This book was written by an executive coach. It provides some useful tools for analyzing our situations. It is lucid and an easy read. But having said that, it must also be said that, if you are a person who has been interested in self improvement and have done any reading or thinking about the subject of why we don't achieve what we want, then you are not very likely to find any really new ideas or insights in this book.
An example. The author describes four dimensions on the "wheel of change:" Creating, Eliminating, Accepting, Preserving. Pages are given over to describing each one. Then an example is given. An executive is stressed out by his long commute. He lives in the suburbs. He moved there to be close to golf courses. He wants more time with his family and less time driving. The author narrates how the executive uses the "wheel of change" to figure out that he really ought to move closer to his job because he wants more family time and doesn't care about golf as much as he used to. Well, seriously? An "executive" who couldn't have arrived at this insight without the help of the "Wheel of change?" So you get my impatience with this book.
But, there are some useful ideas about strategies to live with more intention, more consciousness. If this is the first book of its type that you read you will find it truly brilliant.