Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
KILL THAT WEAK VERSION OF YOURSELF | Best Motivational & Inspirational Speeches
14 Nov 2025
Chapter 1: What does it mean to 'kill the weak version of yourself'?
What is defeat? In other words, what does it actually mean to lose? My buddy sent me a post today from X that said simply, until death, all defeat is psychological. Why? Well, because if there is air in your lungs... There's an opportunity to find a solution, to move forward, to connect all those dots that will ultimately change your life. But here's the catch.
This is the part that I think we often miss. We think defeat is something life gives us, bestowed upon us by the world. It's a letter we get in the mail. When in reality, it's much simpler than that. Defeat is an internal decision. Defeat is looking around and quite simply saying no. It's saying, sure, I could have this. I know I'm capable of it, but I don't want it.
Chapter 2: How can failure be perceived as a psychological barrier?
I refuse to march on. Defeat is saying the prize or mountaintop or victory. To me, it's just not worth what it costs. And when you believe that, that's when you have officially created and allowed defeat into your life. It's a willingness question. A how bad do you want it question. Because here's the deal. The road to anything meaningful is difficult.
a willingness to pivot, to pick yourself up off the floor and continue into an unknown that, let's be real, owes you nothing, well, that can hurt. That's not a comfortable process. But the truth is, it hurts less than defeat. Waking up two hours earlier to find a way to build yourself up
to get ahead, that's far less painful than looking in the mirror and saying, yeah, I could have, but I didn't. I could be there, or at least on the way, but I'm not. And it's amazing to me how the mind will rationalize.
Chapter 3: What mindset shifts are necessary for personal growth?
We can convince ourselves of anything, which is great when you're your own ally, but it's simultaneously devastating when you're your own worst enemy. The same circumstance that tells you to go can be interpreted as a reason to stop. The brain knows it's been two years since you started your business. It knows you've been working on your health for six months.
It knows the process is taking longer than expected. And so you're tasked with the interpretation of these data points. How do you interpret that information? What do you make of it? Is it, I've been at this for two years now. Think how far I've come. Think how much I've learned. I've positioned myself for success. I'm one decision away from massive momentum.
It's not validation, but continued dedication that will carry me home.
Chapter 4: How does persistence lead to resilience and strength?
This is the path. Or is it, well, it's been two years. And if I can't do it in two years, then maybe I just can't do it. Maybe I should look for something easier. My pride hurts. I'm letting myself down. I look dumb, right? And the list goes on. That is the fork in the road that means everything. That's the maze that few find a way out of.
Not, as previously said, of an inability to find the exit, but because of a lack of commitment to the twists and the turns. Is it, I've been working on my health for six months. Look at the foundation I've built. When I look in the mirror, sure, I don't necessarily see the results I wanted now, but the habits are there. I've made some progress.
Chapter 5: What role do emotions play in motivation and decision-making?
I've lost some weight. My ability to run has improved somewhat. Now it's a matter of carrying on to that exponential growth. And that may be just around the corner. Or, just as in the previous example, is it, if I can't do it in six months, then maybe I can't do it. Might as well go back to McDonald's for lunch and ice cream after dinner every night. It's over. This is not for me.
You see how both ways of talking are, at surface level, perfectly reasonable? Both make sense, complete sense. But life is not predetermined, it's a choose-your-own-ending storybook. The story you tell yourself becomes the story you live.
And if you hear that and think, ah, cliche, live news, you're overlooking the magnitude and capability you have with regard to controlling your life and your destiny. Something like five years ago now, I created an e-book with some thoughts. And this is one that I continuously go back to.
Chapter 6: How can we redefine our relationship with discomfort?
Quote, when I make myself the victim, I become resentful. When I make myself the hero, I become empowered. With such an array of outcomes, I am forever grateful for the ability to shape my own legacy. And it's summed up with the quote, if you aren't happy with the role you're playing, change it. Right? You don't have to be the one who gives in, who throws the towel or walks away.
There's more around the corner if you're willing to walk around the corner. If you're willing to find it. See, we are in life who we believe ourselves to be. And you can take that greatness on. You can become the person who looks in the mirror and sees determination staring back, sees resilience looking you in the eyes. You can be that. You can become the person who finds the upside.
And I promise you, that's an incredibly small group walking this earth. Most people do the inverse of that without realizing it.
Chapter 7: What lessons can be learned from adversity and hardship?
Either projecting their inability to move forward onto the outside world. We've all heard this, right? It's her fault, his fault, their fault, my boss's fault, the government's fault. Or it's simply not realizing that doing nothing is in fact a decision.
When we make constant concessions, when we think the current moment was fate or destiny and not an invitation to something better, we are choosing to be less than we can be. And so my point here is pretty simple. Doing things that matter is hard. And it's hard because ruffling the feathers of the status quo comes with unknowns and obstacles.
It provides a million off-ramps, reasons to settle or turn around. But to succumb to these outcomes is your decision, not the world's. Life isn't a treadmill with an off switch. If your feet stop moving, it's because your brain told them to stop. So as you make your way into the next unknown, all I ask is that you remind yourself how powerful you are.
Not because you were granted that power, but because you have always been that powerful. An author of the greatest story ever told.
Chapter 8: How can we embrace the journey of self-discovery and growth?
Where perhaps, sure, you can't control every variable that's dropped in front of you. But you can control what those variables mean. You can't control all the factors that comprise the world around you. But you can control where your focus will be allocated and what you will build with what you find. Until death, all defeat is psychological.
Until there is no more air in your lungs, stagnation is a choice. Until there is no more blood pumping through your veins, quitting is a decision. So ask yourself, what do you want to become? How far do you want to go? And then commit to the journey of arriving at that destination. Maybe it takes days, weeks, months, maybe years longer than you anticipated.
But it will always be true that if you want it, it's yours. The key is in your pocket. The map is in your hand and the road at your feet. Arrival at the destination means giving yourself permission to climb that mountain until you arrive at its peak. It's not letting go until you take in the view. Life is about duality.
It's about being grateful for the road behind you, but also excited and hungry for what's ahead. That balance is where growth lives. It's why we created AGNS. Always grateful, never satisfied. More than just an apparel company, it's a reminder that there's always another hill to climb.
And if you go to agns.lifestyle and you sign up for the email list, you'll get daily inspiration right to your inbox. Latest updates on all the new merch drops, as well as a 20% off discount code. Hope to see you there. Rain dances work 100% of the time. If you dance until it rains. Someone kind of jokingly said this to me recently at an entrepreneur event.
And I thought, man, I get it, it's clever, but there's actual genius behind that. You tend to get what you're looking for if you don't stop looking. Right? Like you eventually arrive where you need to be if your feet don't stop moving. The question we often find ourselves asking is, did the dance work?
But the real question, the question of value, is how long are you willing to dance around that fire? How much of yourself did you put into the pursuit? You know, it's both liberating and terrifying to find out that there is no failure in life. There's simply the permission we give ourselves to move forward.
That trajectory we continue on up until we reach a point where we look around and say, no, thank you, I'm done. Because if you're moving forward, you haven't failed. You have not lost. If you're moving forward, everything is possible. If you're moving forward, you are creating reality. The question is not, have you failed? The question is, are you still willing to move forward?
It's not, did the rain dance bring the rain? It's, were you willing to dance around that fire until the skies opened up? I often think about the stoic idea that there are things we can control and there are things we can't. And knowing that difference is wisdom. The same idea that has become, as many people know, the serenity prayer.
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