“You’re not late. You’re just being planted.”
These six words from Yahya Bakkar‘s explosive spiritual guide “Chosen” have founders, startup teams, and ambitious professionals rethinking everything about success timing.
As venture capital dries up and burnout reaches epidemic levels among young entrepreneurs, Bakkar’s revolutionary perspective isn’t just trending. It’s becoming the unexpected lifeline for a generation raised on “hustle or die” who are now desperately searching for sustainable purpose.
Yahya Bakkar’s debut book “Chosen: Your Guide To Becoming Who God Called You to Be” has become an unexpected hit among startup founders, side-hustlers, and young professionals since its April release. With perfect five-star reviews flooding in, it’s quickly becoming the not-so-secret weapon in the toolkit of purpose-driven entrepreneurs.
“Finally, someone addressing the spiritual emptiness that comes after hitting your revenue goals,” said tech founder Marcus Reed, who discovered the book after a particularly grueling funding round. “I’ve built two seven-figure businesses but still felt like something was missing. This book put words to that feeling.”
The timing couldn’t be more relevant. As Gen Z and millennial entrepreneurs reject the “grind yourself to death” mentality of previous generations, Bakkar’s message about divine timing and purpose-driven success is striking a chord with the business community.
“I read it between pitch meetings and had to pull over to take notes,” confessed 26-year-old e-commerce entrepreneur Alia Chen. “After three years building my company, I was starting to question if the sacrifice was worth it. This book helped me reconnect with the ‘why’ behind my work.”
Unlike typical business motivation that promises overnight success, Bakkar takes a refreshingly realistic approach to ambition and calling. His core message? Your most challenging seasons, the pivots, the failures, the setbacks might be exactly where your greatest purpose is being formed.
“This book hit home for me,” wrote reviewer Tyler Miller, who highlighted the chapter on relationships. “It reminded me that stepping into your assignment doesn’t mean cutting people off harshly…it means being intentional about who gets access.”
For young entrepreneurs whose circle directly impacts their net worth, that message isn’t just spiritual. It’s strategic.
What separates “Chosen” from other faith-based books is its practical approach to purpose-driven growth. Each chapter ends with reflection questions that wouldn’t feel out of place in a high-end business mastermind.
The format is perfectly calibrated for time-starved entrepreneurs, short, powerful chapters that can be digested between meetings, followed by actionable takeaways that translate directly to business and life decisions.
While business gurus push manifestation journals and vision board workshops, Bakkar’s approach is refreshingly BS-free. He tackles spiritual concepts with the directness of a seasoned mentor delivering tough feedback you didn’t know you needed.
“I’m sick of surface-level motivation that fades before I finish my morning coffee,” said serial entrepreneur Devon Williams, who bought copies for his entire founding team. “This book is more like spiritual venture capital. It’s an investment in the long game.”
The book’s most quotable line “You’re not late. You’re just being planted” has become a mantra for ambitious twenty and thirty-somethings afraid they missed their window for breakout success.
For a generation raised on overnight unicorn startups and Instagram success stories, Bakkar’s message that divine timing trumps hustle culture provides the permission many young entrepreneurs didn’t know they needed, permission to trust the process, even when growth isn’t happening at venture-capital speed.
In a business culture obsessed with scale, disruption, and growth hacking, “Chosen” offers something more valuable: alignment with purpose that makes the journey sustainable. And that might be the ultimate competitive advantage.
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Last modified: May 12, 2025
