Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS - Powerful Motivational Speech
Wed, 13 Nov 2024
In this episode, we explore how growth and progress are promises we make to ourselves, not obligations to others, and the empowering truth that as long as we’re alive, defeat is purely psychological. Each morning brings an opportunity to begin anew—not by waiting for something big to happen, but by taking small, consistent steps forward. These actions build momentum, creating a "snowball effect" that powers real transformation. Life can’t mandate that you quit; that decision is yours alone. Quitting is simply choosing to stop, and as long as you keep going, there’s no such thing as defeat. This episode reminds you that you already possess everything needed to push forward, for yourself. By embracing each morning with small actions rooted in your commitment to grow, you build not only a successful day but a life that stands resilient, proving that persistence is the ultimate victory over challenge. Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletter Free Ebook: www.eddiepinero.com/ebook YouTube: www.eddiepinero.com/youtube
Chapter 1: What does it mean to experience defeat?
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. I refuse to march on.
Chapter 2: Is defeat an external force or an internal decision?
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.
Chapter 3: How can mindset influence our perception of defeat?
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.
Chapter 4: What are the costs of pursuing meaningful goals?
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. 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.
Chapter 5: How does self-interpretation affect our journey?
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.
Chapter 6: What role does commitment play in overcoming challenges?
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. 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. 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 ebook with some thoughts. And this is one that I continuously go back to. 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. 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.
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