that we can learn from them to reach our higher goal. I guess it can apply to everything. How can i use medicine to get closer to Allah?

For one when i dont pass. Maybe Allah is saying you need to work double hard. so that you dont kill that guy later when he is in his death bed. Yeah. i guess there is hikmah in everything.

wallahualam