Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
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Wed, 18 Dec 2024
What shapes your world? The answer lies in how you see yourself. I took a deep dive into a simple yet transformative idea: people follow through on who they believe themselves to be. Whether you're climbing toward your dreams or navigating life's challenges, the way you view yourself will always dictate your actions, and those actions shape the reality you live in. This isn't abstract—it’s a roadmap. When you redefine how you see yourself, you align your habits and choices with that vision. It’s a cycle of belief, action, and outcome that can open doors to your highest potential. Let’s explore how shifting your identity can shift everything. Who do you believe yourself to be? Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletter Free Ebook: www.eddiepinero.com/ebook YouTube: www.eddiepinero.com/youtube
Chapter 1: How does your self-perception shape your reality?
People always follow through on who they believe themselves to be. There's no other way to put it. That simple idea has drastically changed my life. It doesn't matter what season of life I'm in or what path I'm walking down. How I view myself at that time is always directly proportional to the outcome. And when you think about it, it's not magic.
You can unpack it in a very practical, pragmatic way. How you see yourself determines how you act, and how you act shapes your reality. Runners don't break weightlifting records, and bodybuilders don't break running records. These characters identify themselves a certain way, and so every day breathe life into that identity. They follow through on who they believe they are.
So, quick personal anecdote. I've started calling myself the best speechwriter on planet Earth. You could hear that and think, well, how audacious, how pretentious. Really, dude? You've never written speeches for presidents or world leaders. The reach of your words pale in comparison to even some current podcasters and YouTubers, public speakers. But here's the deal.
If you don't believe yourself worthy of something, if you don't pick out the shoes that are, let's say, a few sizes too big, you'll have nothing to grow into. See, there's power in saying you're the best because, again, we tend to hit the targets that we aim for. I don't have time for this cross my fingers and we'll see stuff.
And this is, in my mind, incredibly relevant to you and your pursuits, whatever they are. Because when we're not yet there, we tend to be timid in our approach, right? It's like, who am I to do X? Why should I think I'm good enough to do Y or Z? No, stop and own it. That's perhaps the most important thing I've learned over the last 10 years of life. And I'm not talking about feigning competency.
I'm talking about simply owning the pursuit and acknowledging that you will be where you most need to be if you trust yourself. If you show up like you are that person, like you are worthy. One of my favorite sayings, walk into every room like God sent you and why shouldn't you? Way back, maybe 2014, I heard Tony Robbins say, if you believe yourself a smoker, you'll never quit smoking. Period.
And to be clear, I'm paraphrasing, I don't ever want to misquote someone, but think about the idea, right? It's like, I'm a smoker, but man, I'm hoping this patch will work out. No. If you believe in your mind that you're a smoker, guess what you'll do the second things become challenging? Revert back to your old ways. That is, after all, who you are, right?
Or another relatable one, that phrase we've all heard it, I'm not a morning person. I don't wake up early. I don't do mornings. Sure, there are some biological preconditions, right, for those who perform best in the a.m. versus the p.m. But let's be real. If your life depended on it, are you telling me you couldn't wake up early?
If everything was on the line, would 5.30 or 6 be an impossible task? Of course not. It's just that when that alarm goes off and you view it as a reach or a stretch or an I hope so or out of character, forget about it. Your brain's gonna remind you you don't do well in the morning anyway. You'll roll over and the rest will be history. See, the point is It matters how you see yourself.
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Chapter 2: What role does identity play in achieving goals?
Maybe you're scared of what people will say, scared of what you might lose. Perhaps you're scared of hurting your ego, your pride. Scared of a world that isn't quite as predictable as the one you're living in. These are no small variables, you think to yourself. And so, yeah, why wouldn't you be scared to begin? But I have a question. How scared are you to not go?
How scared are you of things staying exactly the same? How scared are you of looking back in 50 years and wishing you'd given it a try? How scared are you of seeing those around you, perhaps with a tad more courage, live out meaningful lives while you watch from afar? How scared are you of being the person who tells stories about how they almost tried, almost jumped?
Stories about how things could have been if only. Because to me, that's far scarier. In fact, when weighing these two options side by side, I find that not going is almost always scarier, and maybe that's it. Understanding the normalcy of being nervous to start something new. It's human. It's a mere fight with our biological tendencies. That's something every person deals with, and that's okay.
To go is to jump into that pool, to feel the cold water on your skin, and yeah, temporarily it's uncomfortable. There's shortness of breath. But then you acclimate. You're presented the luxury of a swim on a warm summer day. You get the feeling of being refreshed and renewed. Being scared to go is curable. Because in going, the fear is undone. The pain is ultimately diluted.
