Full Alignment: A Practical Guide to Transforming Your Life Vision into Action
by: Anthony Silard
Published by: Five Spheres Press
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Reviewed by Mark Owens
Anthony Silard is a big thinker. His book, Full Alignment, is exactly what it says it is: a practical guide to transforming your life vision into action. His audience is people wanting to be more than they are, and this includes not only ladder-climbing business executives, but also confused teenagers looking for non-parental guidance. The former group might use Tony’s book to fine-tune their white-collar efforts, while the latter group can use the material as a life long roadmap.
The text is divided into three major sections.
— Part 1 helps the reader define their vision for what they want to achieve in life. It helps crystallize possible directions and potential goals. There are motivational and anecdotal sections that give the reader a sense of where they are and where they might want to be going.
— Part 2 walks through building a strong foundation, including developing a clear love-of-self and handling disapproval. The sections describe self-changes needed for transformation.
— Part 3 offers skills that readers can use to move from the foundation towards the vision. Readers are encouraged to follow SMART (Specific, Measurable, Aligned, Realistic and Time-based) steps on their journey. Trusty rules-of-thumb like “under-promise and over-deliver” are echoed. I always remembered this one as “promise silver and deliver gold.”
The book is not without weaknesses. If you love your parents, the first formal section called the “The Roadblock” might put you off. Can you really blame your personality faults on your parents? Probably not, but Silard uses this theme throughout his book. In addition, some of the sub-sections seem disjointed, like the jump from suffering to passion. Perhaps in Tony’s seminars he does a verbal segue to make the shift work.
Overall, these are minor issues when considering the strength of the text in full. I liked it best when Silard’s voice came through; you can almost picture him on a stage.
Armchair Interviews agrees.
Author’s Web site: http://www.ExecLeaders.com
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