Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
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Tue, 05 Nov 2024
Hey friends, today’s episode is a reminder about growth and perspective—a reminder that sometimes, to expand into our potential, we first have to feel small. It’s uncomfortable; no one likes that feeling of insignificance. But when we allow ourselves to experience it, we realize just how massive life is, and how many walls we put up around ourselves out of habit or fear. Think of it like being a single raindrop in a thunderstorm—there’s power in seeing yourself as just one part of something vast and magnificent. And from that place, we can start letting go of the pressure to be perfect and instead embrace being our authentic, incredible selves. Life is a game full of abundance and possibility, yet we so often operate from a fear of loss, of mistakes, of all that could go wrong. It’s a limiting way to live. When we shift that focus, we begin to see that every moment, every decision is an opportunity to grow, to explore, to play. So today, let’s take the pressure off and remember that this journey isn’t about what we’re scared to lose; it’s about what we’re excited to discover. - Eddie Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletter Free Ebook: www.eddiepinero.com/ebook YouTube: www.eddiepinero.com/youtube
Chapter 1: Why is feeling small important for growth?
Sometimes in order to feel bigger than we've ever felt, to grow into our potential, we have to feel small and insignificant. And what do I mean by this? Because in many ways it sounds counterintuitive. No one wants to feel less than, no one wants to feel insignificant. But it's in positioning ourselves to feel that, that we understand the walls we place around ourselves.
We understand how big life is. And us, while we're here on planet Earth, walking around, navigating our day-to-day lives, we are but raindrops in the thunderstorm. We are a snap.
And I think understanding that, understanding that we are a pawn on the chessboard of life, we are a cog in a wheel, it allows us to take some of that pressure off and free ourselves up to be our beautiful, authentic, powerful selves. Life is a game. It's an opportunity. It's abundance. Yet we default to, well, I don't want to screw up. I don't want to lose what I have.
Chapter 2: What lesson does the Grand Canyon teach us about life?
I don't want to make mistakes. And that's the wrong way to look at life. The other day I was at the Grand Canyon, and I'm sure most of you are familiar with it, but for those who aren't, it's one of the most beautiful, magnificent, almost hard to comprehend things you know, just incredible landscapes I've ever seen. It goes on forever. It's breathtaking.
It's almost like as you're standing on the edge of that cliff looking out at forever, at infinity, you realize how small the corner of life you live in is compared to this. You realize how big and grandiose the world is, and by the way, the Grand Canyon is just a small part of it. Yet, we are often confined to four walls.
It just makes you realize how small we tend to think, how we box ourselves in, how we limit our potential just by stepping out and looking at the sheer magnitude of this landscape. Which, by the way, would swallow you up and continue moving on as if nothing happened. It screams of your insignificance. Now again, you might think, well, that's negative. I don't want to feel insignificant.
Chapter 3: How can insignificance lead to freedom?
No, insignificance in its own unique way is freedom. It's freedom to make the move. It's freedom to try things. It's freedom to take those steps you've always wanted to take because why not? Because at the end of the day, the clock is going to run out. There's no escaping that. The phrase goes, the thing about life is no one makes it out alive.
And when you think of yourself as sort of high and mighty or avoiding the wrong things, trying not to break things, you miss out. The beauty of being a raindrop in a thunderstorm is there's flexibility, there's freedom. No one's looking at you, no one's pointing and waiting for you to mess up. These are things that we create in our own minds about ourselves.
These are stories and narratives we write about why we shouldn't. But when you're on the ledge or the edge of that cliff looking out, you realize maybe things don't matter that much. And maybe that is a beautiful thing. Because maybe that's your reason to try the craft, start the journey, make the call. Maybe that's your rationale for looking around and going, I've been standing here too long.
I've built walls around myself. I've confined myself to a world that is a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of what's out there. We are small. And the only mistake you can make is to not go and not try. You know, that trip, was incredible for me. It was, I want to say it was life-changing because it was a reset in a way. Was you're taking yourself too seriously.
You're holding on to what is instead of opening your wings and attacking what can be. Don't ask why, ask why not. The universe is infinite. And we're lucky enough, in this moment, to play a very small part. As is said in the Dead Poets Society, you know, we get to write a verse in the great play of life.
So stop thinking about ourselves, or we should stop thinking about ourselves as self-important. And instead, cherish the freedom and the opportunity. Because we'll be gone in the blink of an eye and that Grand Canyon will still be there. The sun will still rise. The stars will still be out there in the night sky. The question is, will we capture that moment? Will we do something beautiful with it?
