One promise.
One date.
At the end of the book I wrote that a year from now, I hope you are trusting yourself more, because you have built a track record of keeping promises to yourself. That line is what this page is for. Not a pledge about the kind of person you intend to be. One specific thing you have been putting off, written down, with a date on it.
Most people already know what theirs is. It is the conversation, the call, the appointment, the first hard week of something. Clarity without action changes nothing, so pick the one and give it a deadline.
A promise you can
actually break.
That is the point. A pledge is safe because nobody can tell whether you kept it. A promise with a date on it can be kept or broken, and that is the only kind that builds anything.
Not the whole goal. The first honest step. Book the appointment, send the message, show up once. You are building a record, and the record starts with one.
Someday is not a date. A promise without a deadline is just a thought you had. Pick a day close enough that you cannot forget about it.
Save the card to your phone, and put the date on your calendar so it shows up on the day in your own words.
Optional, and it works. Share it here if you want it seen, or just say it out loud to one person who will ask you about it.
What is
your one?
Write it the way you would say it out loud. Start with I will.
Want it
on the wall?
Some people keep a promise because somebody else can see it. If that is you, send yours over and it goes up below with your first name. When the date comes and you have done it, come back and tell us what happened, and your story goes up next to it.
How This Gets Used
Nothing goes up without that box checked, and only a first name goes with it. Your email is used to check in near your date and nothing else. If you would rather keep this between you and you, the tool above never sends anything anywhere.
Promises people
have made.
This Wall Just Opened
The first promises go up here as they come in, with a first name only, and their outcomes get added underneath as people come back and tell us what happened. If yours ends up here, somebody reading it is going to recognize their own.
Until then, the stories of what people have already done are on the Capable of More Stories page.
Clarity without action changes nothing.
Do something with it.
An article can name the thing. These are what move it, and all of them are free.
Break the Barrier
Seven barriers, each with the reading, an exercise from the book, and something you can print. Start with the one that sounds like you.
Find Yours →The Ten Principles
The framework this is all built on, in four movements. Each one has a page of its own and a worksheet you can print.
See Them →The Comfort Ceiling Assessment
Twenty five questions across five areas of your life, scored, showing where comfort is quietly making your decisions.
Take the Assessment →Ask Chris a Question
Whatever you are working through, send it. Chris reads every question himself and answers it himself, and it costs nothing.
Ask the Author →Share What Happened
If something here moved you and you acted on it, write it down. Yours might be the story that gets the next person to start.
Tell Your Story →The Free Tools
The Framework, the Playbook, the worksheets, the challenge. Free to read on the page or print and keep.
See Everything →Run It With Your Team
Four workshop formats you can run yourself, from one hour to ten weeks. Every word you need, and a workbook for each seat.
See the Formats →
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.