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This book will be released December 1st, 2025
 
The Little Problem With Big Dreams: A Novel
 
What if the only thing standing between you and your dream wasn’t the world—but the small battles within yourself?
 
In The Little Problem with Big Dreams, best-selling author Michael Ivanov takes readers on a raw, soul-stirring road trip with Thomas—a restless young man chasing a dream he can’t let die. Armed with nothing but a beat-up truck, a tight budget, and a manuscript in his backpack, he sets out for New York in a last-ditch effort to become a published author.
But when a rough-around-the-edges kid named Charlie unexpectedly crosses his path, Thomas makes a split-second decision that changes everything. What starts as a one-man road trip turns into a cross-country reckoning—fueled by gas station coffee, confronted fears, and unexpected wisdom.
 
The Little Problem with Big Dreams is a story about the power of belief, the battle with self-doubt, the courage to face your fears—and the strangers who become turning points in our lives. Along the way, you’ll encounter 11 “Little Problems” every dreamer must face—and overcome. It’s a powerful reminder that sometimes the little problems aren’t so little… and they might be the very thing standing between us and the life we were made for.
 
For fans of Michael's other best-sellers like The Cabin at the End of the Train, The Mount of Olives, and The Ones We Wait For, or anyone who’s ever hit a wall chasing something they once believed was possible—this story is for you. Readers find this story to be a powerful manual that everyone should read over and over, with life-changing principles and motivational nuggets throughout.
 
Along the way, you’ll encounter Eleven “Little Problems” that every dreamer must face—and overcome:
 
1. You must be willing to step into the unknown.
2. You’ll start to believe the world is conspiring against you.
3. You’ve got to be okay with being misunderstood.
4. You can’t settle for ‘bread and circuses’.
5. You have to know the odds of success are stacked against you, but be naïve enough to believe you can beat them anyway.
6. You’re going to change in the process, for better or for worse.
7. Life is both short and long.
8. You’ve got to get out of the crab pot.
9. When they push you down, you’ve got to be willing to double down.
10. Time will test you. You’ve got to be willing to do it right, for long enough.
11. You’ve got to lose yourself before you can find yourself.