You can, you're able to, but will you? That's the question I have for you today. Sometimes we convince ourselves that right now isn't quite right. It's not the wrong time necessarily, but eh, soon. We'll have that thing that will make the perfect launch point soon. So we'll wait. You hear it a lot with hopeful creators, right? As soon as I get the camera, I'm going to start the podcast.
As soon as I feel inspired, I'll start writing. Or how about this one we can all relate to in some way. As soon as it's January 1, I'll start taking care of myself and my health. And I'm not talking about this because I read about it. I'm talking about it because I live it. It's an adversary I'm always up against. The allure of waiting for that perfect moment. But here's the deal.
When you start now, the imperfections become part of the value. People see imperfections and become inspired by them. He started getting in shape in his garage with two dumbbells. Look at that. She started writing her novel in a notebook waiting to pick her kids up from school. Going now not only destroys that enemy that is procrastination, it also gives you something of value in return.
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Chapter 4: Why should we stop waiting for the perfect moment?
As someone who spent time on both sides of the fence, I can tell you, I lived a pretty substantial portion of my life playing scared, lacking the courage to step into what was meaningful, playing someone else's game. Which, even if you win, is just a reminder that you are living in the shadows of life.
But should you approach the other side, should you find the courage to step through, you'll see that the walls that once surrounded you were self-made. The layers of concrete that inhibited your freedom and your opportunity, they were built by you. And just as you built them up, you can tear them down. See, there's a life others would like you to live.
There are things others would like you to say. There are beliefs others would like you to believe. And it would be easier to chant along, to nod your head and conform. But it would certainly not make you free. See, freedom is taking head on that thing you've been scared to do. but you know on the other side there's more, and you refuse to deprive yourself of it.
Chapter 5: What can imperfections teach us about progress?
Freedom is saying what you believe because even though it may be unconventional or different, even though it may be deemed unacceptable, it's in your heart what you believe. Freedom is going not where others have gone, but where your soul leads you. Through new landscapes and towards distant horizons, Which brings us to the question of all question. Can you find the strength?
Can you dig deep and unveil a world unrecognizable to most? Can you move beyond the facade of reality as it is now and construct something truly meaningful? If he who is brave is free, then we must remind ourselves that courage is the spark that ignites the next chapter of life. We must remind ourselves that the discomfort is worth it. The doubt will be transformed into answers.
And sure, pushing through that resistance is not easy, but nothing is more difficult to carry with you than the knowledge that you chose to live in a cell of your own making. So here's to finding the strength, the courage, and the self-belief to live free. It always gets worse first.
I was recently at a mastermind where someone made this point, and as hard as I tried, I couldn't really poke holes in it. For the simple fact that everything new requires some vulnerability, some discomfort that was previously non-existent. Or in other words, you have to endure turbulence prior to calm. So imagine a wavy line on a piece of paper or whiteboard
where the top of each wave is slightly bigger than the one before it. So right before that new wave occurs, there is necessarily a low point or a trough, a point that's absolutely, without a doubt, lower than the top of the previous wave. And this, to me, summarizes the battle we fight. When you're comfortable, when you're at the top of the little wave you're currently riding,
It almost feels self-defeating to willingly jump off and land yourself at the bottom of some new, soon-to-be future wave. Every new mountain means starting at the bottom, a new base. Every acquisition means letting go of something we once knew and understood. The question is, are you willing to fight through? Are you willing to hang out in the trough at the bottom, right?
Wander that valley of despair. And that's, by the way, what we're talking about when we talk about, for example, Walt Disney being fired, being called unimaginative and struggling to get the world to understand his Mickey Mouse cartoon. That's what we're talking about with Steve and Woz with Apple.
That's what we're talking about with Lincoln and the constant political rejection before finding stability and success. These stories have become almost folklore. And all of them share the same characteristic, that the main players willingly accepted the fact that it would get worse before it got better. All of them. we're willing to make a trade. The bottom now for a chance at the top later.
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Chapter 6: How to embrace the present moment for creativity?
Not only is this pragmatic, but it also aids the mind throughout the process. It helps us understand and internalize what we're going through. You know, that initial instinct to think, why me? To shake our fists at the world and fall into the role of victims. That goes away when we know that we're enduring turbulence now for something better. When we know that this is merely the cost of admission.
You're not at the bottom of the wave because you have to be, or even because it's fun to hang out there. You're there because something greater is coming. And a human's desire to delay gratification is a superpower. We all know that.
things get worse before they get better so remember next time you're out in the world right dealing with adversity technically you don't have to be there you could be hiding away letting life slip by But instead, you've made the decision, the courageous decision to better yourself. What you're enduring will ultimately become your strong point.
