What if the stories you've been telling yourself have simply become so familiar they sound like the truth?

In 10 Excuses Keeping You Stuck, Calvin D'Sylva takes readers on a funny, honest and deeply human journey through the fears, beliefs and excuses that quietly keep us from beginning.

Through stories, awkward realizations and the occasional existential crisis, he explores why smart, capable people often stay stuck longer than they need to—and why confidence usually arrives after action, not before.

Part memoir.

Part mirror.

Part wake-up call.

This is for anyone who's tired of waiting for "someday."

Because someday has a habit of becoming years.

And perhaps the scariest thing about broken promises isn't disappointing others.

It's watching yourself stop believing you.