Become the
best version of yourself.
Not a better version. The best one. The person you already suspect you could be if something stopped getting in the way. This page is about who that is, what is standing between you and them, and what to do about it starting today.
The mission of You Are Capable of More is to help people become the best version of themselves.
What does your best version look like?
The short answer: to become the best version of yourself, describe that person in honest detail, name the one barrier that has been standing between you and them, and take one small action against it this week. Then repeat. It is not a transformation. It is a series of small decisions made on ordinary days.
Most people have never actually answered that. They have a vague sense that they could be doing more, being more, showing up differently. But they have never sat down and described the person they are talking about.
That vagueness is comfortable, and it is also the reason nothing changes. You cannot move toward someone you have not described.
So before anything else on this page, answer it. Not the polished version you would say out loud. The honest one.
How they spend their time
What is on their calendar that is not on yours. What is on yours that is not on theirs. Time is the clearest difference between the two versions.
What they do when it gets hard
Same situation, same pressure, different response. Picture the moment you usually back off, and picture them not backing off.
How they talk to themselves
They have the same doubts. They just do not let those doubts make the decisions.
What they have finished
The thing you keep starting. In their version, it is done, and it was done by doing the boring middle part.
Who is better because of them
The people around them are different for having been around them. That part is not optional, and it is usually the part people leave out.
What they no longer carry
The old story, the past mistake, the thing they decided about themselves years ago. They put it down and kept walking.
It was never about talent.
Almost nobody falls short of their potential because they lack ability. They fall short because something specific gets in the way, and it has usually been the same thing for years.
We surveyed more than two hundred people about what was actually holding them back. The answers were more consistent than we expected.
Read the first number again. More than nine in ten people already believe they are capable of more. Belief is not the problem. Almost everyone has it.
When I talked about this on Local 5 WOI’s Iowa Live, host Lou Sipolt took the free quiz on air. Two minutes, and it points at the barrier doing the most work for you.
The distance between believing you are capable of more and living like it is not talent. It is a barrier, and barriers can be named.
Seven things stand in the way.
Almost nobody is held back by all of them. There is usually one, and you probably already know which. Find yours and everything built for it is waiting on the other side.
You did not hit your limit. You just found where it used to be.
Ten principles, four movements.
Becoming the best version of yourself is not a personality change. It is ten decisions, made consistently, that build on each other in a specific order.
The Foundation
It starts with ownership. You take responsibility for your effort, your attitude, and how you spend your time, which are the things entirely within your control.
The Breakthrough
Growth lives past comfort. You learn to read your ceiling, retrain the voice that holds you back, and keep improving by adjusting rather than replaying.
The Standard
You stop chasing praise and start seeking truth, find the gear comfort hides, lead yourself before anyone asks, and finish what you start.
The Purpose
It was never just about you. The stronger version you have built exists so you can leave the people around you better than you found them.
Four ways in, all free.
Pick one. Not all four. The person who does one thing today is further along than the person who reads this whole page twice.
Find out where you actually are
Twenty five questions across five areas of your life, scored. It shows you where comfort has quietly been making your decisions.
Take the Assessment → 02Work through the ten
Each principle with questions to sit with, a decision to make, and one action to take. Free to read here or print.
Open the Playbook → 03Give it thirty days
Three small wins a day. Body, mind, and one step toward the thing that matters. Small enough to hit on your worst day.
Start the Challenge → 04Take whatever helps
Every worksheet, framework, and printable on this site is free. Nothing to buy and nothing to sign up for.
See the Free Tools →Before you start.
How do I become the best version of myself?
Describe the person you want to be in specific terms, name the one barrier that has been in the way, and take one small action against it this week. Small decisions made consistently do more than one big plan.
What is the first step to becoming a better person?
Honesty about where you are right now. The free Comfort Ceiling Assessment shows where comfort has been making your decisions, and How to Become a Better Person covers the character side.
Is becoming your best self the same as reaching your potential?
They overlap. Your best self is about who you are: how you spend your time, how you treat people, what you finish. Your potential is about what you could achieve. How to Reach Your Potential covers that side.
Why do I feel like I am not living up to my potential?
Because most people feel that way. In the Untapped Potential Report, a survey of more than 200 working adults, 92 percent said they are capable of more than they are currently doing, and 71 percent said they feel they fall short of their potential daily or weekly.
You are already capable of it.
That is not encouragement. It is the finding. More than nine in ten people already believe there is more in them, which means the belief is not what you are missing.
What is missing is usually one specific barrier, named honestly, and one small action taken while it is still talking.
Becoming the best version of yourself is not a transformation. It is a series of decisions, most of them small, made on ordinary days when nobody is watching.
Start with one.
When I’ve got something worth sending.
Just a story or an idea I picked up that I think will help you.
Sometimes that’s twice in a month. Sometimes it’s not for a while.