Stuck? This Simple Question Can Change Everything

“What Can I Build From This?”

Now that might sound like a simple question, but don’t let that fool you.

It’s one of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself—especially if you’re tired of feeling stuck, behind, or unsure of where to even begin.

Because here’s what it does:
It flips the script.

Instead of waiting until you’ve got more time, more money, more confidence, more knowledge, more whatever—
You start with what you’ve got.

Your life experience.
The hard stuff you’ve been through.
The skills you forget you even have.
The things people come to you for.
The stuff you’ve survived, figured out, cared about, stayed curious about.

Start asking yourself:
What can I build from this?
What can I build from where I am, with what I know, and what I’ve already lived through?
What product could I create from this chapter I’ve walked?
What message or service or community could come from the things I’ve learned the hard way?

Because when you do that—
You stop looking at what you haven’t got.
You stop comparing and copying.
You stop waiting until you’re “ready.”

You start seeing your life as raw material.
You start using your story instead of hiding it.
You start building the bridge from here—not from where you wish you were.

You don’t need permission.
You need a new lens.

And that question—“What can I build from this?”—
It just might be the one that sets you free.

Have a good one!

— Barry.