Ordinary days decide where you end up.
Mass News profiled Chris on the reason so many people give for putting their goals on hold, being too busy, and why the chapter Time Is Your Edge in You Are Capable of More makes the case for the days that seem not to matter.
Busy is not the end of the story.
Mass News ran the feature in its Lifestyle section on October 13, 2026. It starts with a familiar answer: ask people why a goal is still on hold and many say they have not had the time. Chris heard that answer in his own research, and the piece explains why he takes it seriously without accepting it as the final word.
In his survey of more than 200 working adults for You Are Capable of More, being too busy came second among the barriers people named, behind self-doubt and fear of failure and ahead of getting comfortable. Ninety-two percent said they are capable of more than they are doing, and 78 percent said they delay action on things that matter to them. None of those barriers is about ability.
The article also draws on his decade in healthcare staffing, including leading a team through COVID, when what people needed most was someone willing to make the next decision, own it and keep everyone moving.
Progress does not wait for a perfect week or an empty calendar. For anyone who feels stretched thin, the free assessment at youarecapableofmore.com shows which barriers are holding them back and where to focus first, whether or not they have read the book.
What the Feature Covers
Busy Is the Default Answer
Being too busy ranked second among the barriers more than 200 working adults named in Chris's survey.
It Is Not About Ability
92% said they are capable of more, and 78% said they put off action on things that matter to them.
Time Is Your Edge
The chapter that argues most of life is ordinary days, and how those days are spent decides where you end up.
Lessons From a Demanding Field
Leading through COVID in healthcare staffing, where people needed someone to make the next decision and own it.
Start Where You Are
You do not need everything figured out to begin. Work with what you have and take the next step.
A Mission Beyond the Book
Helping as many people as possible become the best version of themselves, with free tools anyone can use.
Most people don’t fail. They leave too early.Chris Sund, in Mass News
Mass News.
Mass News is an online publication covering technology, business and lifestyle. The feature on Chris ran in its Lifestyle section and links readers to the free assessment at youarecapableofmore.com, to the book on Amazon and to chrissund.com.
It pairs well with the CEO Weekly and US Business News features, which look at the same research from the angle of self-doubt and readiness.
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Chris speaks and writes on ownership, self-doubt, culture, and leadership, as a sitting executive and the author of You Are Capable of More.