US Features • Profile

A mission built on potential.

US Features profiled Chris and the mission behind You Are Capable of More: helping as many people as possible become the best version of themselves, whether or not they ever read the book.

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US Features
Format
Profile
Published
October 13, 2026
Chris Sund holding You Are Capable of More
What the profile covers

Audiences already suspect it.

The profile opens on something every audience Chris speaks to recognizes: they already suspect they could be doing more. His survey of more than 200 working adults put numbers to it, and the barriers people named came down to mindset and waiting for permission rather than ability.

It traces where that conviction came from, years of hiring and promoting people in healthcare staffing, and lands on one of his clearest lessons: the interview does not win the promotion. The year before it does.

From the survey

Why the mission matters.

92%
believe they are capable of more
85%
second-guess themselves
78%
delay action on what matters
71%
fall short daily or weekly
For readers

What to take from it.

  • Ownership earns the next role.Start doing the work now rather than waiting for the title.
  • Doubt can come along, but it does not lead.You do not need every answer to begin.
  • Help is free.The assessments, articles and worksheets on this site are free to use, book or no book. Start with the full introduction.
My goal is to help people become the best version of themselves.
Chris Sund, in US Features
This profile was published by US Features on October 13, 2026. Read the original profile on US Features.
About the publication

About US Features

US Features is an online magazine profiling leaders and innovators in America. The profile ran in its Lifestyle section.

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Where to go from here

Read it for yourself

You Are Capable of More

Ten chapters on ownership, discipline and growth, with a Playbook at the end you can keep coming back to. Available in paperback, hardcover and ebook.

On AirChris Sund interviewed on 10/11 NOW Pure Nebraska about his book You Are Capable of More
In the Media

Booking interviews now.

Chris is available for podcasts, television, radio, print interviews, book signings, and library and campus events. See where the book has shown up, grab the research and press assets, or send a request.

Chris Sund seated holding his book You Are Capable of More
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