And so don't villainize or demonize that, cherish it, hold on to that. Because we need to get beyond the notion that discomfort is weakness. Discomfort is a decision. a bold decision that you should be proud of. Again, you could live your entire life running from the painful things, hiding from the discomfort of growth. But then you'd also be forfeiting that next wave.
You'd be so hell-bent on escaping the notion that it always gets worse first, that instead you never let your life get better to begin with. There is no bottom or trough on Earth more detrimental to the human soul than stagnation. We need to be moving, marching forward, even when we don't know, right? Into the unknown, into the night.
Fighting to get to the ceiling, then gladly allowing that ceiling to become our next floor. It always gets worse first. And thank God. That's where we are made. Conditioned. That's the buffer that separates mediocrity from greatness. That forces us to ask the important questions. Do I really want this? And if the answer is yes, Let it get worse first. Let it be tough out of the gate.
Grant yourself that gift of vulnerability. Because a few waves from now, you'll be on a different level. Physical, spiritual, personal. A few waves from now, the quote-unquote worst parts will be what stand between who you are and who you were. And that decision, the decision to step out and face them, will have been perhaps the best decision you've ever made.
As many of you know, the great Charlie Munger recently passed away. And a friend of mine sent me a video of his most powerful quotes, soundbites, And as I was listening, one stood out to me that I really wanted to share. Charlie Munger said that the acquisition of knowledge is a moral duty. Basically, it's our responsibility to capitalize on the opportunity presented to each and every one of us.
We owe that to ourselves and we owe that to the world. And it just so happened that this particular message was said during a commencement address, talking to an audience of students who weren't ending, but rather were beginning the greatest undertaking of their lives. They'd be released beyond the confines of the campus to go navigate the world. I remember being in that position, right?
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Chapter 7: Why is starting now more important than seeking perfection?
Asking myself the question, well, what do I do now? Felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders. And actually, beyond that point, I've found myself at that crossroads many a times. But being that there are really no right answers in life, I find Charlie Munger's advice here even more meaningful. Because it's not about what you're supposed to do. At least not when we zoom out.
It's about a willingness to step forward and continuously pursue knowledge, your personal evolution. It's to try things you've never tried so that you can learn from them. It's going where you've never gone so that you can stretch beyond the boundaries you previously existed in. You owe it to yourself and the world to find what you love and shake that tree until all its fruit is gone.
And that's an adventure, not a right or wrong question. Life is not a checklist. It is one great journey. A journey in which we acquire knowledge we never had and become the people we knew we could be. It's a moral duty not to get it right, because again, there is no right. It's a moral duty because you have it within you to change things, to make an impact, to better the people around you.
It's a moral duty because you will be a difference maker in whatever arena you choose to step into. And just imagine forfeiting that. Imagine the greatness that would be wasted if you looked in the mirror and thought to yourself, yeah, I don't know what that future looks like, so I'll stay here. I don't understand, so I won't go. I'm not where I want to be right now.
So hey, this is where we'll close the book. See, endings are just beginnings in disguise. because they set you free to start writing a new chapter, to adjust and reimagine the impact that you can have on the world. Those students, the ones that Charlie Munger was talking to, they aren't done learning. They're merely at an inflection point.
And by the way, I think that's why it's so painful to feel stuck, to feel lost. Because our souls want growth, but don't know where to go. We feel confined because the target is uncertain. But I can tell you this. Sometimes knowing that the current chapter is over is enough, is all you need. Sometimes knowing that you no longer need to be where you are is plenty. Because it prompts movement.
One who is willing to keep their feet going, who's willing to try, make educated guesses and adapt. That is someone who is constantly learning. Someone who's realized that the only way to assure success is not achieved is by standing still. worrying so much about losing what you currently have that you disregard the infinite upside. It is a moral duty to grow because you are a game changer.
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Chapter 8: What does true freedom mean in the face of fear?
You have perspectives and ideas and abilities that will make this place better. And when you look around and think, me? No, you've got the wrong guy or gal here. That just means it's time for you to walk, to move, to create momentum, to stumble into life until you find a little portion of it you want to put a stake in and call your own.
And please, this isn't a life is rainbows, butterflies, and everything's magic message. This is a find your thing and give it to the world message. This is a you can always be evolving message. And most importantly, this is a progress is happiness message. Because a life lived to the fullest is one where we are stretching and exploring.
Thank you.