Here's the catch though, there is no cure for not going. You don't acclimate to dreams never realized or paths never taken. You don't warm up to the question, what if? Next time you find yourself worried about what could go wrong, scared about what could become of you as you embark upon something new, Realize the normalcy of that feeling, a sentiment shared by all humans.
It doesn't mean you're wrong. Fear is the cost of admission. Fear kicks and screams the hardest when it knows it's about to be broken down and destroyed. This is what life's all about, turning temporary fear into something of meaning. The question is, and should always be, not how scared are you in this moment, but how scared are you to not go.
Inaction, immobility, that's the monster in the closet, refusing to take the risk or step out. That's where fear, although maybe small at first, grows over time, becomes unmanageable, transforms into regret. So again, ask yourself, although yes, it's scary to go, how does that compare to years from now, wondering what life could have been like with a little more courage?
Will embarking upon a meaningful journey be scary? Of course. But considering the alternative, how scary would it be not to? There are two kinds of crossroads. First, the external. The crossroads that life beyond your control places before you. The abrupt changes, the sudden twists, the tragedies, even the occurrences we don't quite understand and so chalk them up as fate.
And then there are the internals. The crossroads that you manufacture, the ones that are self-created, self-induced. The, you know what, I've had enough of this crossroads. The, I deserve better crossroads. The, there's more out there and today I'm going to find it crossroads. And I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.
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Chapter 3: How can personal anecdotes inspire transformation?
The world reflects back at us what we currently are, like a giant mirror projecting the movie that's playing in our heads. We lay on the horn in traffic, Not when we're at peace with ourselves, but when we're in duress. We gravitate towards the negative, not when we're living in abundance, but when we're living in scarcity.
We quit, retreat, contract, not when we're confident in the road ahead, but when we're doubtful, alarmed. In other words, we find out in the world what already lives within us. Life in many ways is not absolute, it's evidence. It's evidence that we'll use to justify the things we already believe. Wayne Dyer used to use the metaphor of an orange.
It can be squeezed and squeezed and squeezed, but there will never be grapefruit juice pouring out of an orange. No, grapefruit juice doesn't live there. You can only find on the outside what lives in the inside. You can only extract from the orange, orange juice. Recently a good friend of mine said to me that they'd like to change their financial situation.
to which my response was, perfect, you most certainly can, right? Like anything, yeah, it'll take work and some planning and some restructuring, all that good stuff, but you most definitely can. And his response was, sure, that's what all you motivational people say. Okay, smart guy, now you're an example on a podcast episode. Congrats. Why?
Because you want the people around you to realize how much is possible for themselves. It's not sorcery or witchcraft to believe something better is possible. In fact, if one doesn't believe it's possible, they're effectively cementing their feet to the ground, at least with regard to that particular pursuit. Let's face it, you don't begin journeys that are not possible.
We don't allow ourselves to do that. And so to not believe in an outcome and somehow still wish for that outcome, well, that's essentially our orange metaphor, right? Can't squeeze financial freedom out of a mindset that only sees monetary constraint. Believing it's possible starts the journey. See, there's so much pragmatism in growth.
You know, people talk a lot about the law of attraction, and yeah, I get it, right? It sets targets. But the picture of, let's say, a dream house on your wall is not why you'll eventually have the dream house. The picture of the dream house on the wall reminds you.
It helps you believe that you're someone capable of someday acquiring that house, obtaining that type of success, which results in you, wait for it, doing things that help bring that to life. It is the doing. but that doing must be connected to belief. Mid-twenties, I was unhappy, wanted more, but didn't really believe myself capable of obtaining more, right? That was the issue.
Back to the old orange expecting grapefruit juice. Can't get results in an area not conducive to their creation, right? It wasn't until I said, you know what? Maybe, not definitely, but maybe it could happen. Maybe I can take control here. The odds have to be greater than 0%, right? It's Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber, so you're saying there's a chance.
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Chapter 4: Why is self-belief crucial for success?
Not in one area or in one aspect of who you are, but in totality. Set a standard, right? Don't allow yourself to fall below it. You will feel better, freer, healthier. If the car is dirty, the office space is probably cluttered too, which means so is the desktop. which means so is the mind and its way of navigating and processing information. Nothing is completely siloed off.
Or on the other hand, if one thing is immaculate, odds are everything is. So that little trip was a beautiful reminder to raise the bar in all aspects of my life. The standard can't just apply to my work or my art. Everything is intertwined. Greatness is holding on to the standard you set, the value system you deem meaningful, and accepting absolutely nothing less.