Self-doubt can have a voice. It does not get a vote.
Literary Titan interviewed Chris about You Are Capable of More: how self-doubt holds people back, how to take the first step, how to build a plan that lasts, and what he is building beyond the book.
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From a shopping cart to a second chance.
Literary Titan published the interview on October 18, 2026, a week after awarding You Are Capable of More five stars. Chris opens with the story that starts the book: a college prank with a shopping cart and a dirt hill that ended in handcuffs and his name in the local paper, and the fear that one night would follow him into every job interview after.
He uses it to show how self-doubt works. Past mistakes turn into predictions about the future, and the voice that holds us back sounds reasonable, always asking for more experience, more time or a better moment. The answer he gives in the book is that self-doubt can have a voice without getting a vote.
From there the conversation turns practical: how to make a first step small enough to take today, how to use the book's Playbook to build a plan that survives when motivation fades, and why he built free tools at youarecapableofmore.com so the help does not stop at the last page.
In the survey Chris ran for the book, 92% of people said they were capable of more than they were doing, and 85% said they second-guess themselves because of their own internal voice. The interview is about what to do with that voice.
What the Interview Covers
How self-doubt stops people
We let past mistakes become predictions and turn something that went wrong into a belief about who we are. You can hear the concern, decide what you need to learn, and still move forward.
Taking the first step
Make it small enough to do today: update the résumé, reach out to one person, put the phone away. Confidence tends to follow action and kept promises, not the other way around.
A plan that lasts
Read one chapter at a time, answer the Playbook questions honestly, and practice one specific action before adding another. Review it weekly and adjust.
Beyond the book
Free assessments, articles and worksheets at youarecapableofmore.com, plus keynotes and workshops for organizations, built around one question: who is better because you led them?
Confidence often comes from taking action and keeping promises to yourself.Chris Sund, in Literary Titan
Literary Titan.
Literary Titan is a team of professional editors, writers and professors who review fiction and non-fiction, publish author interviews and run the Literary Book Award. It reviewed You Are Capable of More on October 12, 2026 and awarded it five stars.
The full interview is also on the book's site, alongside the five-star review.
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Chris speaks and writes on ownership, self-doubt, culture, and leadership, as a sitting executive and the award-winning author of You Are Capable of More.