Every Little Win: How Celebrating Small Victories Can Lead to Big Joy

Includes an audiobook-exclusive song by Todd Tilghman, “Sandcastles.”

Read by the author.

What does a forty-two-year-old, small-town pastor do when he wins one of the most popular singing competitions in the world? Todd Tilghman and his wife, Brooke, share how decades of unrelenting challenges have taught them to have a joyful mindset of embracing not only the big wins, like winning The Voice, but also "every little win" along the way.

When Todd Tilghman, pastor and father of eight from Meridian, Mississippi, auditioned for The Voice, he counted it as a win simply to sing in front of an audience other than his family and church members. Despite never having had music or vocal training, he not only made it through the blind audition—with all four celebrity judges vying to coach him—but won the show's eighteenth season. Fans were drawn to Todd's tremendous joy onstage, which gave them much-needed inspiration during the hard challenges of a global pandemic.

In their first book, Todd and Brooke share how focusing on joy and celebrating every little win has helped them overcome numerous challenges throughout their twenty-plus-year marriage. From adopting two children from South Korea to fighting for their newborn son's life to pastoring a small congregation through periods of adversity, Todd and Brooke share the lessons they've learned and the strategies that have moved them from fear to faith to ever-present joy.