Alignment is Power

What is alignment? It’s removing conflict, unifying purposes, and becoming whole.

Alignment (and non-alignment) can happen at many levels. You can be aligned internally, with a partner, within your organization, with your clients, with governments, with entire continents.

On an individual level, it looks like this:

• Alignment of passion, expertise, and values
• Sometimes called being in your “genius zone”
• Results in work being energizing rather than draining
• Excited for each and every day

By contrast, internal non-alignment / conflict looks like this:

• Expertise without passion or in conflict with your values
• Effective work
• Work is tolerable, but is frequently draining
• Look for escapes from work

Internal conflict creates friction and drag - it will hold you back from where you could go.

So… do you love what you do? Are you exceptional at it? Is it aligned with what you value?