Alignment matters more than achievement to a life well-lived. This is where that idea began.
Choosing the Steeper Path to Greater Goals
Most career advice tells you how to climb faster. This book asks whether you're climbing the right wall.
Breaking Asphalt is a guide for people who are good at their jobs and quietly aware that something important isn't working. It introduces the SEPARATE Framework, a practical system for building a career and life around who you actually are rather than who circumstance made you.
The title comes from a simple observation. Asphalt forms over time, layer by layer, from the expectations, habits, and fears that harden into the path you're on. A seedling breaking through pavement isn't failing. It's finding the way through.
The book blends personal story, neuroscience, and coaching practice. It covers how to identify your real strengths, clarify what you value, audit your energy, find your flow, envision what you actually want, and build a practical path toward it. It ends with 10 principles for living in alignment — not as inspiration, but as operating instructions.
A pragmatic guide...structured framework for pursuing bold, authentic goals. Pryor's execution blends research, coaching prompts, and candid autobiography. His seasoned tone encourages readers to commit to long-term change and trust their instincts. Pryor's information is as practical as it is inspiring.
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