About the Book

Most people are not lazy or unmotivated — they are simply stuck in survival, quietly getting through each day without ever deciding to intentionally build one. INCREASE: From Survival to Significance is written for that exact person: capable, tired, and ready for more than just getting by.

Built around the eight-letter INCREASE framework — Imagination, Network, Character, Retreat, Endurance, Action, Sacrifice, and Education — this book offers a practical, step-by-step path from reactive survival to intentional, lasting significance. Each chapter combines honest teaching, real-world insight, and hands-on exercises (from a Vision worksheet to a Character Inventory to a 72-Hour Action Challenge), so the book becomes a working tool, not just a read.

Rather than treating growth as one dramatic breakthrough, INCREASE frames it as eight connected movements of a single process: seeing beyond your current reality, building the relationships that carry you, becoming strong enough to hold what you are asking for, learning to rest without guilt, staying faithful when progress is invisible, converting potential into action, paying the price growth requires, and remaining teachable for life.

This is a book for anyone who senses there is more available to them than what they currently have — not necessarily more money or status, but more purpose, more depth, and a life whose growth ultimately serves something, and someone, beyond themselves. By the final page, readers are not just informed; they are equipped with a personal commitment statement and a clear next step to begin moving from survival to significance today.