and, as you guessed, it's not a book written for people who are already linchpins (other than to give them a tool to explain themselves to their inlaws!)

That point becomes much more concrete in “Making the Choice,” where the message I took away was, “If you want change to happen, it's up to you.”

It must have been an interesting conundrum for you when deciding for which persona(e?) you wrote the book. Do you write for the person who sees themselves as indispensable already (or at least sees themselves as having that capacity), or for the person who isn't yet aware of that potential?

The book read to me like it was aimed towards the latter, the person who sees and desires change, but doesn't yet see that *they* are the ones to will create it. With that in mind, the first half read to me like you were making the case to those folks:

1. The system is broken
2. Here's why
3. Here's the new system as I see it
4. Here's the new role you (can choose to) play in it–and have to if you want to see change happen
5. You can do it (and yes, you're toast if you don't)

The second half was interesting to me for a different reason. For as much as you say “there is no map,” after the mini-book on “6. Why you don't want to do it,” you *do* seem to provide one (though admittedly it's like the continent view in Google maps as opposed to the city block level…).

Thanks so much for commenting–I love any book that challenges me to think about things in a different way (your very definition of art…), and so I'm relishing the fact I'm still working through what I think about certain aspects and ideas in it days later.