Chris on air.
Television segments where Chris talks about You Are Capable of More, the research behind it, and what holds capable people back.
The full
conversations.
Tap any video to play it right here. Each one is a few minutes long and made for a general audience, which is exactly who the book was written for.
Bloom: Why capable people settle
On Tampa Bay’s daily health and lifestyle hour with host Amber Freeman, built around a single question: why do so many capable people settle for less than they are able to do?
Watch on WFLA
Studio 512: The message behind the book
With host Rosie Newberry, including the story of a credentialing specialist who said she would never be good at sales and became one of the company’s top performers.
“A lot of people have it inside of them. They just don’t recognize it.”
Watch on KXAN
Iowa Live: Becoming your best self
With host Lou Sipolt, who took the free quiz on air. Chris explains the red Solo cup: the fear never leaves, but the space around it can grow.
“We all face a lot of these barriers inside, and you may not realize how much you can actually do.”
Take the Quiz Lou Took
Why it was written for anybody
With host Baylee Peterson on why so many capable people cannot see their own potential, and why the book is not a leadership book.
“It’s not really written for a certain group or leadership. It’s written for anybody.”
Watch on Dakota News Now
Pure Nebraska: A Fremont story
With Jon and Taryn Vanderford, before the book was out, on why talented people quietly hold themselves back from work they are fully able to do.
Watch on 1011now.com
My KC Live: Time is your most valuable asset
Asked for one tip from the whole book, Chris skipped self-doubt and went to time, and who you spend it with.
“You can chase all these goals, but we have to remember time is our most valuable asset.”
Watch on KCTV5
Daybreak: On the morning the book came out
With anchors Erin Hartley and Serese Cole on launch morning, on the survey behind the book, the four barriers, and why every resource on the website is free whether people buy the book or not.
“If this is holding you back, here’s some advice to take that first step.”
Watch on WOWTThe four barriers,
market after market.
Different shows, different hosts, and the same four things come up every time. Each one has its own page with tools and an exercise from the book.
Self-Doubt
The barrier named more than any other, and the one that freezes people who already know what they want.
Start Here → 02Fear of Failure
Waiting for a guarantee that is never going to come, and what happens when you stop waiting.
Start Here → 03Too Busy
A full calendar is the most convincing reason there is. It is rarely the real one.
Start Here → 04Comfort
The barrier that feels like a reward, which is exactly why it is so easy to miss.
Start Here →Seen On
Chris has taken this material onto morning television across the country, and writes for Forbes and Inc.
Bring it to
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Chris is comfortable live, works to a tight run time, and can usually take short notice. In-studio or remote, he will come to you.
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.