Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
NOBODY IS COMING TO SAVE YOU | Powerful Motivational Speeches For Success
25 Nov 2024
Are you dimming your light to fit into places where you don’t belong? One of the most liberating truths I’ve learned is this: you are not for everyone—and that’s okay. It’s a lesson that reshaped how I see the world, especially during times when I’ve felt lost or disconnected. A recent conversation with a friend brought this idea to life in a new way, as we talked about how no matter how much value someone adds, they won’t resonate with everyone. And that’s the beauty of it. When you live authentically, the right people gravitate toward you, and those who aren’t aligned with your journey naturally drift away. But when we try to be everything to everyone, we lose ourselves in the process. Instead of being surrounded by those who truly value us, we end up surrounded by people who don’t really know us—and worse, we might forget who we are too. Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletter Free Ebook: www.eddiepinero.com/ebook YouTube: www.eddiepinero.com/youtube
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You are not for everyone, and that's okay. That's a simple truth, we'll call it, that I've picked up over the years, and it's had a pretty profound impact in not only how I look at the world, but how I view myself as I navigate the world, right? It's particularly useful when you've lost faith in the path you're walking. You've sort of forgotten your power.
And I want to share with you a pretty cool reminder of this very thing. A couple days ago, I was having lunch with a friend, very charismatic guy. For the sake of this little story, we'll just call him friend. And he's telling me about someone that he's now working with in his business. We'll call that person John. And my friend says to me, you know, Eddie, I am learning so much from John.
He's adding so much value to what I do, I can't even describe it. But he's loud. And he's controversial. And he rubs some people the wrong way. And not everyone loves John, right? So I'm sort of connecting the dots as he's saying this. I'm like, okay, clearly... John pisses a lot of people off. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out, putting two and two together here.
But my friend goes, but you know, he's exceptional at what he does. Maybe the best in his lane. And so I don't care because John's not for everybody, but he doesn't have to. And you might hear that and initially think, yeah, okay, where's the value, right? Some jerk is helping your friend at work. Well, to me, it felt bigger than that.
It felt like fate was screaming that ever important reminder to focus more on extreme authenticity than trying to reverse engineer what other people might say or think. It's like stop trying to manufacture their reaction. Because when you're you, the reaction is out of your control and not your problem. Love John or hate John, he is 1000% John. And because of that, he'll find his people.
Because of that, he won't dull himself down or dim his light. Because of that, John is free. Quick dive into my mind. I certainly have areas of my life, let's say particularly with my brand and my content creation, where I can be bolder, where I can take more risks. Everyone's got their personal arena. That feels like mine, right? That's absolutely unequivocally true.
I'd be lying if I said my brain doesn't try to reverse engineer stories and topics that will have an impact. Like I understand what works and I roughly stay within that framework. That, in and of itself, can be restricting. Never reckless. But like, I don't know, maybe there are places I should be or could be more reckless. That's what makes this journey so fun. You are your own experiment.
You're always learning about yourself. You're always growing. And the more ought-tos you shed, the closer you get to your power. And by the way, I know not everyone here has a business or brand or posts on YouTube or Instagram. Wonderful, right? Those are just a few examples of many, right? This applies across the board.
You know, because I do wonder whether we all have parts of ourselves that we dull down. And that's the question, right? Are there pieces of ourselves that we don't share because one third or one half or hell, three quarters of the people we meet will say, eh, nope, not for me.
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