The stories behind the book.
A newspaper feature by executive editor Don Harrold on the experiences that shaped You Are Capable of More, from the conversation Chris had with his sons before it came out to the moment that became his mission.
As it ran in the September 29, 2026 edition. Open the full-size clipping to read it.
He told his sons first.
Before You Are Capable of More came out, Chris sat his three sons down. The book carried stories about their dad they had never heard, and he wanted them to hear those stories from him rather than from someone who had read it. He told the Enterprise he writes more about the things that did not go well than the things that did.The feature follows that thread. It covers the ten principles in the book, from seeking honest feedback to finishing what you start and leaving people better, and the free exercises on the book’s website that help readers put them to work.It also makes clear who the book is for. Not only people chasing business success, but anyone who can see a possibility for themselves and hesitates to act on it. As Chris puts it, people are quick to say they cannot apply for the promotion or cannot do the thing, and his answer is that it is already in them.At a company holiday party, the wife of one of his employees came up to thank him. Not for a raise or a promotion, but because her husband had become a better person at home, with her and with their kids. Chris told the Enterprise that feeling was better than anything he had ever accomplished at work, and it is where his mission comes from: helping people become the best version of themselves, inside the four walls and outside them.
What the Feature Covers
The Conversation at Home
Why he walked his sons through the hardest stories in the book before anyone else could read them.Who the Book Is For
Anyone who sees what is possible for themselves and still hesitates, not only people chasing a business title.The Voice That Stays
The doubt did not go away as his career climbed. He talks about the what-if voice openly because most readers hear the same one.Developing the Whole Person
Better at work is great, but he wants people stretched so they are a better parent and a better friend outside of it.Time You Cannot Get Back
Losing his father suddenly, and watching his oldest play his last baseball game, changed how he spends his own hours.Just Ask
How asking one leadership trainer to coffee turned into meeting leaders, athletes and speakers, and a weekly master class on life.That feeling was better than anything I’ve ever accomplished at work.Chris Sund, in the Washington County Enterprise
Washington County Enterprise.
The Washington County Enterprise is the community newspaper of Blair, Nebraska, covering local news, schools, business and sports across Washington County, the neighbor just east of Chris’s hometown of Fremont. It comes from a long line of Blair newspapers, and the Blair Public Library has digitized the Enterprise archive back to 1917.The paper is part of Carpenter Media Group, and its stories are published for subscribers at enterprisepub.com. This feature, by executive editor Don Harrold, ran in the September 29, 2026 edition alongside the paper’s local school and community coverage.Bring this to your audience.
Chris speaks and writes on untapped potential, self-doubt, and developing people inside work and out. He is glad to sit down with local papers, stations and community groups.